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Disclosed government AI use increased by 70% in 2025, per OMB

NASA’s expanded disclosure of R&D uses contributed to the increase and helped make science-related applications the most common type of use case across government.

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Workday has Trump’s HR overhaul in mind with coming agentic AI tool

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An exterior of one of two Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services on Feb. 12, 2025 in Parkersburg, W.Va. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

DOGE duo ducked security rules during Treasury stint, GAO finds

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Interior still grapples with probate backlog even with AI assistance

Secretary Burgum said paper processes are preventing the agency from gaining ground, so the focus is on further digitization.

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Everpure’s Daniel Kent on building sustainable AI models

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Box’s Brett Conrad on scaling AI with data governance

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Box’s Jason Gray on making AI reliable in government

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Babel Street’s John Larson on staying ahead in the AI race

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Securing the ‘last mile’ of critical federal work

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Federal union projects to lose ‘tens of thousands’ of members, court filing shows

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New report highlights agency advantages of using smaller, open-source AI models

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Modernization without compromise: Building trust into every federal service moment

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Mission readiness depends on workforce agility and resilience

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Why fixing the personnel action process is key to workforce readiness

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Why the ‘agentic enterprise’ is the next evolution of federal AI

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House passes two bills to modernize IRS operations

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Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

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Kevin Warsh, nominee for Federal Reserve chair, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

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Revealing the hidden risk in federal cloud modernization

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OPM is floating hundreds of Tech Force candidates to agencies

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