Agencies have several requirements related to a public inventory of their datasets coming up at the end of the month. Federal data leaders are sharing strategies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026. The Ventura County Government Center has been the site of tense standoffs and confrontations in recent weeks between ICE agents, local community observers, and protesters. (Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP via Getty Images)
The government plans to award at least three indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts for each of its identified tracks: fingerprint, face, iris, palm and multimodal.
National Nuclear Security Administration CIO James Wolff discusses the ongoing friction between vendors and their customers, including the federal government, during a panel at the 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Billington CyberSecurity Summit)
NNSA CIO James Wolff said he’s planning to add AI into vendor-vetting processes and that technology providers should aim to produce tools that are more secure.
Teresa Carlson spoke at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on Sept. 9, 2026. She was joined by Richard Horne, the CEO of the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)
Teresa Carlson, the AI developer’s new head of global public sector, said Fable 5.1 is currently available on its government platform and encouraged an open dialogue.
A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
From left, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speak at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images)
A logo is displayed outside of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) offices at the Constitution Center on May 30, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence testifies before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on electronic health record modernization on Sept. 2, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/Scoop News Group photo)
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling place in the Tamarack Nature Center on Aug. 11, 2026, in White Bear Township, Minn. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)