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The facade of the Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS moves operations employees to tax services for filing season amid workforce cuts

The shakeup follows warnings from the Treasury’s watchdog about how staffing cuts at the IRS could affect tax filing season.

By Miranda Nazzaro

Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Douglas Rissing/ Getty)

Energy Department identifies 26 Genesis Mission challenges

AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson

The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS official says agency improperly shared some taxpayer data with ICE

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By Matt Bracken

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DOJ ramps up AI for legal work, crime predictions, surveillance, inventory shows

By Miranda Nazzaro
CBP to strengthen ‘tactical targeting,’ ‘counter-network analysis’ with Clearview AI

By Lindsey Wilkinson
Acting ICE director denies existence of database tracking US citizens

By Lindsey Wilkinson
Senate takes up push to modernize environmental permitting process

By Matt Bracken
Lawmakers take another shot at NSF-run prizes for using AI to solve problems

By Matt Bracken

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A view of the Department of Energy in Washington D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Energy Department unveils Genesis Mission Consortium to spur partnerships

The agency is continuing to deepen its collaboration with industry as it works to advance technical priorities amid a tight schedule and forthcoming deadlines.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari prepares to depart a hearing on Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM

Auditors said the probe could expand to other parts of DHS and will look at the agency’s increasing use of biometric markers in immigration enforcement.

By Derek B. Johnson

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AI can speed research compliance — if agencies can explain the output

Federal agencies need to be able to explain how AI-assisted decisions are made.

By Heidi Becker

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Federal judge blocks ICE from using IRS taxpayer data in enforcement

It’s the second ruling in favor of plaintiffs against the IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement, this one citing the “high potential for misidentification” and improper agency rulemaking.

By Matt Bracken

Roughly 50,000 could lose federal workforce protections under new OPM rule

By Madison Alder

Treasury pushing for ‘robust’ use of AI in banking, but in a ‘gradual’ way

By Matt Bracken

House lawmakers lay groundwork to create robotics commission

By Lindsey Wilkinson

GSA procurement leader says ‘community readiness’ poses challenge to acquisition overhaul

By Miranda Nazzaro

Bills to fund TMF, overhaul IT procurement move forward in House

By Matt Bracken

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

By Jeff Huth

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Why automation is key to modernizing federal IT compliance

By Jason Venner

Rebuilding the digital bedrock of government

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Building a future-ready federal workforce

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An entrance to the James Forrestal Building, the headquarters of the Department of Energy, in Washington, DC on June 22, 2022.

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Members of the American Federation of Government Employees arrive for the “Rally to Save the Civil Service” in Upper Senate Park outside the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks at a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Zack Schwartz, Census Bureau — Zack Schwartz speaks March 11, 2020, at the IT Modernization Summit presented by FedScoop. (Scoop News Group)

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A view of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which served as the headquarters building for the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1975, in Washington, DC, on Dec. 29, 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on December 26 that the FBI has finalized a plan to permanently close the building and move the FBI workforce to a new facility. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

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Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia answers questions during a December 2025 interview with FedScoop. (YouTube screenshot)

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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to speak at an artificial intelligence and energy summit. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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The front doors of the Internal Revenue Service building are seen in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS ramps up AI use amid staff cuts, Treasury inventory shows

U.S. Senators and former Virginia Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine arrive at the Inauguration ceremony for Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger at the Virginia State Capitol on Jan. 17, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia.(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats ask DHS watchdog to rein in agency’s surveillance use

Detroit, Michigan, The John D, Dingell VA Medical Center. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

VA watchdog finds data privacy lapses in cancer testing program

ICE agents leave a residence after knocking on the door on Jan. 28, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security continues its immigration enforcement operations after two high-profile killings by federal agents in recent weeks. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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