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DHS-built surveillance apparatus to surge in year ahead, documents show

The agency is expanding detection and tracking technology projects while simultaneously loosening the reins on oversight.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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CDC releases AI strategy, guidance with eye toward ‘agentic’ uses

AI

By Madison Alder

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IRS cuts leave filing season operations, modernization work ‘in flux’

Modernization

By Matt Bracken

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Government tech largely falls short on accessibility requirements, GSA finds

Federal agency compliance with a statute known as Section 508 is lacking, with nearly a quarter of agencies failing to test at least one of their top…

By Madison Alder

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Sen. Peters pushes for new probe of DOGE’s Social Security Administration data dives

Letters to the SSA commissioner and OIG follow reporting that a DOGE staffer said he put Numident and Master Death File data on a thumb drive and…

By Matt Bracken

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Agencies must shift to governing federal data by their domains

To deliver the President’s Management Agenda, CIOs and CDOs must move toward domain-based federated data governance.

By Kshemendra Paul

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Federal IT leaders rarely build tools amid workforce gaps, private-sector partner push

Officials from the FBI, DEA and Naval Criminal Investigative Service said the build-versus-buy IT debate is no longer viewed as a toss-up within most agencies.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Trump administration is still touting a $50B Anthropic investment amid agency ban

By Madison Alder

Labor Department elevates Mangala Kuppa to full-time CIO

By Matt Bracken

Anthropic says Trump ban puts federal contractor partnerships ‘in jeopardy’

By Madison Alder

Secret Service ditches Anthropic’s Claude

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Meeting White House cyber priorities requires AI-driven standardization models

By Bill Wright

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Moving beyond the pilot: A mandate for mission-ready AI

By Mary Schwarz

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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

By Scoop News Group

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Why AI is central to federal identity assurance

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How agencies are closing the gap between systems and service

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How AI is moving from dashboards to decision advantage across the Pentagon

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How Virginia is using enterprise IT modernization to improve constituent services

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CDC targets agentic AI use in new AI strategy

By FedScoop Staff

Army awards Anduril $20B counter-drone contract

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ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot approved for use with Senate data

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Federal agencies still falling short on tech accessibility requirements

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DHS CISO, deputy CISO exit amid reported IT leadership overhaul

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SBA-IRS data-sharing process for disaster loans needs better tech, GAO says

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OPM drops Claude, adds Grok and Codex to AI use disclosure

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GSA leaders on OneGov: ‘We’re not anti-reseller. We’re anti-fragmentation’

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Secret Service begins recruiting for AI working group modeled after DHS AI Corps

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IRS chief says agency is engaged in a ‘thorough’ cybersecurity review

NASA chatbots, Treasury coding, OPM drafting: How agencies have deployed Claude

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Alleged ICE, DHS location data purchases under scrutiny by Democrats

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Data experts see new Labor Department portal as ‘an important first step’

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CISA CIO Robert Costello exits agency

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The White House wants quicker AI adoption. Can agencies make it happen?

From left, Paige Lambermont, research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Marsden Hanna, head of energy and sustainability policy for Google, and Eric Masanet, UC Santa Barbara professor testify during the House Science and Technology Committee Investigations and Oversight Subcomittee hearing on “Powering America’s AI Future: Assessing Policy Options to Increase Data Center Infrastructure” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

National labs work to optimize AI infrastructure amid Genesis Mission

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How agencies can secure OT without shutting it down

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