Trump’s FEMA nominee is planning an IT overhaul
And, inside EPA’s AI strategy to ‘pilot everything’
And, inside EPA’s AI strategy to ‘pilot everything’
The Department of Homeland Security unit is using “antiquated” technology that is hindering transparency and accountability, FEMA nominee Cameron Hamilton told senators.
And, IRS’s IT department has shrunk 42% since Trump took office
A Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report found that 29% of IT staffers exited via workforce reduction efforts while another 13% were involuntarily reassigned.
Federal agencies and private-sector companies have been tight-lipped on details about counter-UAS protections due to the sensitivity of operations.
The proposed fiscal year 2027 spending package would trim funding of the key oversight unit at a time when calls for accountability and transparency at DHS are mounting.
While the Trump administration labels the change as an “accountability” measure, worker advocates blasted the rule as a ploy to make nonpartisan employees easier to fire and replace.
The order does not issue a federal framework immediately, but includes numerous “tools” to push back on some state laws in the meantime.
After building the IRS’s free electronic filing tool, the Economic Security Project’s Future of Tax Filing fellows are writing a playbook for it to “come back someday” — and pushing for more.
Through direct sales and a constellation of resellers, the U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink.