State Department is gearing up to ‘roll out agentic AI’
CIO Kelly Fletcher sees a future with agency consolidation and simplification, paired with AI agents that “make it easy for people to do their job” and “reduce administrative friction.”
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State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher, left, speaks during AI Talks in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2024, while State CAIO Matthew Graviss looks on. (Scoop News Group photo) AI -
A high-angle aerial drone shot of the hydroelectric power infrastructure on the border of Ontario, Canada, and New York. Workforce CBP ramps up surveillance tech without much-needed IT personnel, GAO says
The watchdog’s analysis of northern border facilities found staffing levels for information systems specialists below targets and no plans for remediation, though the agency is now working to address it.
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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) Policy Bipartisan House duo wants Treasury-led push to fight identity theft, fraud
A bill from Reps. Pete Sessions and Bill Foster would task the Treasury secretary with doling out fraud prevention grants to states to develop digital IDs that meet NIST standards.
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A global technological blackout caused chaos at border crossings between Mexico and the United States on July 19, 2024, resulting in long lines and significantly increased waiting times for travelers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images) Emerging Tech CBP advancing use of scanning tech as ICE pulls some staffers away
The DHS component fell behind on deployment of non-intrusive inspection technology at ports of entry but is making progress, per a CBP official, who acknowledged personnel reassignments to ICE.
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(Getty Images) Federal GAO sees ‘mixed’ agency response to recommendations on combatting scams
A director with the watchdog told Congress this week that the FBI, CFPB and FTC haven’t addressed many recommendations from an April 2025 report on digital money-making scams.
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., arrives for a hearing about fraud in Minnesota at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Federal Government needs more agency buy-in to fight fraud with tech, officials say
Data experts with Treasury, the GAO and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee say AI and data analytics can be used more effectively to detect fraud in federal programs.
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(Getty Images) Federal Watchdog IDs anti-fraud measures some federal programs still need to adopt
A new GAO audit looked at five agency-run programs, finding some that haven’t been fully following OMB recommendations to prevent waste, fraud and abuse.
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference following a weekly Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on October 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding on October 1. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Modernization Senate Democrats sound alarm over VA’s resumption of EHR rollout
The VA secretary says the lawmakers are “cherry picking years old problems.”
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FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford speaks during a hearing in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) Modernization FAA head details air traffic control modernization progress, next steps
Bryan Bedford and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy are rallying support for funds that they say will help move workloads to the cloud.
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UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 9: Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Modernization Lawmakers signal skepticism of VA’s planned spring EHR rollout
The deployment of the Electronic Health Record system will be the VA’s first in nearly three years.