Govtech advocate Connolly stepping down from House Oversight role as cancer returns
The ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who will serve out his last term in Congress, has championed TMF and IT modernization.
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Rep. Gerry Connolly speaks at a press conference outside of USAID headquarters on Feb. 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Policy -
AI USAID wiping and disposing devices; Navy Secretary terminates IT contracts, grants amid DOGE drive
The agency’s IT desk said employees will not have to return the gear, which will be remotely wiped and marked “disposed.”
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A warning tape can be seen where a sign for USAID used to be on the now-shuttered office at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images) Transition USAID wiping and disposing devices, including iPhones and MacBooks, memo says
The agency’s IT desk said employees would not have to return the gear, which would be remotely wiped and marked “disposed.”
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National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Workforce NSF director Panchanathan announces his departure
Sethuraman Panchanathan has been at the science research agency since the first Trump administration.
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AI How DOGE got into the National Science Foundation; Air Force Research Lab CIO joins OpenAI
Associates of the Elon Musk- led group recently showed up at the National Science Foundation.
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The National Science Foundation building (Wikimedia Commons) Tech How DOGE got into the National Science Foundation
Associates of the Elon Musk- led group recently showed up at the National Science Foundation.
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FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus’s main entrance and houses the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The FDA campus is located at 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. (FDA / Wikimedia Commons) Transition FDA tech officials complied with DOGE’s requests for data. The staff reductions still came.
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration who spoke to FedScoop believe that information from a recent “data call” on critical and essential systems informed staff reductions.
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Defense Dozens of lawmakers question DOGE’s use of AI; Former Army AI leader tapped as Pentagon’s next CDAO
In a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought, 48 lawmakers highlighted concerns about DOGE’s use of unauthorized AI to process government data.
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Tech ‘Unimpressed’ GSA gives consulting firms new deadline in quest to terminate contracts; New DOGE CIO looks to reduce Labor IT office by 30%
GSA called the government’s top-10 consulting firms’ efforts to reduce waste in their contracts “insulting.”
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Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO and Senior Advisor to the President, attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump convened a Cabinet meeting a day after announcing a 90-day pause on ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, with the exception of China. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) AI Dozens of lawmakers question DOGE’s use of AI
In a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought, 48 lawmakers highlighted concerns about DOGE’s use of unauthorized AI to process government data.