Rebecca Heilweil

Rebecca Heilweil is an investigative reporter for FedScoop. She writes about the intersection of government, tech policy, and emerging technologies.

Previously she was a reporter at Vox’s tech site, Recode. She’s also written for Slate, Wired, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

You can reach her at rebecca.heilweil@fedscoop.com. Message her if you’d like to chat on Signal.

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A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Valerie Macon /AFP via Getty Images)

Social Security Administration issues temporary block on generative AI

AI

A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Valerie Macon /AFP via Getty Images)

Social Security Administration names Peltier acting chief AI officer

AI

The Frontier supercomputer. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

How one national lab is getting its supercomputers ready for the AI age

AI

President Joe Biden hands Vice President Kamala Harris the pen he used to sign an executive order regarding artificial intelligence during an event at the White House on Oct. 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here’s who’s responsible for AI in federal agencies

AI

MAR 15, 2022 — National Science Foundation Chief Information Officer Dorothy Aronson speaks at ITModTalks, hosted by FedScoop, in Washington, D.C.

Aronson takes chief AI officer position at NSF as agencies begin work on Biden executive order

Exclusive

The Department of Education building in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Department of Education names chief AI officer

AI

Department of Justice, DOJ — (Shane T. McCoy / U.S. Marshals / Flickr)

DOJ seeking information on modernization of internal website, with potential AI capabilities

Modernization

A new American citizen holds an envelope with her U.S. citizenship certificate following a naturalization ceremony on Aug. 10, 2023, in Utqiagvik, Alaska. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Homeland Security updates AI inventory with multiple immigration-related use cases

AI

USAID Administrator Samantha Power speaks during the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

USAID unveils geospatial strategy to expand agency’s use of data and tools

Emerging Tech