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Rebecca Heilweil

Rebecca Heilweil was an investigative reporter for FedScoop. She wrote 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.

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Grok for gov? GitHub shows GSA interest in Elon Musk AI tool

AI

A screen displays the Anthropic Claude app. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Anthropic makes generative AI widely available at major national lab

AI

The North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump White House issues internal federal guidance on AI reporting

AI

Elon Musk shows off a shirt that says “DOGE” as he walks on the South Lawn of the white House after stepping off Marine One upon arrival to the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Scammers have a new tactic: impersonating DOGE

Cyber

A sign in front of the entrance of the Security Administration’s main campus on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Md. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Social Security Administration makes another DOGE switch at CIO

Workforce

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Federal workers rarely seek DeepSeek, but it’s happened

Policy

In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen on Jan. 27, 2025 in San Anselmo, Calif. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Congress seeks ban on government use of foreign adversary AI

Policy

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Black Hawk helicopter is pictured on Sept. 28, 2024 in San Diego. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Powerful scanners to spot drugs, weapons at the border are stuck in storage or inoperable, watchdog says

Tech

A law enforcement officer walks past an ICE logo ahead of a press conference on May 11, 2017, at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

ICE seeks proprietary data and tech to monitor up to a million people

Tech