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Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and the rest of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hold a business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Senate advances bill to eliminate education requirements in federal contracting jobs

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in a 10-0 vote.
Industry tech professionals (from left to right) Jonathan Entwistle, Sanjeev Pulapaka, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Felipe Millon join General Services Administration Chief AI Officer Zach Whitman at the GSA’s Federal Emerging Technology Showcase held in the Interior Department’s Yates Auditorium on July 30, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

Federal IT leaders to agencies: collaborate, use AI to rethink workflows

Tech leaders from across agencies and industry said the government must work together to use AI to fix broken systems, not just use it as a band-aid.
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The Palantir Technologies logo is displayed on a shipping container at the company’s booth during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

SBA enters ‘new phase’ with Palantir on anti-fraud efforts

The agency said Tuesday it is expanding its relationship with the data analytics giant following a pilot program targeting fraud in pandemic programs.
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