The agency is challenging incumbent contractors to keep up with modernization and AI initiatives or risk losing contracts, Zack Schwartz said in an interview.

And, inside EPA’s AI strategy to ‘pilot everything’

CIO Carter Farmer said the agency is prioritizing low-stakes AI use for much of its workforce, while making sure only subject matter experts are handling high-stakes work.

And, IRS’s IT department has shrunk 42% since Trump took office

And, NIH will sunset all of its governmentwide contracts

The agency’s efforts to reduce barriers to innovation, aligned with a 2025 OMB memo, may have introduced more vulnerabilities.

And, CISA calls for agencies to “patch smarter, not harder.”

Recent form modernization speeds up VA processes, but with $200 million left, the fund’s acting director is asking Congress for more money for other projects.

Edward Forst and other agency officials said the government is behind the curve on technology, and asked for private-sector engagement to improve.

CBP awarded GDIT a $71 million task order for autonomous towers that can track hundreds of targets simultaneously using machine learning and other technologies.