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.
General Services Administrator Edward Forst speaks with IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn at the IBM Think Gov 2026 event held at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on June 9, 2026. (Photo by K. Sophie Will)
CBP awarded GDIT a $71 million task order for autonomous towers that can track hundreds of targets simultaneously using machine learning and other technologies.
The industry partners will provide training, career pathways, and a selection of their own workers who will serve temporary government roles, OPM said.
The discussion draft would authorize $100 million per fiscal year for a Center for AI Standards and Innovation and calls for oversight in government AI adoption.
Takehiko Matsuo, vice minister for international affairs at Japan’s METI; Darío Gil, DOE under secretary for science and Genesis Mission lead; and Yasuyoshi Kakita, vice minister for policy coordination at Japan’s MEXT during a press event Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Energy Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson)
The Department of Energy’s national labs have already partnered up with Japanese research institutions to form working groups that will focus on a subset of AI challenges.