Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist Denice Ross is spearheading efforts to build the field of data policy and monitor federal data at the Federation of American Scientists’ Data Policy Institute. (FedScoop)
Denice Ross and her team at the Data Policy Institute are leading the charge to advocate for data policy and monitor data impacts under the Trump administration.
A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
The human capital agency again updated terms for its USAJobs application programming interface to reflect that the data is public and expressly allow analysis.
The Office of Personnel Management released a beta version of a Federal Workforce Data Chatbot with plans for improvement and integration with America.gov. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)
The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned.
The long-awaited clause was issued as a regulation deviation last week, and while some previous commenters are relieved, they still have worries about it in practice.
Demonstrators raise signs and posters outside Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)
The watchdog said the consumer agency would have had “no way of knowing” whether the data stored in that hardware was secured. The CFPB’s CIO pushed back.
Large lettering hangs on the side of the General Services Administration building on July 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Ahead of formal rulemaking, the General Services Administration issued an artificial intelligence acquisition regulation deviation that can be used immediately, incorporating some public comments.
The central bank’s inspector general documented multiple incidents of the staffer transferring files to unencrypted devices before their retirement in July 2024.
The watchdog isn’t sure if the public’s data was protected after the CFPB, SEC, NOAA and Education provided incomplete information and the SBA and VA didn’t engage…
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found inconsistencies in how the IRS tracks its procedures for evaluating data quality checks in high-impact AI models.
