This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hubble photographed the comet on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. Hubble shows that the comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus. Because Hubble was tracking the comet moving along a hyperbolic trajectory, the stationary background stars are streaked in the exposure. [Credit — Image: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)]
Navajo Indians line up in their vehicles on May 21, 2020, to collect water and supplies from a distribution point as the COVID-19 virus spreads through the Navajo Nation, in Monument Valley at the Utah and Arizona border. (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
Melissa de Vera will be honored with a Flemming Award for leading IHS recruitment to facilitate $3.5 billion in spending on sanitation projects across the country.
An exterior view of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Washington D.C., on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A Department Of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection sign is displayed at the CBP headquarters on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Attorneys disclosed CBP's request for “corporate return information” tied to tariffs. A federal court requires 24-hour notification if ICE asks for taxpayer data.
In newly released compliance plans, agencies cited many of the same barriers to AI implementation and varied widely in how they’re approaching high-impact uses.
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 20: A sign marks the location of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters building on June 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
A sign for the U.S. Department of State is seen on the outside of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on October 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
That included notifications that roles were “excepted” during a shutdown. A spokesperson pointed to “minor data” discrepancies, which the agency worked to fix.
FedScoop takes a detailed look at contingency plans at civilian CFO Act agencies for general tech and Office of the Chief Information Officer functions.