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

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.

An upcoming Federal Register post reveals the department’s plans for fraud.gov, where the public is encouraged to share tips about possible instances of fraud in federal programs.

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

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.

And, DOGE planned to ‘kill off’ living individuals in an SSA database, and now lawmakers want answers

A report found two years of missing measures and undefined fiscal 2026 goals for the health records’ interagency cybersecurity and privacy protections.

The watchdog said in a letter to Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Angus King and Ron Wyden that it will honor their request to probe Free File following the…

The agency will potentially expand its artificial intelligence toolkit to help its workforce in assistive, collaborative and agentic tasks.