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President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump team signs transition MOU but refuses GSA’s tech services

GSA traditionally provides IT services that facilitate “secure connectivity and collaboration” between transition teams and the federal government,” but the Trump team has chosen to forgo using…
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., questions witnesses during a roundtable on Supreme Court ethics hosted by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2024. (Photo by ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

House bill to modernize government data, extend CDO Council moves out of committee

The Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act passed out of committee during a House Oversight and Accountability markup.
Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks before a House hearing at the US Capitol on June 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountbility Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation met to discuss the use of technology at the US Border, airports and military bases. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House bill to modernize government data would extend CDO Council

The legislation from Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is a companion to a September bill from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Todd Young, R-Ind.
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Arati Prabhakar attends the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton on May 01, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

OSTP director renews calls for more NAIRR, AI R&D funding

Arati Prabhakar wants the National AI Research Resource to “not only get authorized, but appropriated” — and then “a lot more.”
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: Arati Prabhakar (R), the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, arrives to a classified all-Senate briefing on Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Briefers included members from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House science and tech report highlights R&D budget challenges

OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar followed the report’s release by reiterating her concerns about federal research and development funding.
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