Tackling the White House’s executive order to topple data silos comes as agency tech teams work to address quick technical fixes gone wrong.

The reorganization comes after Secretary Sean Duffy laid into the agency’s IT operations in a separate memo.

Emil Michael, undersecretary of defense for researching and engineering and the Pentagon’s CTO, has taken on the role of acting director of the Silicon Valley-headquartered Defense Innovation…

An SSA spokesperson maintained the agency is “not aware of any compromise” to the cloud environment referenced in the complaint from the agency’s chief data officer.

The agency’s CIO office plans to begin sunsetting tech systems in the coming weeks, per the memo.

The anonymous survey emphasizes the high “initial cost to the federal government” of an IRS-run tool vs. programs “paid and operated directly by a tax preparation company.”

The order establishes a national studio and chief design official and mandates a July 4, 2026 deadline for agencies to implement both web and physical space changes.

The GSA is leveraging the State Department's “privacy-preserving” API for passport records to compare passport photos submitted to Login.gov.

DeepSeek isn’t allowed across the board at the agency, but national labs found some attributes that could be approved, DOE’s Bridget Carper said.

The provisions mentioned by the president, such as banning mail-in voting and voting machines, are viewed by many experts as plainly unconstitutional.