Four new investments at the departments of State, Agriculture and Transportation aim to speed up permitting and integrate artificial intelligence into the agency’s tech portfolio.
People wait in a security line at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 12, 2026 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general office identified vulnerabilities that could enable an attacker to compromise networks and access sensitive information.
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.
In this photo illustration, a Google Gemini logo is seen displayed on a smartphone on the top of a laptop. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The logo for the National Nuclear Security Administration on the final day of the Great American State Fair, on July 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. NNSA falls under the Department of Energy. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
The nuclear agency’s expanded partnership with DOD’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 is meant to reduce duplicative testing and speed up drone defense deployments.
Internal Revenue Service Chief Executive Officer Frank Bisignano testifies during a hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on April 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Users can check refund statuses, balance statements and more in the app that replaces IRS2Go and that the agency’s CEO says advances the IRS’s “digital-first agenda.”
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrive to push protesters back as cars enter and leave the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 12, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.
Sam Corcos, a DOGE alum and acting director of Technology Transformation Services, said in an email obtained by FedScoop that the reassignment initiative is meant to “ensure”…
The Patent and Trademark Office just got a new chief artificial intelligence officer and is eyeing more drafting and searching tools, Deborah Stephens said.
A fireside chat with David Alexander, senior science advisor at DHS S&T, Julie Brewer, deputy under secretary for DHS S&T, and Samuel Howerton, chief scientist at DHS S&T, on Sept. 22, 2026 at the Gallup Building in Washington, D.C.
The agency’s Science and Technology Directorate wants to add testing and evaluation sites, forge partnerships with industry and create internal roles to lead the work.
