Using artificial intelligence for “personal convenience” does not have to conform to records retention regulations, per recent National Archives guidance.
A look at a Compliant Technologies Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, G.L.O.V.E., at Omaha Police Headquarters in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security unit will spend more than $16.7 million on 6,650 of the “conductive distraction and de-escalation” devices made by Compliant Technologies.
Following the departures of 22,000 tax agency staffers, nearly 600 laptops, portable printers and smartphones haven’t been located, per a new TIGTA report.
Agents with the Homeland Security Investigations attend a press conference after the sentencing of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada outside of Brooklyn Federal Court on July 20, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
DHS’s inspector general found that the agency spent millions to develop inadequate tools amid a shift toward immigration enforcement and away from drug investigations.
A look at some of the drones the FBI confiscated while they were being flown illegally in restricted airspace during the World Cup, pictured July 29, 2026. A special FBI task force deployed during the World Cup seized 700 drones violating airspace around the games. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Corcos will now lead GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, and help oversee the Federal Acquisition Service and Login-dot-gov, in addition to serving as Treasury’s top IT official.