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Scott Kupor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Office of Personnel Management, is sworn in at a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OPM nominee tells DOGE-concerned Democrats he’ll protect workers’ data

Scott Kupor pledged to do a full review of OPM practices on data privacy and data protection.

5 hours ago By Matt Bracken

Demonstrators gather outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 to protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images via AFP)

Judge denies OPM’s motion to dismiss DOGE ‘data disclosure’ case

“The complaint adequately pleads that the DOGE Defendants ‘plainly and openly crosses a congressionally drawn line in the sand,'" the judge wrote.

9 hours ago By Billy Mitchell

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DOGE gains access to immigration systems; Bill to codify AI research at NSF is rebooted

A memo from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services raises concerns about the extent to which the Elon Musk-led group could access personal information related to immigration.

14 hours ago By FedScoop Staff

Department of the Treasury — The Treasury building. (Getty Images)

Treasury Department elevates Jeffrey King from deputy CIO to the top IT spot

The reshuffle in Treasury’s IT shop comes as the IRS cut about 50 IT staffers Friday.

5 days ago By Rebecca Heilweil

The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS cuts about 50 IT executives, sources say

The Trump administration has already hit the tax agency with thousands of firings.

5 days ago By Matt Bracken

SBA building — U.S. Small Business Administration offices. (GAO photo).

Small Business Administration has a new CIO

Marcus Alzona, who assisted with the Trump inauguration, briefly served in the position.

Mar 28, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

Michael Kratsios, Donald Trump — President Donald Trump, joined by Michael Kratsios, signs a presidential memo for continued testing of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-drones, at his Oval Office desk Oct. 25, 2017. (White House / Shealah Craighead)

Trump to OSTP’s Kratsios: ‘Blaze a trail’ for science and tech supremacy

A letter from the president pushes the new OSTP director to secure global leadership in emerging tech, among other priorities.

Mar 28, 2025 By Caroline Nihill

Karen Evans, DOE — Karen Evans at the 2019 Cybersecurity Leadership Forum. (FedScoop)

Veteran federal IT official Karen Evans tapped for top DHS post

Evans, currently CISA’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, has been nominated as undersecretary for management at DHS.

Mar 28, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Small Business Administration (SBA) — (bluemaumau.org / CC BY 2.0 / Flickr)

Who’s the SBA’s top tech official? Right now, it’s hard to tell

A tech executive and Maryland GOP stalwart named Marcus Alzona is listed in the position on one page, but other references to him appear removed.

Mar 27, 2025 By Rebecca Heilweil

A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Valerie Macon /AFP via Getty Images)

Social Security Administration swaps out one DOGE staffer at CIO for another

The agency tapped Scott Coulter as its top IT official after shifting Mike Russo to be a senior advisor to the commissioner.

Mar 27, 2025 By Matt Bracken