DOGE has arrived at the heart of Homeland Security’s biometrics operations
Sources say the Elon Musk-led group is considering a system that agency leaders had hoped would replace its current biometrics database.
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The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen inside a press conference room on May 11, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Transition -
Maria Roat, Margie Graves, Suzette Kent and Erie Meyer appear at a hearing before the Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation on April 29, 2025. Roat and Graves are former deputy federal CIOs, Kent was the federal CIO under the first Trump administration, and Meyer was previously the chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission. (Photo by Madison Alder) Federal Former federal technologists highlight TMF, shared tech solutions amid DOGE push
While lawmakers and panelists agreed IT modernization should be bipartisan, DOGE loomed over the discussion.
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FedScoop TV GAO’s Lindsey Saul outlines AI’s promise in government services
Lindsey Saul | Chief Data Officer | GAO
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Policy GAO audits of DOGE underway; GSA unveils modernized IT tool procurement strategy
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told Senate lawmakers that the watchdog is examining what the group has done with data in Treasury, Social Security and OPM networks.
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Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, center, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch subcommittee, while Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel, left, and Government Publishing Office Director Hugh Halpern, right, look on. The hearing was held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Cyber GAO audits of DOGE’s ‘digital footprint’ in IT systems underway
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told Senate lawmakers that the watchdog is examining what the group has done with data in Treasury, Social Security and OPM networks.
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(Getty Images) Commentary Moving federal enterprise risk management beyond compliance theater
Kshemendra Paul shares in an exclusive Op-Ed how modern data analytics and AI can move federal risk management beyond “compliance theater.”
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(Getty Images) AI GAO suggests policy reform to mitigate generative AI’s human, environmental risks
The Government Accountability Office in a new report pointed to the human and environmental concerns that generative artificial intelligence introduces, and how the government might handle them.
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(Getty Images) Tech Federal agencies aren’t working together to fight consumer scams, GAO says
The watchdog calls for a governmentwide strategy to counter tech-fueled schemes after auditing the FBI, CFPB, FTC and other agencies’ approaches.
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Office of Management and Budget director nominee Russell Vought is sworn in for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Policy GAO says OMB takedown of apportionments website violates federal statutes
The watchdog said OMB Director Russell Vought’s move to disappear the public tracker of funds appropriated by Congress is “very concerning” and undercuts transparency.
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Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro stands in the hallway and waits for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to begin on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Transition After a slow start, GAO says it’s now hearing from DOGE
The comptroller general said DOGE is “actually using our recommendations” after the Elon Musk-led group had barely any contact with the watchdog during the first month of the administration.