DOGE enters Homeland Security’s biometrics operations; Trump administration kicks off acquisition overhaul
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 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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Tech IRS chief resigns following deal to share taxpayer data with ICE; Trump takes aim at Pentagon acquisition
Melanie Krause is taking the government’s deferred resignation offer after the tax and immigration enforcement agencies reached a controversial information-sharing pact.
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A view of the Internal Revenue Service building. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) Workforce Acting IRS chief set to leave following Treasury deal to share taxpayer data with ICE
Melanie Krause is taking the government’s deferred resignation offer after the tax and immigration enforcement agencies reached a controversial information-sharing pact.
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A sign outside a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration office in the Northlake area of DeKalb County, Georgia. (Image credit: Gulbenk / Wikimedia Commons). Exclusive DOGE granted access to naturalization-related IT systems, memo shows
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.
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Tech GSA reveals plans to reduce TTS tech services arm by 50%, eliminate non-statutory work; Former State Department CAIO Matthew Graviss joins Atlassian
Thomas Shedd, Technology Transformation Services director and Tesla alum, said during a town hall that only critical and statutorily required work will continue. And, Matthew Graviss has joined the Australian-based software company as its public sector chief technology officer after roughly 17 years in government.
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Matthew Graviss, the State Department’s chief AI officer and chief data officer, speaks during AI Talks on April 18, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo) Transition Former State Department data, AI leader Graviss joins Atlassian
Matthew Graviss has joined the Australian-based software company as its public sector chief technology officer after roughly 17 years in government.
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Immigrant rights protesters participate in a demonstration to draw attention to the involvement of tech companies in the immigration enforcement system on Oct. 11, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Emerging Tech Former ICE officials clash on agency’s need for increased data access
Witnesses at a House hearing Tuesday disagreed on the need for access to more data, but fell in line regarding data modernization.
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President Donald Trump holds up paperwork during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Feb. 18, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Tech Trump order calls for creation of DOGE-linked agency payment-tracking systems
The executive order would pair agency heads with DOGE team leads to build internal IT systems to track contracts, grants and other expenditures.
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Tech Trump shuts down CBP One app, closing a pathway to America; New DHS AI directive sets prohibited uses, expands acquisition governance
The Trump administration has shuttered the CBP One app. And in a parting directive, the Biden administration’s DHS issued new guidance for AI use and acquisition.