Trump orders big change to federal contracting structures
The president’s latest executive order requires agencies to shift away from cost-reimbursement contracts, making fixed-price deals the “default” approach to procurement.
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on April 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Acquisition -
(Getty Images) AI Disclosed government AI use increased by 70% in 2025, per OMB
NASA’s expanded disclosure of R&D uses contributed to the increase and helped make science-related applications the most common type of use case across government.
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Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., speaks to reporters following in front of the House Oversight Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) Modernization House bill wants CIOs, agency heads to hit the gas on legacy IT phase-outs
The bipartisan Legacy IT Reduction Act would require CIOs to inventory legacy systems and agency heads to plan for hastened retirements, updates or modernization.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins takes a question from the audience in her office on June 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Exclusive Agriculture Department kicks off $300M Palantir deal on IT, national security work
The blanket purchase agreement is a “continuation” of work that Palantir has done with the agency, company execs told FedScoop, including on USDA’s “One Farmer, One File” initiative.
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Surveillance towers stand between new sections of the primary and secondary steel bollard-style border wall along the US-Mexico border on May 10, 2021 in San Diego County, California. US-Mexico frontier. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Tech DHS moves forward on autonomous surveillance towers at the border
The agency has had four vendors pass an “autonomy test,” Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said during a budget hearing Thursday.
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The Government Accountability Office in D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier) AI Agencies fall short on documenting AI acquisition best practices, GAO says
A new report from the congressional watchdog found that agencies are not “systematically collecting lessons learned from AI acquisitions.”
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(Getty Images) Commentary How agencies can operationalize the White House’s cybercrime order through identity
A former operational expert at multiple federal law enforcement agencies details how identity-based attacks are forcing change.
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Helicopter shot of the United States Capitol and Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. at sunset, with the National Mall in the background. AI AI risk management deadline hits federal agencies. Not all were ready.
DHS and DOJ are among the agencies lagging behind those that have publicly posted updated AI inventories, per OMB requirements, and outlined changes to FedScoop.
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AI How tech and data-sharing fueled record arrests for ICE
And, the war in Iran is quickly becoming defined by the use of drones.
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An ICE agent stands alongside a long line of travelers waiting to pass through a TSA Checkpoint at the Philadelphia International Airport on March 28, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) Tech ICE credits technology, data-sharing for exceeding arrest goals
The Department of Homeland Security unit increased its annual target of arrests of individuals with criminal history or pending charges after more than doubling its 2025 goal.