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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Federal Takeaways from the new U.S. national cyber strategy
Elastic’s Mike Nichols joins the podcast to discuss that and more.
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A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) Workforce OPM isn’t using its own dashboard for cyber workforce planning
A new GAO report finds minimal use of a dashboard OPM launched in 2023 to help agencies do data-driven planning for cyber workforce deployment and requirements.
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(Getty Images) Data OMB’s AI guidance falls short on privacy, watchdog says
The Government Accountability Office and a panel of experts ID’d eight privacy-related challenges that AI presents that aren’t totally accounted for in OMB guidance to agencies.
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The James Forrestal Building in Washington D.C. is home to the Department of Energy and one of the sites for NNSA. AI Nuclear agency’s top IT official says AI gains will lead to workforce cuts
During an event Thursday, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s CIO said he wants to spend money as efficiently as possible.
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The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Workforce IRS cuts may mean agency’s ‘AI efforts will not succeed,’ GAO says
The tax agency has a growing use case inventory and plans to “use more AI in the future,” but the watchdog found major “skills gaps” that threaten the IRS’s ability to reap the technology’s benefits.
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Orice Williams Brown of the Government Accountability Office is pictured in Washington D.C., on Oct. 20, 2016. (Photo by John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty Images) Workforce GAO’s IT division has been ‘hard hit’ by departures
The acting comptroller general told lawmakers that the watchdog’s IT unit has “lost a fair number of resources” following funding fights and a wave of retirements.
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A view of the IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images) Workforce IRS cuts leave filing season operations, modernization work ‘in flux’
A new GAO report found that the tax agency lacks a strategic workforce plan following major staff reductions last year. Some IT projects have carried on, while others have suffered.
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AI Army awards Anduril $20B counter-drone contract
And, the GAO urges DOD to address external factors affecting CMMC implementation.
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U.S. Small Business Administration offices. (GAO photo). Federal SBA-IRS data-sharing process for disaster loans needs better tech, GAO says
The watchdog also encouraged the SBA to address inefficiencies in the Disaster Loan Program by pursuing a new legal authority to secure taxpayer consent for applications.