Senate takes up push to modernize environmental permitting process
The bipartisan legislation directs agencies to standardize data systems and use cloud-based platforms to digitize federal permitting. A companion bill already passed the House.
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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) Policy -
Cyber Roughly 50,000 federal employees could lose workforce protections under new OPM rule
And, CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices
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AI As Trump targets fraud, the government’s identity focus reaches a new peak
Jordan Burris joins the Daily Scoop to discuss.
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Apple iPhone screen with AI app applications, including Grok, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Copilot and Claude. AI An Energy Department-run national lab is piloting xAI’s Grok
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, plus HHS, are using the controversial chatbot to create documents and complete general research, AI use case inventories show.
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Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia answers questions during a December 2025 interview with FedScoop. (YouTube screenshot) Federal Federal CIO sees website redesign as key to digital services’ ‘one government’ approach
Greg Barbaccia says the National Design Studio is helping to “coalesce” a governmentwide voice for the public online.
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ICE agents leave a residence after knocking on the door on Jan. 28, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security continues its immigration enforcement operations after two high-profile killings by federal agents in recent weeks. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) AI ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security
From searches of mobile devices to facial recognition, the Homeland Security division has nearly doubled its use cases since July 2025, according to the Wednesday report.
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Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, arrives to the House Budget Committee in Cannon building on May 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) AI Republican lawmakers look to AI for agency rules review
The proposed legislation targets redundant or outdated regulations, which after being identified could be amended, rescinded or removed.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) building is seen at 600 Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP). Modernization DOT reorganizes FAA to support modernization, other goals
The proposed legislation targets redundant or outdated regulations, which after being identified could be amended, rescinded or removed.
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A view of the North Lawn of the White House on Sept. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Federal White House taps a new chief statistician
Stuart Levenbach, Trump’s former CFPB nominee, is now the government’s top statistics official. He’s the third person in the role under Trump.
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The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which houses the Office of Management and Budget. (Wikimedia Commons) AI The US government’s annual tally of AI uses is on its way
The 2025 inventory is expected “soon” and will once again be posted on GitHub, Federal Chief Information Officer Greg Barbaccia told FedScoop.