How the State Department is evolving use of its StateChat chatbot
State’s John Silson shares the details on how the department is expanding use of the generative AI chatbot.
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IRS cuts about 50 IT executives; Treasury elevates Jeffrey King to CIO
The reshuffle in Treasury’s IT shop comes as the IRS cut about 50 IT staffers Friday.
Agency software purchasing bill reintroduced by House Oversight members; SSA swaps out DOGE staffers as CIO
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking another run at the SAMOSA Act, a bill with strong support from a variety of tech groups.
Federal CIO calls for agencies to inventory licenses with top-5 software vendors; USAID’s IT team has just five members remaining
By April 2, CIOs must send a list of all licenses they have with Microsoft, Adobe, Salesforce, Oracle and ServiceNow.
Trump order pushes federal government toward electronic payment methods; House Oversight passes executive reorganization bill
Republicans advanced a bill out of committee that would let the administration reorganize the federal government through amending rules, regulations and requirements.
Reflections from DOD’s first-ever customer experience officer
Savan Kong joins the podcast to discuss the Pentagon’s progress in digital experience.
Trump orders full access to agency data for designated officials; Judge blocks DOGE access to Social Security systems
Under the executive order, agency heads are required to modify or rescind internal regulations that interfere with intra- or inter-agency sharing of unclassified data within 30 days.
Trump signs an executive order consolidating federal IT contracting under GSA; A new generative AI tool for GSA’s workforce
Within 30 days of the order’s issuance, GSA will take over as the executive agent of all governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) for IT, as designated by the…