The US government has its first federal chief AI officer; Generative AI use is ‘escalating rapidly’ in federal agencies
The congressional watchdog examined 11 agencies, finding 250 additional generative AI use cases from 2023 to 2024.
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Democrats demand answers on Grok’s use in government; Starlink outage impacted Starshield services for military users
A letter to GSA seeks information surrounding the xAI tool following FedScoop reporting that revealed the agency’s testing of the platform.
James Walkinshaw details his tech agenda; IRS has lost 25% of its IT workforce since Trump took office
Running for his old boss’s seat in Virginia’s 11th district, Walkinshaw details his tech agenda in an interview with FedScoop.
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Former OPM Director Rob Shriver
Army awards $100M contract for Next-Gen command and control prototype; House bill eyes digitization to fix arcane federal permitting process
Anduril and its team of vendors secured a $99.6 million OTA to continue prototyping effort for the Army's Next Generation Command and Control.
Trump White House launches ‘Schedule G’ for political policy officials; GSA head says nearly half of agency workforce is using GSAi daily
The new schedule appears redundant to the Schedule C classification, experts told FedScoop, perhaps opening the door wider to high-salary political appointees.
VA acting CIO defends IT workforce reorg amid lawmaker pushback; Waltz brushes off SignalGate questions, points finger at CISA
Eddie Pool told lawmakers it is “highly unlikely” the agency’s IT office would need to rehire employees who left through deferred resignation or early retirement.
Elon Musk’s Grok is now working with the US government; Pentagon awards mega contracts for new ‘frontier AI’ projects
The announcement comes after FedScoop reported on the General Services Administration’s interest in the tool late last week.