NSF director Panchanathan resigns; Bill to reauthorize TMF would extend program to 2032
Sethuraman Panchanathan has been at the science research agency since the first Trump administration.
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The Department of Labor gets access to OpenAI tech; Top officials behind CISA’s ‘Secure by Design’ resign
The move makes Labor one of the latest agencies to gain access to generative AI tools from the maker of ChatGPT.
White House releases guidance for AI use, acquisition in government; Senators look to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities
The two memos follow Trump’s decision to rescind the Biden administration’s executive order on AI and review its actions — but much appears similar.
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.
Agencies that fired 25,000 federal workers comply with court-ordered reinstatements; House Democrat wants to modernize privacy law in light of DOGE data access
Roughly 15,500 reinstatements were a direct result of the district court order, while another 6,000 workers were already reinstated, per court documents.
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NSF terminates 168 probationary employees amid mass federal firings; Federal judge denies the request to block DOGE and Elon Musk from seven agencies’ data systems
NSF is among the latest federal agencies to terminate its probationary employees. And, a federal judge rules against a lawsuit seeking to limit the DOGE's access into…
AFGE says it will fight mass federal firings, refuting ‘performance’ claims; Treasury’s inspector general plans to audit DOGE’s access to payment systems
After a purging a federal probationary employees, a top union says it will fight back against claims that those employees had poor performance. And, the latest in…
House Republicans block Democratic effort to subpoena Elon Musk over DOGE’s access to government data; Trump administration requests input on AI ‘action plan’
Republicans block an attempt to bring Elon Musk before Congress. And, the Trump administration asks the public for feedback on its AI action plan.
Federal IT experts take wait-and-see approach with Elon Musk’s DOGE
The newly rebranded U.S. Digital Service is charged with governmentwide software modernization, but experts are uncertain about its leadership and direction.