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TTS Director Ann Lewis holds a microphone and sits in a white chair on stage at Scoop News group's CyberTalks in Washington. She is joined by GDIT's vice president of cyber, Matthew Mcfadden, and Scoop News Group's senior vice president of content strategy, Wyatt Kash, who are also seated.
Director of the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services Ann Lewis speaks on a panel titled “Protecting Consumers in the Digital Age: Government’s Role” at CyberTalks 2023 in Washington. (Photo by EPNAC)

GSA sees uptick in registrants for AI training series

In an interview with FedScoop, GSA’s director of Technology Transformation Services made the case for AI as an enabler of a more tech-ready workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: Arati Prabhakar (R), the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, arrives to a classified all-Senate briefing on Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Briefers included members from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House announces nearly $100 million in pledges to boost emerging tech workforce

The Office of Science and Technology Policy also teased next steps for upskilling staff and recruiting talent.
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 30: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about his administration’s approach to artificial intelligence during an event in the East Room of the White House on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden issued a new executive order on Monday, directing his administration to create a new chief AI officer, track companies developing the most powerful AI systems, adopt stronger privacy policies and “both deploy AI and guard against its possible bias,” creating new safety guidelines and industry standards. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How the Biden administration is tackling diversity in federal AI hiring

The pool of potential AI workers could pose a challenge to the administration’s efforts to build a diverse workforce to responsibly manage artificial intelligence.
U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speak to reporters following a Senate Forum on Artificial Intelligence in the Russell Senate Office Building on October 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Government AI funding among priorities in Senate working group roadmap

The roadmap for artificial intelligence policy encourages the executive branch and appropriators to support $32 billion in annual innovation funding.
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