artificial intelligence (AI) Archives

MAR 15, 2022 — National Science Foundation Chief Information Officer Dorothy Aronson speaks at ITModTalks, hosted by FedScoop, in Washington, D.C.

National Science Foundation looking at use cases for ChatGPT

The foundation's Chief Information Officer says her agency is building a set of use cases to inform new guardrails for the technology.

Mar 15, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Alondra Nelson, deputy director for science and society at OSTP, speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images).

White House OSTP chief Alondra Nelson to step down

She has led the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy since the resignation of Eric Lander last year.

Feb 6, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 27: Committee ranking member Rep. James Comer (R-KY) attends a House Oversight Committee hearing titled Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers in the Rayburn House Office Building. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images).

GOP House committee leaders probe ‘conflicting definitions’ in NIST AI framework and AI ‘Bill of Rights’

A House Science Committee spokesperson says lawmakers' concerns center on varying definitions of the technology included in the two documents.

Jan 27, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

National AI Task Force seeks $2.6B from Congress for research and development

The task force expects $2.25 billion of the total figure to come from multiple federal agency appropriations.

Jan 25, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Chief Information Officer Karl Mathias. (Image credit: HHS / Chris Smith).

HHS CIO Mathias says tree-based AI models helping to combat Medicare fraud

The prototype technology is allowing quicker identification of criminal activity, according to the IT leader.

Jan 18, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

IARPA to develop novel AI that automatically generates tips to improve intel reports

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has a new REASON program.

Jan 6, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building, Congress, House, Senate, Washington, D.C. — (REUTERS / Erin Scott)

2022 in review: FedRAMP reform enacted, SAMOSA Act progresses

FedScoop looks back at some of the most consequential developments in federal IT policy over the past year.

Dec 31, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Government leaders tout big wins for their missions with AI, ML and cloud tools

Executives from the U.S. Army, U.S. Postal Service and the State of New York highlight IT modernization initiatives at Google Government Summit.

Dec 13, 2022 By Scoop News Group

United States Department of Commerce Building (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

NTIS chief data scientist: Public-private partnership authority can help agencies with explainable AI

The National Technical Information Service helps agencies to improve data collection, labeling and classifying, and use data to ensure machine-learning models can be trusted.

Oct 7, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

A display shows a vehicle and person recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in Washington, DC, November 1, 2017. (Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images).

AI ‘Bill of Rights’ must be accompanied by NIST risk management framework say experts

Bias and privacy risks associated with the technology can't be properly identified until NIST completes much-awaited impact assessments.

Oct 4, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir