And, Pentagon CTO Emil Michael urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute.

And, State Department is gearing up to ‘roll out agentic AI’

Michael Duffy, acting federal chief information security officer, called the present technology moment “pivotal” and detailed steps leaders are taking to address it.

The department's 2025 tally of AI uses continues a trend of dramatic annual increases, adding deployments for unaccompanied minors data as well as agentic AI uses.

A senior official said the agency is incorporating bots in procurement processes, exploring emerging tech and building off lessons learned from other agencies.

The AI Workforce Training Act would amend the federal tax code and task the departments of Commerce, Labor and Treasury with leading a campaign to inform companies.

Paul Atkins told lawmakers he’s eyeing a “sandbox-like environment” for entrepreneurs. The idea seems to align with a bipartisan Senate bill and the White House’s AI Action…

CIO Kelly Fletcher sees a future with agency consolidation and simplification, paired with AI agents that “make it easy for people to do their job” and “reduce…

And, IRS moves operations employees to tax services for filing season amid workforce cuts

A White House official said the challenges are a "direct call to action” to private-sector partners, researchers and other innovators.