Federal officials tap open-source standard to improve GenAI access to public data
Officials are using a standard known as “Model Context Protocol” to ensure that queries to third-party AI chatbots like ChatGPT are informed by public data.
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Energy Department offloads some emergency operations to AI
The technology was “used in place of a large team that would be required for coding and development of emergency services facilitation,” according to DOE’s AI inventory.
Department of Education tech employees lose union protections
And, a F-35 pilot shoots down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea
As Trump targets fraud, the government’s identity focus reaches a new peak
Jordan Burris joins the Daily Scoop to discuss.
An Energy Department-run national lab is piloting xAI’s Grok
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, plus HHS, are using the controversial chatbot to create documents and complete general research, AI use case inventories show.
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The US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world
And, Pentagon names 6 appointees to lead the CTO’s top technology efforts
IRS ramps up AI use amid staff cuts, Treasury inventory shows
The tax agency accounts for nearly half of Treasury’s AI use cases, with a heavy focus on IT and some fraud-fighting tech, but no results for “collections”…
ICE’s AI pilots drive growth of use cases within DHS
And, Transportation reopens its drone-related RFI amid plans for a new FAA office
ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security
From searches of mobile devices to facial recognition, the Homeland Security division has nearly doubled its use cases since July 2025, according to the Wednesday report.
Pentagon broadens counter-drone authorities in bid to shore up vulnerable U.S. bases
And, IRS faces inventory backlog, IT project delays this filing season, watchdog says
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