Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in New York on July, 11 2025. (Photo by MADISON SWART/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
Charles Worthington, chief artificial intelligence officer at Department of Veterans Affairs, testifies during a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S. Digital Service alum is exiting the Department of Veterans Affairs after leading its artificial intelligence and digital modernization initiatives.
From left, Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, attend a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee markup in the Dirksen building on July 29, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Officials from the FBI, DEA and Naval Criminal Investigative Service said the build-versus-buy IT debate is no longer viewed as a toss-up within most agencies.