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Industry tech professionals (from left to right) Jonathan Entwistle, Sanjeev Pulapaka, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Felipe Millon join General Services Administration Chief AI Officer Zach Whitman at the GSA’s Federal Emerging Technology Showcase held in the Interior Department’s Yates Auditorium on July 30, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

Federal IT leaders to agencies: collaborate, use AI to rethink workflows

Tech leaders from across agencies and industry said the government must work together to use AI to fix broken systems, not just use it as a band-aid.
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Demonstrators gather outside of the offices of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025 to protest against mass layoffs and budget cuts at the agency, initiated by the Trump administration and DOGE. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Education CIO office lost more than half of its employees to Trump’s reduction in force, watchdog says

Some sub-offices were left completely empty, the Office of the Inspector General found using Microsoft Teams, since the agency refused to supply staffing data.
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