The US is ‘slipping’ on cybersecurity
The annual implementation report recommends reversing Trump administration budget cuts, empowering the national cyber director and other steps.
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Donald Trump
The federal government shuts down; Takeaways from Hegseth’s meeting with the military’s top brass
For the first time since 2019, also during a Trump administration, federal appropriations have lapsed, resulting in furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal employees and contractors…
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes on new White House design chief role; Wyden seeks review of federal court cybersecurity, citing ‘incompetence,’ ‘negligence’
Gebbia will help lead Trump’s initiative to redesign the federal government’s digital services.
Trump targets federal web design in new executive order; Google’s ‘Gemini for Government’ offers AI platform to federal agencies for 47 cents
The order establishes a national studio and chief design official and mandates a July 4, 2026 deadline for agencies to implement both web and physical space changes.
Trump threatens executive order on elections; Watchdog says OMB must prioritize federal IT spending framework, or scrap it
The provisions mentioned by the president, such as banning mail-in voting and voting machines, are viewed by many experts as plainly unconstitutional.
Data leaders condemn Trump’s order to fire BLS commissioner; Trump nominates former private equity exec Edward Forst as GSA administrator
One group, whose leadership includes two former BLS commissioners, called on Congress to respond immediately and investigate her removal.
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GSA is planning to bring its chatbot to the rest of government; Trump administration launches effort aimed at improving health records
Zach Whitman, the agency’s CAIO and CDO, detailed the vision for GSAi across government and weighed in on whether Grok could be used by federal workers.
A new effort to rebuild federal capacity in the wake of cuts
Former OPM Director Rob Shriver
Trump White House launches ‘Schedule G’ for political policy officials; GSA head says nearly half of agency workforce is using GSAi daily
The new schedule appears redundant to the Schedule C classification, experts told FedScoop, perhaps opening the door wider to high-salary political appointees.
Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward; Anthropic makes generative AI widely available at major national lab
Employees at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California will have access to the enterprise version of Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot.