The Department of Homeland Security unit is leaning into AI but hasn’t yet jumped on the agentic AI bandwagon, according to Dustin Goetz.

FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers during a hearing that the agency is purchasing commercially available information that is then used in law enforcement operations.

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.

Bipartisan legislation seeking to establish guardrails and add transparency are surfacing ahead of a statute’s expiration that allows spy agencies to bypass court authorization.

In the past year, the Department of Justice division has added 31 new AI use cases with nearly half enabling law enforcement activities.

A director with the watchdog told Congress this week that the FBI, CFPB and FTC haven’t addressed many recommendations from an April 2025 report on digital money-making…

In lieu of congressional action, U.S. officials are planning to train and deputize state and local partners to address authority gaps for counter unmanned aircraft systems.

Officials from the federal law enforcement agencies discussed some of their “back office” use cases, including HR and cyber tools.

Two recent requests for information show the Justice Department components’ interest in the SpaceX-provided satellite internet service.

The scam looks to trick federal workers searching for National Finance Center services through search engines into sharing their sensitive information.