Another bipartisan push to reboot Congress’ tech expertise office is underway
A bill to resurrect the Office of Technology Assessment has been introduced once more to help lawmakers confront the age of artificial intelligence and tech advances.
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Meet the former U.S. data chief taking the ‘Lorax’ approach to disappearing federal data
Denice Ross and her team at the Data Policy Institute are leading the charge to advocate for data policy and monitor data impacts under the Trump administration.
Driving federal data policy from the outside-in
Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist Denice Ross joins the podcast
Agency AI use case inventories must stay, groups tell Trump officials
A letter signed by 18 civil society organizations implores the OMB and OSTP heads to make sure agencies continue to maintain and update their AI inventories.
Biden calls on Congress to fund ‘DARPA for health’ in State of the Union address
The proposed ARPA-H would seek to emulate the Pentagon's foundational breakthroughs such as GPS or the internet.
Library of Congress is spending $1.5M on a public Congressional Research Service reports website. Is it worth it?
The library's implementation plan, and critiques from some in civil society, is raising a quintessential tension in civic tech.
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After controversy, FBI removes ID requirement for eFOIA requests
The FBI has launched a second public beta version of its online portal for processing Freedom of Information Act requests — without the controversial requirement that users…
Three things you probably didn’t know about the high-tech future of national security
Virtual gamers everywhere went into a real-world panic last year when they learned the National Security Agency was monitoring participants in World of Warcraft and Second Life,…