The Patent and Trademark Office just got a new chief artificial intelligence officer and is eyeing more drafting and searching tools, Deborah Stephens said.
A Utah Department of Motor Vehicle employee shows a sample of a digital driver’s license on a mobile phone at a Harmons Grocery store on Aug. 4, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
Google and Samsung Wallet users can use the licenses to verify their identity, GSA announced, in an effort to combat artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes.
Meteorologist Brian Kyle monitors the area weather at the National Weather Service offices Monday, May 23, 2022 in Dickinson. (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Agency officials say the transition away from on-premises will be a better fit for newer NWS weather systems that were designed for a cloud environment.
Using artificial intelligence for “personal convenience” does not have to conform to records retention regulations, per recent National Archives guidance.
From left to right, GovCIO’s Henry Kenyon, Transportation Department’s Anil Chaudhry, NASA’s Geoffrey Sage and GSA’s Birgit Smeltzer speak at GovCIO’s Federal AI Forum at Carahsoft in Reston, Va. on August 13, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)
The director of the agency’s Office of IT Products said some manufacturers have “already agreed to extend some limited-time offers, and some are looking at producing new…
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)