Issues in VA’s modernization push delay payments for thousands of students.

Dawn Zimmer takes over as permanent Energy CIO.

DOE announces $625 million to continue quantum research centers

It comes as Palantir faces backlash in the United Kingdom for a similar project involving health care data.

In newly released compliance plans, agencies cited many of the same barriers to AI implementation and varied widely in how they’re approaching high-impact uses.

Administrator Lee Zeldin previously said the agency would “get out of the way” on chemical reviews to speed up construction of data centers.

The suit says the changes go “far beyond” the “lawful use of the presidential bully pulpit.”

That included notifications that roles were “excepted” during a shutdown. A spokesperson pointed to “minor data” discrepancies, which the agency worked to fix.

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…

The White House Office of Management and Budget is instructing agencies to consider reducing staff for programs that have a lapse in funding in the event of…