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U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order at the White House on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump administration kicks off federal acquisition overhaul with new website

Spurred by an April executive order, the Trump administration plans to issue a slimmed-down version of the Federal Acquisition Regulation later this year.

May 6, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

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404 page: the error sites of federal agencies

Technology doesn’t always work in expected ways. Some agencies are using a creative touch to soften an error message.

Apr 23, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Housing and Urban Development names Vinay Singh as chief AI officer

Vinay Singh is currently the department’s chief financial officer and will work closely with the agency’s senior IT and policy officials in the new role.

Nov 22, 2023 By Madison Alder

NASA appoints David Salvagnini as chief data officer

Salvagnini took up the role earlier this summer after a more than 20-year career in the intelligence community.

Aug 21, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

This illustration picture shows the ChatGPT logo displayed on a smartphone in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

NASA cautiously tests OpenAI software for summarization and code writing

Employees looking to evaluate the technology are only invited to join generative trials if proposed use cases involve “public, non-sensitive data."

Exclusive Aug 4, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

NASA doesn’t approve of NFTs that use the agency’s imagery

NFTs that appear to use NASA imagery are pretty easy to find on digital asset marketplaces.

Jul 25, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

How Leidos enables NASA’s mission through effective IT services

Leidos Chief Technologist Lexy Guenther on how providing IT end-user services allows NASA to focus on its core business of furthering space exploration and scientific research.

Jun 8, 2023 By Scoop News Group

NASA appoints former DOJ lawyer with cyber expertise as general counsel

As an assistant U.S. attorney in New York, Iris Lan prosecuted complex counterterrorism, counterintelligence, export control, cyber intrusion and corporate fraud cases.

Jun 5, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

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TikTok ban on federal devices formalized with update to Federal Acquisition Regulation

The new rule follows a White House memo in February that gave government IT leaders 30 days to identify the presence of the app on agency devices.

Jun 2, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

The silhouette of US engineer and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur is seen past the NASA logo in the Webb Auditorium at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

NASA space technology chief Jim Reuter to retire next month

NASA will open a nationwide search to find a new associate administrator.

May 11, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones