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Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

The photo shows photo of Federal Workforce Data Chat (FWD Chat) open on a computer screen. The banner across the top has the OPM logo and below that, the page reads "FWD Chat Beta."
The Office of Personnel Management released a beta version of a Federal Workforce Data Chatbot with plans for improvement and integration with America.gov. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

OPM launches beta AI chatbot for federal workforce data

The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned.
Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications

A federal judge issued a pause on the Trump administration’s inclusion of a question that asked applicants how they’d advance the president’s agenda and policies.
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management headquarters is pictured on Dec. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM memo attempts to clear path for more AI use in federal hiring

The human capital agency said AI uses that support applicant evaluation and pre-offer quality control likely don’t fall into a category that requires more risk management scrutiny.
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)

Federal IT leaders to agencies: collaborate, use AI to rethink workflows

Tech leaders from across agencies and industry said the government must work together to use AI to fix broken systems, not just use it as a band-aid.
A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally in front of the Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Judge rejects move to dismiss case on DOGE access to Treasury, OPM data

A lawsuit regarding DOGE data incursions in federal systems will move forward after a federal court ruled against the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss the case.
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