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GAO wants agencies to update cloud computing guidance to manage restrictive licensing

The watchdog found that restrictive licensing practices from vendors have resulted in higher costs and architecture challenges.

Nov 14, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

The Daily Scoop Podcast

Sustaining the PMA’s success as the Biden administration ends, with OMB’s Loren DeJonge Schulman

As the Biden administration comes to a close, one of the White House’s top leaders in performance and personnel management joins the podcast to discuss how the…

Sep 24, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

Vice President Kamala Harris applauds as President Joe Biden signs an executive order after delivering remarks on advancing the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Agencies have cleared AI executive order’s talent benchmarks, GAO says

The watchdog said 13 mandates for six federal agencies on AI personnel and management were fully implemented by the March deadline.

Sep 10, 2024 By Matt Bracken

OPM’s James Saunders on AI’s role in accelerating zero trust practices

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May 29, 2024 By Scoop News Group

OPM CISO James Saunders, right, and Interior CISO Stan Lowe, left, take part in a panel discussion on zero trust at the Amazon Web Services Innovate Day on May 15, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

Agency CISOs aren’t sweating a looming zero trust deadline

Security chiefs at OPM, Interior and USCIS reflect on budgetary and cultural challenges ahead of a Sept. 30 due date to implement zero trust architecture.

May 17, 2024 By Matt Bracken

NASA Artemis astronaut candidates attend their graduation ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Images)

NASA and OPM take steps to modernize astronaut applications

The Office of Personnel Management has partnered again with the space agency to introduce existing online capabilities for astronaut applications.

Apr 3, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., listens during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Feb. 1, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill pushes agencies on stronger telework oversight

The Telework Transparency Act from Sens. Peters and Ernst requires agencies to bolster data collection on telework policies and monitor how those policies impact performance.

Apr 3, 2024 By Matt Bracken

Federal CDO Council selects FERC, DOE officials as new leaders

Kirsten Dalboe will take over as chair, replacing the CFTC’s Ted Kaouk, while Robert King slides into the vice chair spot vacated by DOT’s Dan Morgan.

Jan 26, 2024 By Matt Bracken

Former OSTP deputy CTO Jennifer Pahlka speaks onstage at WIRED25 Summit on Oct. 15, 2018, in San Francisco. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for WIRED25)

Ex-White House official says Congress, federal agencies should do more for AI talent search

The government needs to “pair mandates with enablement” to ensure that it can hire critical AI talent and upskill existing federal employees, former OSTP deputy CTO tells…

Jan 10, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

A view of the entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, which houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters, is shown June 5, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

OPM is on the hunt for a new CDO who will also be its chief AI officer

Ted Kaouk’s departure for the CFTC has opened up a dual search for the civil service-focused agency.

Jan 3, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil