The Department of Homeland Security unit is leaning into AI but hasn’t yet jumped on the agentic AI bandwagon, according to Dustin Goetz.

And, FAA tech teams are partnering with AI vendors on customized software for the agency’s modernization of air traffic control systems.

The blanket purchase agreement is a “continuation” of work that Palantir has done with the agency, company execs told FedScoop, including on USDA’s “One Farmer, One File”…

The agency is expanding detection and tracking technology projects while simultaneously loosening the reins on oversight.

The department again reported few uses slated for increased risk management practices, and demoted several systems it previously determined could have significant impact on the public.

The agency’s 31% year-over-year surge in AI use cases includes work with predictive models and surveillance technologies that sparked concern from privacy and technology safety advocates.

And, OPM’s federal workforce data site just got a major overhaul

The $300,000 contract comes amid the Trump administration’s push to root out alleged fraud in Minnesota and eventually across the U.S.

The company is not publicly listed as part of the new portal project in federal spending records.

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