Ankur Saini, chief product and technology officer at the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, speaks during the FedScoop-produced MongoDB event on April 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)
The Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is focusing on streamlining a sprawling 60-application environment into a seven-platform spread.
Budget constraints and compliance considerations have presented hurdles for the agency as it aims to onboard technologists, a DOE IT leader said during a Thursday event.
Scott Kupor, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to speak with the witnesses about their history in government, goals for their roles and actions U.S. President Donald Trump has taken in his first few months of office. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, testifies during a House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology hearing in the Rayburn building on Jan. 14, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The program to recruit government technologists has garnered interest from more than 35,000 Americans, according to the OSTP director, who said “hard decisions” to “right-size” agencies were…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as (L-R) CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya, White House “AI and Crypto Czar” David Scahs, U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates listen during a dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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)
An initial cohort of 1,000 people will serve in agency roles for two years. Roughly 25 companies — including Microsoft, Palantir and xAI — are partners on…