Demonstrators stand outside the Office of Personnel Management headquarters Feb. 4 to protest the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency and a “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers from the OPM called “Fork in the Road.” (Photo by Madison Alder)
Judge Denise Cote said the government failed to provide a credible explanation for why DOGE needed access to personal information to modernize the human capital agency.
Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist Denice Ross is spearheading efforts to build the field of data policy and monitor federal data at the Federation of American Scientists’ Data Policy Institute. (FedScoop)
Denice Ross and her team at the Data Policy Institute are leading the charge to advocate for data policy and monitor data impacts under the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order related to the America.gov website during an event to unveil the website, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on Sept 29, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
The new AI-chatbot is intended to provide Americans with one place for all of their needs from the government. The platform reportedly leverages Gemini and Grok.
The letter comes after administration officials changed leadership for the system, implemented new AI tooling, and shut out members of an open-source community.
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks during the Pro-Human Assembly at the Marriott Marquis Washington on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
“Congress has a singular opportunity to respond swiftly and effectively to these warning shots before true catastrophes occur,” the representatives said in a letter.
From left, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speak at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images)
The Pentagon’s Emil Michael said the Claude maker is still designated a supply chain risk after Commerce Secretary Lutnick indicated Anthropic and Trump were “in tune.”
Chief Information Officer Patrick Newbold said that while he was excited that roughly 80% of staff uses AI, he questioned whether that metric mattered.
