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President Donald Trump displays an executive order on artificial intelligence he signed at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Here’s how federal agencies say they’re tackling AI use under Trump

In newly released compliance plans, agencies cited many of the same barriers to AI implementation and varied widely in how they’re approaching high-impact uses.
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WASHINGTON – APRIL 11: Department Of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building on April 11, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

HHS has a new DOGE-affiliated technology chief

Zachary Terrell is the chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, FedScoop has learned. He is also serving at NSF.
Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

White House directs agencies to consider staff reductions in case of shutdown

In a message to agency leaders, the Office of Management and Budget said a funding lapse for programs means that they no longer have to be carried…
President Donald Trump displays an executive order on artificial intelligence he signed at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Emerging tech, energy, space among Trump administration R&D priorities

The White House released five federal priorities for fiscal year 2027. They come as administration actions face backlash from scientists and researchers.
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – JULY 08: An exterior view of 2514 Eisenhower Avenue, where the National Science Foundation is also located, is seen on July 8, 2025 in Alexandria, Virginia. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner has announced that HUD headquarters will be moving from its current location at the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building in Washington, D.C. to the new location in Alexandria. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

An AI weather lab lost NSF funding. Its leadership says that could hurt the talent pipeline

The uncertain future of AI2ES, a collaboration of multiple research institutions, comes as the White House launches a public-private partnership to increase AI education.
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