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USAID updated policy to allow use of Signal, Telegram in some circumstances

The 2023 policy change modified 2022 agency guidance on third-party messaging platforms.

Oct 31, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

A photo of a smartphone and a laptop displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

OpenAI reveals first federal agency customer for ChatGPT Enterprise

USAID will use the tool to reduce admin burdens and ease partnerships, OpenAI’s Anna Makanju said in a Q&A with FedScoop.

Aug 19, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

Samantha Power, the administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), speaks during the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

USAID-funded database says it’s ‘very difficult’ to track aid worker deaths in Gaza

The database was cited in a December memo to Administrator Samantha Power.

Aug 7, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

More than 1,300 devices have been reported missing to USAID, document shows

Mobile devices accounted for the vast majority of lost devices reported at America’s leading foreign aid organization.

Jul 24, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

USAID’s focus on AI and emerging technology continues with new policy release

Administrator Samantha Power, who just unveiled the agency’s democracy, human rights and governance policy, has now met with leaders at both OpenAI and Anthropic this summer.

Jul 19, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

A UN worker takes a box containing sanitation kits and soap provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) being stored at a UN school before a distribution to Palestinian displaced people on August 15, 2014 in Gaza City. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

USAID requested delay on wiping device of agency employee killed in Israel by off-duty cop

A request brought to light in a USAID email exchange viewed by FedScoop raises questions about government devices and foreign law enforcement investigations.

May 8, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

A major USAID contractor said it was hacked in 2021. It’s still not sharing details

A data breach disclosure filed by Chemonics in 2022 said that more than 6,000 people were impacted in the 2021 incident.

May 2, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

This illustration picture shows the ChatGPT logo displayed on a smartphone in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

How risky is ChatGPT? Depends which federal agency you ask

A majority of civilian CFO Act agencies have come up with generative AI strategies, according to a FedScoop analysis.

Feb 5, 2024 By Madison Alder Rebecca Heilweil

USAID Administrator Samantha Power speaks during the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

USAID warned employees not to share private data on ChatGPT, memo shows

As of April, the international development agency does not have an outright ban on the generative AI tool.

Jan 4, 2024 By Rebecca Heilweil

Only 3 agencies have hit deadline for cyber event logging standards, GAO finds

The Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation and the Small Business Administration are the only CFO Act agencies that met OMB’s August 2023 timeline for the…

Dec 7, 2023 By Matt Bracken