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Direct File died under Trump. Meet the creators planning for its second life

After building the IRS’s free electronic filing tool, the Economic Security Project’s Future of Tax Filing fellows are writing a playbook for it to “come back someday”…

By Matt Bracken

Elon Musk joins President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Grok for Government appears stalled for now, but GSA says current AI listings aren’t final

Acquisition

By Rebecca Heilweil

(DHS photo by Jetta Disco / Flickr)

Homeland Security centralizes control over the government’s largest biometrics database

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By Rebecca Heilweil

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Cloudflare’s Dan Kent on how AI is enhancing government services

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United States Department of Commerce Building (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

NIST launches GenAI evaluation program, releases draft publications on AI risks and standards

The actions were among several announced by the Department of Commerce at the roughly six-month mark after Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence.

By Madison Alder

People wait to get assistance at an IRS service center office in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Hartog/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

IRS dumps kiosks at tax centers after watchdog found dozens of inoperable machines

The tax agency canceled a contract with the kiosk vendor following the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s initial report.

By Matt Bracken

GSA building — The General Services Administration headquarters in April 2012. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

GSA inks deal with Box for discounted AI products

The partnership with Box is the latest in a string of OneGov collaborations announced by the GSA in recent weeks.

By Miranda Nazzaro

Lynne Parker exits White House following publication of AI plan

By Madison Alder

RIF packets from FDA included sensitive data for other workers, sources say

By Madison Alder

Appeals court lifts block on DOGE access to Treasury, Education, OPM systems

By Matt Bracken

Anthropic offers Claude AI to federal agencies for $1

By Miranda Nazzaro

House lawmakers seek IT upgrade for Commerce to aid fight against foreign powers

By Matt Bracken

Insights

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Why agencies must look beyond ‘post-quantum crypto’ algorithms to secure their data

By Scoop News Group

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Why the phone still matters: Modernizing government call centers

By Scoop News Group

Bridging the AI readiness gap in government begins with trusted data

By Andrew Churchill

Smart government starts with AI and cloud-driven transformation

By Dean Fernandes Brent Lazarenko

Videos

Head shot of Jacob Glassman, Dept. of the Navy — Jacob Glassman, Sr. Technical Advisor, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition, Dept. of the Navy

Navy’s Jacob Glassman talks cloud, edge and the next era of combat AI

By Scoop News Group

DOD Cyber Crime Center’s Ariana Tifft on how cost and security are driving hybrid cloud decisions

By Scoop News Group

Why the FCC’s journey to the cloud is a model for modernization

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How DOD is recalibrating cloud investments to meet AI and data demands

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

GSA unveils USAi; How the government is working to fast-track security reviews for AI companies

By FedScoop Staff

Lynne Parker exits White House following publication of AI plan; GSA inks deal with Box for discounted AI products

By FedScoop Staff

Anthropic offers Claude AI to federal agencies for $1; FedRAMP authorizations in 2025 already more than double last year

By FedScoop Staff

The Army looks to build a drone marketplace; DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models

By FedScoop Staff

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Fast-track constituent experience and innovation by engaging cloud and AI-ready software specialists

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FedRAMP authorizations in 2025 already more than double last year, GSA says

A view of the Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2014. (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

VA facilities faced ‘technology barriers’ in importing medical records, watchdog finds

The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building houses the offices of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, the United States Sentencing Commission, and the Office of the Clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons / D Ramey Logan)

Federal courts to ramp up filing system security after ‘recent escalated cyberattacks’

GSA building — The General Services Administration headquarters in April 2012. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

GSA leader sees AI as catalyst for federal acquisition overhaul

Rain falls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

House Democrats press USDA for answers on DOGE access to farmers’ data

USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe speaks at the 2022 Cloud Together Summit. (FedScoop)

Former USPTO IT chief Jamie Holcombe joins US AI

Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on November 28, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services)

GSA inks governmentwide deal with AWS, touting $1B in potential savings

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ “Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference” at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Federal agencies can buy ChatGPT for $1 through GSA deal

DOGE leader Elon Musk wears a shirt that says “Tech Support” as he speaks during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

OPM officially sunsets ‘five bullets’ emails for federal workers

The seal of the Federal Communications Commission hangs inside the hearing room at the FCC headquarters on Feb. 26, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Senate bill calls for FCC-led task force to combat overseas robocalls

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Why identity is the definitive cyber defense for federal agencies

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

Anthropic, Google and OpenAI land GSA contract for governmentwide use

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