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Man in suit on stage in front of an audience — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during the agency’s Modern Skies Summit on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at the DOT Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

FAA tech teams to partner with AI vendors on customized ATC software

While the project is currently unfunded, the Department of Transportation unit is already working with three providers.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Kevin Warsh, nominee for Federal Reserve chair, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Fed needs to be proactive on cyber risks from AI models, nominee says

AI

By Matt Bracken

Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House Democrats want OPM, OMB to halt plans to collect federal worker health data

Data

By Madison Alder

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Revealing the hidden risk in federal cloud modernization

By Robert Imhof
Energy secretary sees ‘growing’ opposition to AI as ‘very real’ risk

By Lindsey Wilkinson
AI helping downsized CFTC run smoother than ever, chairman claims

By Matt Bracken
OPM is floating hundreds of Tech Force candidates to agencies

By Madison Alder
DHS moves forward on autonomous surveillance towers at the border

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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IBM’s Jonathan Entwistle on closing the AI context gap

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Salesforce’s Lisa DeMille on turning AI into real outcomes

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Space Force’s Seth Whitworth on enabling secure AI adoption

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USPTO’s Robert Hayes highlights rapid gains from AI tools

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DOL CIO Mangala Kuppa on scaling AI beyond pilot projects

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IRS chief tells receptive Republicans, doubting Democrats that tech spurred ‘most successful filing season’ ever

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DOE launches AI testbed to evaluate models for energy operations

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Unqork’s Sonny Hashmi on designing systems for mission speed

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Insights

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Modernization without compromise: Building trust into every federal service moment

By Chris McDermott

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Mission readiness depends on workforce agility and resilience

By Mike Houlihan

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Why fixing the personnel action process is key to workforce readiness

By Annamary Holbrook

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Why configuration is the foundation of modern federal systems

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Videos

Why the ‘agentic enterprise’ is the next evolution of federal AI

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Berkeley Lab’s Dr. Patrick Huck on scaling scientific data for AI

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MongoDB’s Jonathan Janos on building interoperable architectures

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MongoDB’s Mark Gutierrez on creating a unified data layer

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Podcasts

House Democrats want OPM, OMB to halt plans to collect federal worker health data

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Energy secretary sees ‘growing’ opposition to AI as ‘very real’ risk

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xAI is working to get Grok approved for wider government use

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Calling all gamers to join the FAA as air traffic controllers

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Chase Ausley stands on stage behind a lecturn with the words "AI Talks" written on it in large block letters. A matching AITalks backdrop fills the stage behind him. He is wearing a navy suit with a red tie. — Chase Ausley, a director within the U.S. DOGE Service and senior advisor at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks on stage at AITalks on April 14, 2026. (Photo via Scoop News Group)

US DOGE Service is alive and growing, organization official says

Amy Ritualo, the State Department’s acting chief data and AI officer, speaks during a fireside chat at AITalks on April 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

State Department eyes agentic AI for taking on ‘high-volume workflows’

Man in suit speaks on stage with a microphone — Carl Coe, chief of staff at the Department of Energy, speaks during Scoop News Group-produced AI Talks on April 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Energy needs ‘a lot more’ funding to reach Genesis Mission goals, official says

The Government Accountability Office in D.C. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

Agencies fall short on documenting AI acquisition best practices, GAO says

The logo of the Grok app is seen on the display of a smartphone in Munich (Bavaria, Germany) on March 7, 2026. (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Grok-maker xAI gets USDA backing in pursuit of FedRAMP High authorization

WOODBRIDGE, VA – SEPTEMBER 8: People attend the Prince William County Board of Supervisors meeting in Woodbridge, VA on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Former federal technologists tap public meetings for data in new AI venture

The Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Social Security database added to Treasury’s fraud-checking system

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Transportation Department targets gamers in ATC hiring push

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EPA has major role to play in Trump’s ‘AI capital of the world’ plans

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How agencies can operationalize the White House’s cybercrime order through identity

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Justice wants $110.3M to boost zero-trust cybersecurity in fiscal 2027

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AI risk management deadline hits federal agencies. Not all were ready.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., arrives for a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Federal AI policy needs labor-centric approach, lawmakers tell White House

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