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Energy Department unveils Genesis Mission Consortium to spur partnerships

The agency is continuing to deepen its collaboration with industry as it works to advance technical priorities amid a tight schedule and forthcoming deadlines.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., listens as Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Lawmakers take another shot at NSF-run prizes for using AI to solve problems

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By Matt Bracken

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari prepares to depart a hearing on Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM

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By Derek B. Johnson

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A humanoid robot learns to organize shelves at the data collection training ground for humanoid robots in Qingdao, Shandong, China, on January 12, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

House lawmakers lay groundwork to create robotics commission

The potential independent, temporary commission is part of a bipartisan effort meant to better inform future legislation, the Trump administration and relevant federal agencies.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., confer during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bills to fund TMF, overhaul IT procurement move forward in House

Legislation to scale back educational requirements for federal cyber jobs also advanced out of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

By Matt Bracken

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Federal officials tap open-source standard to improve GenAI access to public data

Officials are using a standard known as “Model Context Protocol” to ensure that queries to third-party AI chatbots like ChatGPT are informed by public data.

By Madison Alder

An entrance to the James Forrestal Building, the headquarters of the Department of Energy, in Washington, DC on June 22, 2022.

Energy Department offloads some emergency operations to AI

The technology was “used in place of a large team that would be required for coding and development of emergency services facilitation,” according to DOE’s AI inventory.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Education IT, tech employees lose union protections

By Miranda Nazzaro

An Energy Department-run national lab is piloting xAI’s Grok

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Bipartisan House duo wants Treasury-led push to fight identity theft, fraud

By Matt Bracken

VA taps Zack Schwartz for OIT’s principal deputy assistant secretary

By Miranda Nazzaro

FBI expands AI-powered biometric, facial recognition capabilities, inventory shows

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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How to fix the government’s phone trust gap

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Why automation is key to modernizing federal IT compliance

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Rebuilding the digital bedrock of government

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DHS watchdog launches privacy probe focused on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM

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Roughly 50,000 federal employees could lose workforce protections under new OPM rule

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ICE drives AI use case growth within Homeland Security

Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate, speaks during a subcommittee hearing on “Internal Revenue Service: Narrowing the Tax Gap and Improving Taxpayer Services,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 2021. (Photo by SARAH SILBIGER/AFP via Getty Images)

National Taxpayer Advocate pins some IRS modernization blame on procurement hurdles

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NASA has a new acting AI and data chief

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