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VA seeks information on new AI interface and API for workforce

The agency will potentially expand its artificial intelligence toolkit to help its workforce in assistive, collaborative and agentic tasks.

By K. Sophie Will

From left, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Angus King, I-Maine, speak to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

GAO tells senators it will investigate IRS’s Free File program

Federal

By Matt Bracken

A sign marks the entrance to the Department of Commerce headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

NIST AI consortium reemerges with new name, scope and call for members

AI

By Madison Alder

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IRS cleared potentially ineligible providers for e-file program

By Matt Bracken
As government scales AI, data strategy will define success

By Daniel Kent
VA OIG: Improper overrides on disability claims software cause overpayment

By K. Sophie Will
Tech Force director says roughly 200 have been hired through the program

By Madison Alder
ICE to spend $25M on iris recognition technology

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Treasury watchdog pushes IRS to modernize work with unidentified payments

A new IG report made the case for the creation of an electronic management system so the IRS can better deal with billions of dollars in unidentified…

By Matt Bracken

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DHS seeks information on AI-powered biosurveillance

The agency wants to beef up its capabilities as bad actors deploy the technology and ahead of major gatherings this year, according to documents published last week.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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)

OMB swaps Biden-era cyber memo for new prioritized logging tactic

While the previous memo improved capabilities across the government, OMB said the new directive aims to slash the volume of data agencies collect.

By Madison Alder

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USDA would get more AI grants, research, farmer education under new Senate bill

The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., would make American farmers more competitive on the global market.

By K. Sophie Will

House lawmakers seek more AI transparency from the SBA

By Matt Bracken

Commerce announces $2 billion in quantum computing incentives for nine companies

By Madison Alder

DOT considers taking humans out of the AI loop

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security

By Derek B. Johnson

VA head defends EHR budget ask to push program from ‘dial up’ to ‘cyber speed’

By K. Sophie Will

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Federal business system modernization: New clues regarding readiness, reality and the road ahead

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From pilots to performance: Rethinking agencies’ approach to embedding AI

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New report highlights agency advantages of using smaller, open-source AI models

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Modernization without compromise: Building trust into every federal service moment

By Chris McDermott

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Resolute’s Chris Cadle on modernizing joint logistics with AI

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OTOT’s David Record talks agentic automation for faster ROI

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Invoke’s Johnny Ramondino on aligning automation with agency priorities

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EY’s Joe Baptiste on scaling AI across HR and mission operations

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A federal AI consortium reemerges with a new name, scope and call for members

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DOD looks to move beyond ‘fragmented’ CJADC2 deployments with $2B budget request

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Tech Force touts 200 hires

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OMB update federal cyber logging tactics

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Auditors find problems with SBA’s information security program

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USPTO seeking AI-driven image search tool for patent examiners

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DOT fights fraud with consolidated registration system, erasing data silos

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., questions Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a House Armed Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House bill would enlist OPM in federal biotech workforce assessment

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Acting Labor secretary eyes big budget boost for ID verification systems

Professionals on stage during a panel discussion. — ICE CIO Dustin Goetz sits on the far right during a panel discussion at AFCEA Bethesda’s LEAPS Summit in Washington, D.C on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Lisa Nipp)

ICE work with AI agents is minimal, CIO says

The Moon appears dark in the picture as white sunlight leaks out around its edges. A portion of the Orion spaceship, also in shadow, is visible on the left of the image. — The Moon was backlit by the Sun during the Artemis II mission on April 6, creating a solar eclipse. The photo was taken by a camera on the Orion spacecraft. Troy LeBlanc used it in his presentation as one of many examples of NASA images. (Photo via NASA)

From space photography to mission readiness, NASA turns to AI to alleviate data influx

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DHS data-migration guidance falls short as modernization project nears

Advocates gather in Washington, D.C., to call out tax prep companies like Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block for blocking simplified filing and to support IRS exploration of alternative free tax filing on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Senators seek GAO probe of IRS’s Free File program

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Federal agencies would use NIST’s AI guidelines under bipartisan House bill

Construction work continues at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Financial regulatory agencies have fallen behind on joint data standards

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Beyond adoption: the three shifts needed for accountable federal AI

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents use their phones near protestors at a demonstration in Newark, New Jersey May 7, 2025, outside Delaney Hall, a newly converted immigrant detention centre. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)

White House pressing ICE for updates on wearable identity verification technology

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