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General view of the Adidas Trionda, official match ball of the FIFA World Cup 2026 at SoFi Stadium on June 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt McNulty – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

FBI, DHS emphasize no-drone zones as World Cup kicks off

Federal agencies and private-sector companies have been tight-lipped on details about counter-UAS protections due to the sensitivity of operations.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

A sign is displayed outside of the U.S. Treasury Department building on May 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Fraud-focused bills passed by House follow ‘DOGE playbook,’ privacy experts warn

Data

By Matt Bracken

A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

OPM wants to leverage talent exchanges that would place feds in industry

Workforce

By Madison Alder

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Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano arrives at a House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SSA hasn’t marked living people as dead in database, commissioner says

Frank Bisignano responded to a whistleblower complaint about a DOGE-DHS plan to move living individuals to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement strategy.

By Matt Bracken

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

A vulnerability that meets all four criteria would need to be fixed within three days, for instance.

By Tim Starks

General Services Administrator Edward Forst speaks with IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn at the IBM Think Gov 2026 event held at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on June 9, 2026. (Photo by K. Sophie Will)

GSA playing catch-up with industry on AI and tech, agency head says

Edward Forst and other agency officials said the government is behind the curve on technology, and asked for private-sector engagement to improve.

By K. Sophie Will

A close-up of GDIT’s AI-powered autonomous surveillance towers that are expected to be deployed across the southern border. (Photo courtesy of GDIT)

New AI-powered surveillance towers are coming to the southern border

CBP awarded GDIT a $71 million task order for autonomous towers that can track hundreds of targets simultaneously using machine learning and other technologies.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Watchdog flags security issues with IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement

By Matt Bracken

Cisco, Scale AI among new batch of Tech Force partners

By Madison Alder

ICE investments in data analysis tools continue with renewed Whooster deal

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Democrats push SSA on reported DOGE plan to ‘kill off’ living individuals in database

By Matt Bracken

Zero trust, zero guesswork: Securing the defense workforce platform

By Amanda Day

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Dr. Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer for Microsoft Federal’s National Security Group, speaking at AITalks, April 14, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Why governing agentic AI is the next mission for federal agencies

By Scoop News Group

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

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SAP's Jamison Braun, SVP and managing director , U.S. Public Sector, speaking at AITalks in. Washington, DC. — Jamison Braun, SVP and managing director, U.S. Public Sector at SAP, speaking at AITalks, April 14 in Washington, DC.

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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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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Podcasts

Oracle wins OPM’s massive governmentwide HR modernization contract

By FedScoop Staff

CBP is installing new AI-powered surveillance towers at the southern border

By FedScoop Staff

OPM announces new Tech Force partners

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Trump issues a new AI national security memo

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‘A lot to fix’: VA needs an IT program management office, CIO nominee says

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Roadmap for IT modernization ahead of 2030 Census ‘unreliable,’ per watchdog

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Bipartisan ‘Great American AI Act’ draft proposes new federal AI governance framework

Takehiko Matsuo, vice minister for international affairs at Japan’s METI; Darío Gil, DOE under secretary for science and Genesis Mission lead; and Yasuyoshi Kakita, vice minister for policy coordination at Japan’s MEXT during a press event Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Energy Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson)

US, Japan enter $1B strategic partnership to fuel Genesis Mission efforts

President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly 8,000 federal positions lose workforce protections under Trump order

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar testify during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

DHS ‘struggling’ with counter-drone measures leading up to World Cup

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Treasury’s Bessent backs Trump’s AI order, voluntary cyber callout

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FBI looks to beef up its biometric matching capabilities

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EHR modernization effort lacks cyber performance measures, GAO finds

President Donald Trump reacts during a cabinet meeting in the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration releases scaled-back AI executive order

A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

IRS data platform has problems with access controls, watchdog says

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

VA, Department of Veterans Affairs — (Getty Images)

VA seeks information on new AI interface and API for workforce

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