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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

The order, which Trump refrained from signing at the last minute, appears to make significant concessions to industry compared to earlier drafts.

By Derek B. Johnson

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FBI looks to beef up its biometric matching capabilities

Tech

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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EHR modernization effort lacks cyber performance measures, GAO finds

Cyber

By K. Sophie Will

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IRS data platform has problems with access controls, watchdog says

By Matt Bracken
VA seeks information on new AI interface and API for workforce

By K. Sophie Will
GAO tells senators it will investigate IRS’s Free File program

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

By Madison Alder
IRS cleared potentially ineligible providers for e-file program

By Matt Bracken

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As government scales AI, data strategy will define success

The major challenge facing federal agencies is data readiness, rather than model access.

By Daniel Kent

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

VA OIG: Improper overrides on disability claims software cause overpayment

Lack of justification and limited software oversight caused over $67,000 in wrongful disability payments and medical costs, the watchdog found.

By K. Sophie Will

Tech Force Director Kevin Hennecken told an audience at a Alliance for Digital Innovation event on Capitol Hill on May 27, 2026, that the tech hiring program is currently onboarding. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Tech Force director says roughly 200 have been hired through the program

The tech talent hiring program began onboarding over the past couple of weeks and anticipates its first management-level hire from industry to start soon.

By Madison Alder

Close-up photo of a human eye (Photo: George Pachantouris/Getty)

ICE to spend $25M on iris recognition technology

The Department of Homeland Security unit continues to build out its tech stack for in-the-field agents, focusing on identity verification via biometrics.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Treasury watchdog pushes IRS to modernize work with unidentified payments

By Matt Bracken

DHS seeks information on AI-powered biosurveillance

By Lindsey Wilkinson

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

By Madison Alder

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

By K. Sophie Will

House lawmakers seek more AI transparency from the SBA

By Matt Bracken

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Illustration of workers being productive using technology. — Scoop News Group illustration.

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

By Scoop News Group

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

By Scoop News Group

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

By Scoop News Group

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Modernization without compromise: Building trust into every federal service moment

By Chris McDermott

Videos

Resolute’s Chris Cadle on modernizing joint logistics with AI

By Scoop News Group

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

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

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

By FedScoop Staff

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

By FedScoop Staff

Tech Force touts 200 hires

By FedScoop Staff

OMB update federal cyber logging tactics

By FedScoop Staff

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Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Special Agents demonstrate the inspection methods used to inspect commercial vehicles such as this Volvo semi-truck September 17, 2017, in Centreville, Virginia. / AFP PHOTO / Paul J. Richards

DOT considers taking humans out of the AI loop

President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House on May 12, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump postpones executive order focused on AI security

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins testifies during the Senate Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY2027 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Dirksen building on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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

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GSA and Snowflake strike OneGov deal for AI, data cloud products

Small Business Administration headquarters. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

Auditors find problems with SBA’s information security program

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USPTO seeking AI-driven image search tool for patent examiners

Parking rest area for cargo tractor-trailers near American interstate freeway.

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

The FEMA building on Jan. 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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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