GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts
The congressional watchdog said it plans to shift from an on-premise data center to a cloud environment.
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A person promotes the Direct File pilot program at the Internal Revenue Service building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project) Tech Cost estimates for IRS’s Direct File program were incomplete, GAO says
The tax agency’s estimates for its electronic filing pilot didn’t include start-up costs for the technology behind the system.
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A view of the Department of Justice headquarters on Jan. 20, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) Tech Peaceful protests, lawful assembly can’t be sole reason for DOJ facial recognition use under interim policy
The Justice Department shared details of its interim facial recognition technology policy in testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is looking into federal use of that capability.
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A bicyclist rides past the US Capitol at dusk as the House meets to vote on a rules package for the 118th Congress, in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2023. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images). Modernization Congressional offices experimenting with generative AI, though widespread adoption appears limited
A handful of lawmakers indicated they’re using AI in their offices, in response to a FedScoop inquiry to House and Senate AI caucus members.
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(Getty Images) Modernization NTIA’s spectrum IT modernization plans have several gaps, GAO reports
The agency charged with managing federal use of spectrum has incomplete plans for its modernization project.
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Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, on Capitol Hill. (Library of Congress / Flickr) AI Congressional Research Service looking at AI for bill summaries
The research entity, which operates under the Library of Congress, hopes to implement AI for legislative summaries “soon,” its interim director told a House panel.
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(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) Modernization IRS needs to move quicker on its IT modernization planning, GAO says
The tax agency is behind on completing the enterprise roadmap for its technology objective, the congressional watchdog reported.
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(Getty Images) Federal Tech issues are part of the problem — and solution — for FOIA backlog, GAO finds
A new report from the congressional watchdog finds a host of technical problems plaguing FOIA officers, who want standardized tech upgrades to help reduce a backlog that rose from 14% to 22% over nearly a decade.
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Then-Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., speaks at a July 2022 press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Take Back the Court Action Fund) AI Civil rights commissioner slams DOJ, HUD absence at facial recognition briefing
Mondaire Jones, a Democratic appointee on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said he would have urged the use of subpoenas if the panel was given “adequate notice” of the agencies’ refusal to cooperate.
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A view of FBI headquarters on Feb. 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Tech FBI, DHS lack information-sharing strategies for domestic extremist threats online, GAO says
A new watchdog report finds that an absence of “strategy or goals” from the agencies in how they engage with social media and gaming companies on violent threats calls into question the effectiveness of their communications with those platforms.