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Federal CIO calls on Congress to fund Technology Modernization Fund

Clare Martorana pushes lawmakers to fund the TMF and previews a CAIO council mission to shorten tech deployment time.

By Caroline Nihill

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Congressional panel outlines five guardrails for AI use in House

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By Madison Alder

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With 2023 tax season in the rearview, IRS commissioner eyes expansion of AI capabilities

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By Caroline Nihill

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CMS’s financial office is using LLM pilot to combat loss of institutional knowledge

By Matt Bracken
Top public sector takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2024

By Billy Mitchell
Commerce requests information about AI, open data assets, data dissemination

By Caroline Nihill
Commerce adds five members to AI Safety Institute leadership

By Madison Alder
Kiran Ahuja to step down as OPM director

By Madison Alder

Darryl Peek on Elastic’s role in enhancing public sector search and data analytics with AI and Google collaboration

Danny Werfel on How Automation has Enhanced his Agency’s Operations.

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The Department of State’s pilot project approach to AI adoption

Senior IT leaders at State argue that small-scale pilots of AI technology can help bring a wealth of benefits to federal government, such as increased transparency.

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ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

By Rebecca Heilweil

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House Modernization panel advances bill to improve CRS’s data access in first-ever markup

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GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts

By Matt Bracken

USPTO issues guidance for AI use in applications and processes

By Caroline Nihill

Login.gov pilot to include option for biometric verification

By Caroline Nihill

DOJ ‘not aware of any’ identity theft, fraud following consultant’s data breach

By Madison Alder

Database of verified government social media accounts loses its teeth

By Rebecca Heilweil

CISA emergency directive tells agencies to fix credentials after Microsoft breach

By Tim Starks

Salesforce launches ‘Einstein 1’ generative AI tool for government

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Keeping public sector data private and compliant with AI

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How DOD and Google Public Sector partnered using AI to fight cancer

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Breaking silos worldwide; how Google Cloud is fueling public sector AI, collaboration and innovation

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ECS’ Mark Maglin advocates for enhanced threat intelligence sharing

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ECS’ Joanna Dempsey on adapting to AI in cybersecurity

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Booz Allen’s Imran Umar on AI and observability’s role in zero-trust environments

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OPM’s tech-friendly director steps down

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Google’s Leigh Palmer on the need for transparency in public sector AI

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How Google Cloud AI and Assured Workloads can enhance public sector security, compliance and service delivery at scale

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Congress presses VA on modernization overhaul, supply chain system upgrade

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Federal cloud modernization bill passes through Senate panel

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Cost estimates for IRS’s Direct File program were incomplete, GAO says

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With updated IT strategic plan, USAID tech is a driver of mission, not compliance, CIO says

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State Department trims several uses from public AI inventory

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New TMF investments support NASA, DOL modernization and cybersecurity efforts

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Google gets authorization to work with top-secret intelligence, defense data

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VA exploring multiple generative AI pilots, responding to ‘high demand’ from workforce

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CDC’s generative AI pilots include school closure tracking, website updates

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Federal government affected by Russian breach of Microsoft

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