Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., speaks during a press conference in Washington D.C., on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The U.S. Department of Energy building is seen behind a sign marking the location of the agency’s headquarters on March 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J.David Ake/Getty Images)
The bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act would establish a risk evaluation program at DOE to assess safety concerns on advanced AI systems.
Aerial shot of a data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services and AI computing in a large, temperature controlled warehouse in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota. (Getty Images)
The bipartisan legislation calls for a study from the departments of Energy, Interior and Agriculture into the impact AI data centers are having on rural areas.
Tech leaders at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge detail how their facilities are embracing AI — while being realists about the technology’s limitations.
Bridget Carper, the Department of Energy’s deputy CIO for architecture, engineering, technology and innovation, speaks at Salesforce’s Agentic AI Government Summit + Jamfest, presented by FedScoop, on Aug. 19, 2025. (Scoop News Group photo)
This image captures not only Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab, but one of the celestial specimens Rubin Observatory will observe when it comes online: the Milky Way. (Photo credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Quint)