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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.
Charles Worthington, chief artificial intelligence officer at Department of Veterans Affairs, testifies during a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Charles Worthington, top VA tech and AI official, departs agency

The U.S. Digital Service alum is exiting the Department of Veterans Affairs after leading its artificial intelligence and digital modernization initiatives.
Protesters hold signs in solidarity with the American Federation of Government Employees of District 14 at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

OPM ‘loyalty question’ pushes potential agency applicants away, court documents show

Pseudonymous declarations from four federal workers paint a picture of a policy “having its intended impact” of politicizing agency work, an attorney for the plaintiffs says.
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