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President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order during the “Winning the AI Race” summit hosted by All‑In Podcast and Hill & Valley Forum at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump signed executive orders related to his Artificial Intelligence Action Plan during the event. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The US government has its first federal chief AI officer

Gregory Barbaccia, the Federal CIO, has also been identifying himself as a top AI government official.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., speaks to a reporter following a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

House bill eyes digitization to fix arcane federal permitting process

The bipartisan ePermit Act would create an authorization portal, new data standards, shared software systems and more, with new responsibilities for the CIO Council.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. (Photo by ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP via Getty Images)

Housing and Urban Development has a new acting CIO

Juan Sargeant is the latest new chief IT official under the Trump administration, according to CIO.gov, taking over for Sairah Ijaz.
President Joe Biden walks to sign an executive order after delivering remarks on advancing the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Inventories to be ‘more central part’ of understanding how agencies use AI under White House guidance

The White House is specifically seeking input on what should be made public in agency AI use case inventories as part of the Office of Management and…
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Pink banners adorn The National Archives Building on the first day of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the first weekend of Spring on March 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

National Archives will make its AI use case inventory public

CIO Council guidance for 2023 requires use cases to be published both to the MAX.gov federal community, and publicly on each agency's website.
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