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- Trump administration seeks permission to finalize mass layoffs at HHSby Eric Katz on August 19, 2025 at 5:25 pm
Many of the department’s RIFs have been held up by a July court order.
- GSA seeks ideas on AI’s role in procurement overhaulby Ross Wilkers on August 18, 2025 at 8:13 pm
The General Services Administration is starting out with a broad scope in its newest request for information to industry.
- DARPA aims for interoperability between classic and quantum communicationby Alexandra Kelley on August 18, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Marrying quantum information technologies with modern networking infrastructure is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s plan for safer, faster digital networks.
- Trump administration hopes AI can mitigate staffing losses, federal CIO saysby Natalie Alms on August 18, 2025 at 7:01 pm
Gregory Barbaccia, who was named the federal chief information officer just a week into the new administration, said one of his priorities is learning how to do more with less.
- Veterans Experience Office codified under new lawby Edward Graham on August 18, 2025 at 6:21 pm
The office was created in 2015 to gather feedback from veterans and their families that would help VA improve its services, although it was never formally established within the department.
- Senate Democrats decry Trump decision to allow advanced chip sales to Chinaby Alexandra Kelley on August 15, 2025 at 9:09 pm
Upper chamber lawmakers want answers from the Trump administration on the 15% fee Trump said NVIDIA and AMD must pay to be able to sell their more advanced products to a major U.S. adversary.
- On Social Security’s 90th birthday, the Trump administration continues to tout faulty statsby Erich Wagner on August 15, 2025 at 6:07 pm
At a White House ceremony, the president and Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano repeatedly recited already debunked myths about the Social Security Administration’s customer service and benefits fraud.
- Cut costs and boost efficiency with proper IT asset managementby Chris Cullerot on August 15, 2025 at 1:00 pm
COMMENTARY | It’s the right time to cut costs.
- FAR Council releases changes to 6 sections of acquisition regulationby Natalie Alms on August 14, 2025 at 9:08 pm
The White House celebrated the changes as a milestone in its effort to overhaul and simplify the rules surrounding federal buying.
- NVIDIA, NSF join forces with nonprofit to bring AI to scientific researchby Alexandra Kelley on August 14, 2025 at 8:01 pm
NVIDIA and the National Science Foundation will work alongside nonprofit artificial intelligence center Ai2 to create bespoke multimodal large language models tailored to scientific research.
- Layoffs canceled at federal contractor oversight office, but questions remain about employee reassignmentsby Sean Michael Newhouse on August 14, 2025 at 5:54 pm
Employees at the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs received a notice that they will get new job assignments rather than be removed from the civil service.
- GSA introduces USAi.Gov to streamline AI adoption across governmentby Frank Konkel on August 14, 2025 at 2:00 pm
The new platform will be available to all agencies beginning Thursday, allowing government users to explore, experiment with and adopt a variety of AI tools.
- Veterans Affairs reduces claims backlog at record rateby Frank Konkel on August 13, 2025 at 7:09 pm
The Veterans Affairs Department processed more disability compensation and pension claims in fiscal 2025 than any other previous year.
- SSA said it removed strict ID requirements on its phone line, but internal policy says otherwiseby Natalie Alms on August 13, 2025 at 3:40 pm
The agency said in a recent regulatory filing that the identification pin had been made optional for those wishing to change direct deposit information over the phone. Internal policy says they’re still required.
- GSA signs OneGov agreement with Boxby Nick Wakeman on August 13, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Agencies can get discounts upwards of 75% on Box’s Enterprise Plus and 65% on Enterprise Advanced under this latest pact between the General Services Administration and a commercial software provider.
- Education and workforce training form core of national AI strategy, Labor innovation head saysby Alexandra Kelley on August 12, 2025 at 8:55 pm
The new Talent Strategy’s tactics aim to upskill the U.S. workforce for artificial intelligence-based roles.
- How Trump’s DC takeover could supercharge surveillanceby Patrick Tucker on August 12, 2025 at 4:00 pm
The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.
- GSA and Anthropic ink deal for Claude AI across all government branchesby Alexandra Kelley on August 12, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Anthropic has followed in OpenAI’s footsteps to offer federal agencies its Claude model versions for $1.
- Teachers union looks to states and industry for AI regulation absent federal actionby Alexandra Kelley on August 11, 2025 at 10:27 pm
Having lost faith in the chance of broad federal regulation, teachers unions are betting on state legislators and private sector companies to safeguard AI in schools.
- Trump federalizes D.C. police, says takeover will enable federal employees to work in peaceby Eric Katz on August 11, 2025 at 8:06 pm
Agency officials say federal staff are excited and prepared for new deployments.
- Integrated data systems start with federated data governanceby Kshemendra Paul on August 11, 2025 at 8:05 pm
COMMENTARY | Efforts are at risk of failure without primary focus on the human, organizational, and cultural barriers to success.
- Researchers detail new ‘gray zone conflict’ in AI-driven Chinese propagandaby David DiMolfetta on August 11, 2025 at 6:41 pm
Documents from Chinese firm GoLaxy detail influence operations aligned with Beijing that run at unprecedented speed and precision. National security experts at Vanderbilt say these developments may forever redefine information warfare.
- GSA doubles FedRAMP authorizations compared to last yearby Natalie Alms on August 11, 2025 at 5:55 pm
GSA overhauled FedRAMP in the spring to streamline the process and introduce more automation.
- In pitch to hacker community, Trump’s NSC cyber lead says AI key to future of cyberdefenseby David DiMolfetta on August 9, 2025 at 12:29 pm
At DEF CON, Alexei Bulazel said AI-powered tools will give software developers “incredible abilities” to harden networks by adding multilayered checks to the code-scanning process and catching flaws that might otherwise slip through.
- DARPA unveils winners of AI challenge to boost critical infrastructure cybersecurityby David DiMolfetta on August 8, 2025 at 9:02 pm
The AI Cyber Challenge aims to accelerate the distribution of open-source AI models to help patch the code that powers major infrastructure like water treatment plans and power grids. Four of the open-source models have already been made available for use.