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When philanthropy mandates AI solutions, taxpayers pay the price
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (529+ words) For teams trying to fix things like government backlogs today, it's not so simple. Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt and other tech billionaires are funding "tech for good" groups on the condition that they have to use AI to…...
Trump administration’s embrace of drones picks up steam with DHS, FCC moves
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (426+ words) The Department of Homeland Security is building out its drone arsenal as the Federal Communications Commission looks to clear a path for further proliferation of unmanned aircraft systems, the latest agency initiatives aimed at easing integration of the technology." New…...
Lawmakers want FTC to take on ‘black box’ AI foundation models
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (378+ words) One of the House's top voices on artificial intelligence wants to put an independent federal agency in charge of ensuring the data and algorithms behind foundation models are made public. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., co-chair of the Congressional AI Caucus,…...
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2+ day, 4+ hour ago (10+ words) OMB wants more information and data about government IT purchases'FedScoop...
HHS reverses a Biden-era reorganization of top tech officials
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (507+ words) FedScoop delivers up-to-the-minute breaking government tech news and is the government IT community's platform for education and collaboration through news, events, radio and TV. FedScoop engages top leaders from the White House, federal agencies, academia and the tech industry both…...
Takeaways from the new U.S. national cyber strategy
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (344+ words) FedScoop delivers up-to-the-minute breaking government tech news and is the government IT community's platform for education and collaboration through news, events, radio and TV. FedScoop engages top leaders from the White House, federal agencies, academia and the tech industry both…...
OPM isn’t using its own dashboard for cyber workforce planning
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (464+ words) Three years after launching a dashboard to provide agencies with a governmentwide view of the federal cybersecurity workforce, the Office of Personnel Management has stopped using the tool for its own planning, a new report found." According to the Government…...
A district court judge temporarily blocks the federal ban on Anthropic
4+ day, 17+ min ago (454+ words) FedScoop delivers up-to-the-minute breaking government tech news and is the government IT community's platform for education and collaboration through news, events, radio and TV. FedScoop engages top leaders from the White House, federal agencies, academia and the tech industry both…...
AI can help government work better — if we use it wisely
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (484+ words) For decades, government has struggled with the same basic challenge: how to deliver services efficiently, fairly, and at the scale Americans expect." The obstacles have changed " recessions, pandemics, political polarization " but the problem has not. Today, however, two powerful forces…...
District court temporarily blocks Anthropic ban, supply-chain risk designation
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (695+ words) A federal judge in California granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction Thursday, preventing implementation of President Donald Trump's governmentwide ban on its technology and the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply-chain risk. The ruling, for now, is…...