The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) is using technology business management (TBM) practices to build a clearer picture of how IT dollars are spent across the agency. Total cost of ownership (TCO) models, benchmarking, and budget execution analysis have become key tools for improving transparency and informing budget decisions, officials said.  […]

Congress could unlock tens of billions of dollars in federal government cost savings and financial benefits, reduce waste, and improve government services by acting on hundreds of recommendations that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has made over the past quarter-century. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said this week it completed the first phase of a major overhaul of the nation’s Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) system, marking an early milestone in a modernization effort that officials say will help prevent nationwide airspace shutdowns, improve safety, and strengthen communications with pilots. […]

The Department of Commerce is launching its single-view IT spending and cloud dashboard within the next two weeks, Andi Fisher-Colwill, director of business and administrative services at Commerce, announced Thursday.   […]

The Trump administration is facing mounting pressure from lawmakers and former National Science Foundation (NSF) leaders to restore the National Science Board (NSB), with critics warning that weakening the agency’s leadership could undermine U.S. competitiveness in emerging technologies. […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is leaning on a year-old digital and customer experience team to sharpen accountability for federal IT spending, and separately, it is exploring artificial intelligence (AI) use cases aimed at improving service delivery and workforce efficiency. […]

The Senate confirmed Arvind Raman as the next director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and under secretary of commerce for standards and technology on Tuesday.  […]

The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) said on Monday it will invest approximately $25 million in a new national competition aimed at upskilling American workers in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.  […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sentenced two men to 18 months in prison each after they helped North Korean IT workers obtain U.S.-based jobs by hosting company laptops and enabling remote overseas access.  […]

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has launched a new website – Spectrum.gov – aimed at centralizing federal spectrum policy resources and advancing the U.S. push to lead global development of sixth-generation (6G) wireless technologies. […]

The latest version of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) internal artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Elsa, is now available to all agency staff for a multitude of functions, the FDA announced Wednesday. […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to address mounting cybersecurity and data management risks, including problems with a key online reporting portal and more than 41,500 terabytes of environmental data, the agency’s watchdog warned Wednesday. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and a coalition of international partners on May 1 released new guidance urging organizations to take a “careful” approach to adopting agentic artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and outlining cybersecurity risks and safeguards for deployment.   […]

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor said artificial intelligence (AI) could help the agency modernize its retirement services operation, a manual, paper-based process that still relies on mailed documents. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA)’s proposed procurement automation ecosystem will help drive better acquisition outcomes, acting Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Laura Stanton said on Wednesday. […]

A federal appeals court struck down Biden-era digital equity rules for broadband on Wednesday after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr argued the rules were unconstitutional.   […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is working with federal agencies to determine how to charge them for its USAi platform beginning in fiscal year 2027, as officials seek to understand the platform’s value and long-term support requirements. […]

The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), a unit of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced on Tuesday new security testing agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI. […]

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has not consistently met federal artificial intelligence (AI) use case reporting requirements, limiting public and congressional oversight of the agency’s AI activity, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Monday.  […]

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wants industry input on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) tools to support its evaluation of images taken at the border using the agency’s non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems.  […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched CI Fortify, an initiative to help critical infrastructure owners and operators maintain essential services during large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical crises.  […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced on Monday the launch of a new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tool, USA Class, which is designed to automate the creation of federal job descriptions. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced on Monday that its Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) reorganized into five portfolios and launched a new office focused on automation and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a broader push to consolidate federal procurement. […]

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) should put better analytical capabilities in the hands of its regional operators to help the agency accomplish a portion of its mission set, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued on April 24. […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is restructuring the way it prioritizes whistleblowers who file fraud-related lawsuits on behalf of the government as a result of their data mining efforts.   […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found five new deficiencies in the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) management over financial reporting, primarily tied to information security and access controls.   […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) resumed deployments of its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program earlier this month in Michigan, and VA Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers on Thursday that the deployments are a “good news story.” […]

The House voted to end the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown on Thursday afternoon, marking the end of the longest funding lapse for a single U.S. department in history.   […]

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gained access to critical Treasury Department payment systems in early 2025, with one DOGE employee given a government laptop without agreeing to follow data security rules, according to a new watchdog report. […]

Lawmakers from both chambers voiced concern this week that the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2027 NASA budget is insufficient, citing deep cuts to science programs, the omission of dozens of missions, and the elimination of STEM engagement funding. […]