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House Republicans want to slash funds for election security

Jun 6, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

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How the VA is wrestling with digital transformation amid an austere budget environment

Jun 5, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

President Joe Biden discusses AI and other topics during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 2, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

OSTP requests information for data-focused agenda on disability equity

The White House office’s RFI seeks public input for developing an agenda to advance equity for the disability community.

May 31, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senate Democrat pushes for expansion to copyright act to include generative AI research

In a letter to the Library of Congress, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., proposed an expansion to an exemption for generative AI “good-faith security research.”

May 28, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, speaks with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., before a hearing on June 9, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill calls on NSF to boost AI and quantum education

The NSF AI Education Act of 2024 from Sens. Moran and Cantwell tasks the National Science Foundation with supporting emerging tech outreach programs.

May 24, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building, Congress, House, Senate, Washington, D.C. — (REUTERS / Erin Scott)

House passes Technology Modernization Fund bill, awaits Senate’s move

The legislation intended to enhance TMF procedures extended the program’s sunset date and amended appropriations amount requirements.

May 21, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Rep. Gerry Connolly. (House Oversight Flickr)

House bill calls on EPA to update IT systems that store air quality data

The “Clean Air in the Cloud Act” would codify recommendations from a Government Accountability Act report released in September 2023.

May 8, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 30, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for RIAA)

Bipartisan Senate bill on AI security would bolster voluntary cyber reporting processes

The AI Act of 2024 from Sens. Warner and Tillis calls on NIST and CISA to update databases and NSA to launch an AI security center.

May 2, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

President Joe Biden hands Vice President Kamala Harris the pen he used to sign an executive order regarding artificial intelligence during an event at the White House on Oct. 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Five takeaways from the AI executive order’s 180-day deadline

AI talent recruiting is surging, while DOE, USDA, DOL and other agencies issue new AI-related guidance.

Apr 30, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

APRIL 12 2023, WASHINGTON D.C. — GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan speaks at the 2022 ‘Best Places to Work’ rankings, hosted by the Partnership for Public Service. (Image credit: T.J. Kirkpatrick for the Partnership for Public Service)

GSA welcomes nominations for advisory committee focused on federal transparency efforts

The Open Government Federal Advisory Committee will be made up of public and private sector participants experienced in open government and improving government delivery services.

Apr 26, 2024 By Caroline Nihill