The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said it wants to significantly scale up its use of artificial intelligence in the coming months to streamline support for its patent examination process and reduce wait times on patents and trademarks. […]
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A small but significant slice of lawmakers – including several Republican members of the House and Senate – are getting cold feet over supporting the Trump administration’s reconciliation funding bill because it includes a House-approved provision that would impose a 10-year moratorium on state-level artificial intelligence regulation. […]
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has made several new leadership appointments as part of an expansion of the company’s centers of excellence (COE) that focus on artificial intelligence, cyber, and mission software. […]
Integrating artificial intelligence into customer experience (CX) services can empower veterans and other constituents to shape how they are served, a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) CX expert said Tuesday. […]
The Commerce Department is rebranding the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) that it oversees by swapping in a new moniker for the organization – the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) – that notably does not feature safety in its name. […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to prioritize competition and guard against market consolidation in its procurement of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies. […]
By Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4 The federal IT landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. Budget constraints and staffing reductions are pushing agencies to do more with less. For chief information officers (CIOs) and senior policymakers, the challenge is clear: maintain operational excellence and strong cybersecurity defenses while embracing tools that boost efficiency […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is developing a prototype cloud platform aimed at modernizing legacy mainframe systems used by warfighters. […]
The next high-powered supercomputer is coming to the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) under a new contract between the Department of Energy (DoE), Dell Technologies, and NVIDIA. […]
While artificial intelligence (AI) tech has emerged as a game-changer in cybersecurity, one senior Federal official urged a degree of caution this week by saying that AI integration could do more harm than good without following strong foundational security practices. […]
Automation is emerging as a key enabler in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) push toward creating zero trust security architectures, allowing for faster threat remediation and reduced operational burdens. […]
As the uptake in artificial intelligence tech adoption and cryptocurrencies rapidly reshape the financial sector, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero urged regulators to “keep pace” or risk falling behind and exposing the most vulnerable to harm. […]
While he admits that “not much has gotten done in the first four months of this Congress,” Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., is hopeful that the 119th Congress will be able to pass some meaningful AI legislation. […]
The U.S. Navy is turning to the private sector for cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to strengthen the performance of its maritime operations centers (MOCs), according to a new solicitation issued on May 23. […]
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on May 23 that aim to accelerate nuclear energy development by four-fold over current production levels in the next 25 years with the goal of supporting artificial intelligence technology innovation. […]
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth last week pronounced 2025 as the “year of AI” at NGA, highlighting a new expansion of the agency’s AI-enabled detection for analysts as part of NGA’s artificial intelligence push. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tech to streamline vulnerability assessments and improve cyber defense across the defense industrial base (DIB). […]
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill clashed this week over who should police artificial intelligence technologies – the Federal government or states – and on what AI regulation should look like no matter which level of government has the upper hand. […]
The Department of the Air Force is preparing to launch a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center of Excellence aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI-enabled capabilities across the service, a spokesperson confirmed. […]
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) – the Federal regulatory agency that supervises credit unions – does not have some key tools it needs to oversee AI use, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
The U.S. Army has launched a new generative AI platform to streamline communication and enhance operational efficiency on a range of fronts – from drafting press releases to reclassifying personnel descriptions, and everything in between. As a demonstration of its capabilities, the Army used the very tool it unveiled to author the press release announcing […]
The Department of the Navy (DON) has deployed its new “DON GPT” AI tool for trial use by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), told lawmakers on Wednesday that HHS is “very aggressively” leveraging AI technologies to drive efficiencies and offset the operational impacts of proposed cuts in the department’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget. […]
Artificial intelligence tech is rapidly reshaping the Federal workforce, powering tools that assist doctors in offering early cancer diagnoses and helping procurement officers review complex contracts. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) newly launched generative AI tool is reserved for internal use for now, but GSA Chief AI Officer (CAIO) Zach Whitman said today that the tool has the potential to be applied across government to empower the entire Federal workforce. […]
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill late last week that looks to protect advanced AI chips from falling into the hands of U.S. adversaries through stricter oversight of chips – and research into potential chip security mechanisms. […]
By Fadi Fadhil, Field Chief Information Officer at Palo Alto Networks and former CIO for the City of Minneapolis For many years, data retention has been a defensive game. To keep data safe, organizations have needed to protect their systems from outside cybersecurity threats like malware, phishing attempts, and ransomware attacks. This focus on guarding […]
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., is pushing to give the Commerce Department an extra $500 million for artificial intelligence (AI) tech capabilities – and to block state AI regulations – through the budget reconciliation process that is kicking off in Congress this week. […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that it will scale the use of artificial intelligence across its 11 centers by early summer after successfully piloting a new tool for research purposes. […]
By Dan Coleman, General Manager Federal Civilian at Microsoft Federal agencies are reimagining how they serve citizens and support their workforce by adopting unified digital platforms and AI-powered tools that foster collaboration, streamline workflows, and elevate service delivery. These technologies are empowering government employees to focus on mission-critical initiatives by automating repetitive tasks and delivering […]