The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo on Thursday advising federal agencies that common AI uses in hiring, such as creating job announcements, evaluating applicants, reviewing files b…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking public input on futures contracts for AI computing power, with a draft request for comment sent to the White House's Office of Management and…
The FBI has 139 approved artificial intelligence use cases, more than double the 50 it disclosed in its January inventory, according to FBI Chief AI Officer Katie Noyes, who spoke at the 2026 DODIIS W…
Federal agencies must build AI governance frameworks that adapt to continuous technological and policy changes, according to a new analysis. The Office of Management and Budget issued AI governance di…
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Todd Hemmen said Tuesday that Anthropic's Mythos 5 AI model, which can identify and exploit unknown vulnerabilities in major operating systems, presents future challenges…
The Daily Yonder mapped data center development in rural America, finding that about 6% of operating data centers and 12% of in-progress projects are in rural counties, driven by the AI boom. Rural co…
Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia will leave his role at the end of August after an 18-month tenure focused on overhauling federal IT acquisition and culture. Barbaccia, who also served as Chief AI Officer, …
The Trump administration is pushing changes to federal research funding rules that would allow political appointees to override expert peer reviewers, threatening to politicize U.S. science. The propo…
The General Services Administration proposed a draft contract clause on March 6, 2026, that would grant the US government broad, irrevocable, royalty-free licenses to AI systems developed under federa…
The Trump administration disclosed 3,611 active or planned AI use cases across the US federal government, a 70% increase from the previous year, raising concerns about automation of sensitive governme…
The U.S. government is reportedly allowing the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (FDCEA) to expire without a replacement, ending standards for cybersecurity and sustainability in federal data center…
The Office of Management and Budget released OMB Memorandum M-26-14 on May 22, 2026, rescinding M-21-31 and shifting federal cybersecurity logging from a compliance-driven tiering model to a risk-base…