Artificial Intelligence

Partnership for Public Service launches AI Center for Government

The good-government nonprofit said the center will focus on developing AI leaders, building talent and allowing agencies at all levels of government to share information and best practices.

Acquisition

GSA to ‘quadruple' in size to centralize procurement across the government

The head of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service told employees at a Thursday meeting that the agency will “do about $400 billion” in procurement management under this effort.

People

CISA's chief AI officer resigned last month

The departure of Lisa Einstein at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency raises questions about the future of artificial intelligence within the agency. 

Cybersecurity

NIST’s vulnerability database logjam is still growing despite attempts to clear it

Vulnerability submissions increased 32% in 2024, NIST said. The agency is considering machine learning to automate certain vulnerability analysis tasks.

Digital Government

SSA head’s 3-month plan touts workforce reductions while calling for identity and AI investment

The acting commissioner at SSA said that he has “made some mistakes” and promised to learn from them in an email to staff Tuesday.

Ideas

Agentic AI adoption is a top priority for defense and intelligence leaders. Here’s why

The integration of AI agents will become increasingly critical across the national security space.

Digital Government

DOGE employee had “read-only access” to two Federal Student Aid systems, Education Department says

In a response to a letter from Democrat senators, an Education official said the DOGE employee’s access to the FSA systems “has since been revoked.”

Emerging Tech

OSTP director nominee promises to center ‘American leadership’ in emerging tech work

Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios, identified innovating in AI and quantum as two of his major priorities.

Cybersecurity

AI-cybersecurity firm Andesite secures added $23M in funding

The company, which is led by former CIA officials and other ex-national intelligence chiefs, also unveiled a new security operations center product, the firm first told Nextgov/FCW.

Artificial Intelligence

DHS must do more to appropriately govern AI, watchdog finds

An oversight report from DHS's OIG noted the agency's many big steps in AI governance, but added specific areas that need to be updated to advance safe federal uses of the tools.

Emerging Tech

Navy ops centers need AI to sift through troves of intel data

As ships collect ever more sensor data, Navy information warfare officers have to figure out how to quickly process information without getting bogged down.

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI brings its large language models to Energy’s national labs

As OpenAI expands access to its large language models to all national labs, scientists at nationals labs anticipate workloads that usually take decades to be reduced to “two or three” years.

Artificial Intelligence

How DeepSeek changed the future of AI—and what that means for national security

China’s breakthrough is an opportunity for American companies to build more efficient tools. That will also help the U.S. military.

Emerging Tech

Trump’s Commerce pick backs light-touch regulation in emerging tech policy

Howard Lutnick voiced robust support for U.S. leadership in AI and quantum information sciences alongside a light touch regulatory approach.

Artificial Intelligence

Report: agencies’ adoption of GenAI depends on safe and ethical principles

Governments need to adhere to ethical AI principles and comply with regulatory guidance to effectively use GenAI capabilities, according to a recent IBM report.

Emerging Tech

Commerce announces new export control on US AI products

The new export controls will alter licensing requirements for AI chips and closed-source models to allow allied nations to access U.S. AI innovation while preventing adversarial nations from doing so. 

Ideas

Generative AI in Government: What to Expect in 2025

2025 may be a major year for generative AI adoption across government.