Acquisition

INDOPACOM was all in on Anthropic. Now it’s working to adjust

The administration’s government-wide ban on the company’s AI tools has forced the command to work faster to be “model-neutral.”

Acquisition

Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders

The company asserts that the administration’s actions to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk and order its removal from all federal agencies are retaliatory and not based on risk to national security.

Cybersecurity

Trump’s new cyber strategy details more offensive response to cyber threats

“Unlike other Administrations, the Trump Administration will not tinker at the edges and apply partial measures and ambiguous strategies that neglect the growing number and severity of cyber threats,” the strategy said.

Artificial Intelligence

7 tech companies commit to protect consumers from rising electricity prices

President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge was announced during his State of the Union address and is intended to alleviate the burden of AI-related infrastructure costs.

Digital Government

LGBTQ data is disappearing under Trump, reports find

Government agencies have gotten rid of gender identity and sexual orientation data elements from over 360 data collections over the last year.

Breaking News Defense

Trump directs government to ‘immediately cease’ using Anthropic technology

Ban follows AI firm’s refusal to enable mass surveillance, autonomous weapons.

Digital Government

These former government tech leaders are prepping day-one plans for a future administration

Mikey Dickerson, the first head of the U.S. Digital Service, is a senior advisor for the effort, called the Tech Viaduct.

Ideas

Memo to JD Vance: Fighting the war on waste

COMMENTARY | The White House's proposed war on fraud, waste and abuse is neither new nor an assured outcome for any presidential administration, but history offers some lessons that can help get started.

Policy

White House seeks clean extension on controversial spying law

Despite Donald Trump’s previous misgivings, his administration is signaling confidence in the statute with its current stance.

Artificial Intelligence

Trump unveils Big Tech pledge to offset rising data center energy costs

President Donald Trump’s national address touched on the rising energy costs incurred by increasing AI use, in addition to reinforcing his administration’s imperative to tackle fraud in government programs.

Digital Government

House Democrats say TrumpRx portal exaggerates prescription discounts

Despite the White House’s claim that the platform offers the world’s lowest prices on prescriptions, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report saying “for nearly half of the drugs listed on TrumpRx, that is either misleading or completely false.”

Digital Government

New White House design team aims for ‘delightful’ websites — changing design ethos in the process

Trump’s chief design officer says that his work shouldn’t be controversial, but his team’s track record has raised questions about who their websites are for, who they leave out and whether the White House can garner trust based on sleek design alone.

People

Top NSC cyber official returns to academia

For the last year, JD Work was a high-ranking official working on cyber policy within the White House National Security Council.

Artificial Intelligence

Republican governor asserts states’ right to legislate AI

Utah Governor Spencer Cox acknowledged the logic to the Trump administration’s plan for U.S. AI dominance, but not at the expense of state laws ensuring safety.

Cybersecurity

US cyber responses will be ‘linked to adversary actions’ and involve industry coordination, official says

That dynamic will be outlined in a national cyber strategy, which will be released “soon,” said ONCD’s Alexandra Seymour.

Policy

White House will hold meeting to discuss renewal of controversial spying power

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire this spring unless renewed by lawmakers.

Digital Government

Trump’s nutrition website directs users to Elon Musk’s Grok

The inclusion of Elon Musk’s chatbot in the government website follows backlash over the chatbot creating millions of sexualized images of women and children.

Exclusive Emerging Tech

Draft quantum order tasks many agencies with reinvigorating the tech’s development

The order outlines a widespread effort to plan for increased quantum innovation, private sector cooperation and international partnership in pursuit of a quantum computer for scientific applications and discovery.

Policy

As Trump administration cries ‘fraud,’ experts worry it does more harm than good

“It’s dismaying,” one longtime anti-fraud expert told Nextgov/FCW of how the administration is using fraud as rationale but firing the watchdogs that are tasked with finding it.