The IRS’s long-running modernization push is still falling short for taxpayers, with widespread complaints about unhelpful artificial intelligence (AI) tools, underperforming online services, and slow progress, National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Erin Collins told Congress Wednesday in her annual report. […]
The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was given permission to use ChatGPT last summer, despite a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prohibition on the tool for most employees. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has a new cybersecurity resource for critical infrastructure and government entities to prevent, detect, and mitigate insider threats. […]
The United States can play and win the technology long game, but only if Washington backs its ambitions with widespread innovation, clearer rules, and stronger alliances, according to Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. […]
The Senate Finance Committee’s top Democrat and Republican want answers on how the Social Security Administration (SSA) secures its data after a court filing revealed that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may have improperly handled sensitive personal data. […]
A new legislative proposal introduced by Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, on Friday would use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify redundant and outdated rules in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to open new offices dedicated to safety oversight and airspace modernization as part of an overhaul of the agency’s organizational structure. […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wants information from industry on commercial off-the-shelf big data and advertising technology (ad tech) tools to support ICE investigations. […]
The multi-billion-dollar deal that placed the U.S. version of the popular social media app TikTok in the hands of majority-American investors last Thursday is raising alarm among lawmakers, who are calling for an investigation into remaining Chinese influence. […]
Since 2021, the National Weather Service (NWS) has experimented with artificial intelligence (AI) to translate weather warnings into multiple languages, cutting translation times to about a minute – but recent contract lapses and budget constraints have forced the agency to scale back. […]
