The National Science Foundation is offering supplemental funding to existing grant recipients to expand AI education, mentorship, and hands-on learning opportunities for middle and high school students. […]

An Oct. 27 directive calls for examining security approvals, acquisition barriers, and organizational changes to improve digital services delivery. […]

The road map includes updated response guidance, a stakeholder community, and work on agent monitoring, containment, and evidence sharing. […]

Agency security teams need close coordination, architectures that make systems easier to defend, and AI tools with limited permissions that can take over some tasks, experts advised. […]

Lawmakers seek answers on Trump’s reported use of Grok, citing presidential records requirements, cybersecurity risks, and potential third-party access to sensitive information. […]

Puchek remains the CPSC chief data officer and adds AI leadership to her responsibilities. […]

The Technology Prosperity Deal addresses AI, networking, quantum technologies, and more. It follows earlier agreements with Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. The critical minerals agreement supports supply chain resilience and research. […]

Illumio’s Gary Barlet says AI-generated disinformation and vulnerabilities in interconnected election systems create growing security challenges. He said stronger safeguards, faster AI-enabled content validation, and more federal support for state and local election officials are needed. […]

The new terms replace introductory per-user pricing with consumption-based access, as Anthropic reports growing government adoption and estimates $1 billion in savings. […]

AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, but CISA’s Jay Gazlay says agencies must prioritize remediation based on proven threats, internet exposure, and asset visibility. […]

The VA Office of Inspector General is developing a hybrid AI strategy to route tasks to models based on cost and complexity. The effort aims to control unpredictable token spending while preserving access to AI tools. […]

New acquisition guidance outlines vendor transparency requirements, contract enforcement provisions, and a 15-business-day response window for potential violations. […]

GSA’s AI strategy draws on lessons from cloud and mobility, narrowing more than 200 prototypes to a focused set of investments built to deliver value at scale. […]

The new DevSecOps platform aims to cut software security evaluations from months to minutes. The Army plans broad industry access through Login.gov. […]

The agreement with US AI offers federal agencies up to 30% off software licenses and $1 pilot projects through September 2028. It expands the AI capabilities available through GSA’s governmentwide technology acquisition strategy. […]

Federal IT leaders say scaling AI requires more than chatbot access; agencies need mission-focused applications, ongoing workforce training, stronger data governance, and room to experiment and fail. […]

Seventeen former national security officials are urging a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling they say could undermine AI safeguards and limit agencies’ access to advanced technology. […]

The AI Cyber Defense Act would direct NIST to work with the private sector to develop guidance on AI model protection and standards for defensive uses of AI. […]

Government and industry officials say AI agents need narrowly defined permissions and safeguards outside AI models. They offer differing views on how much human oversight agencies can sustain. […]

Through the Genesis Mission, researchers are testing how AI can generate hypotheses, optimize scientific computing, and accelerate research while ensuring results remain reliable and reproducible. […]

The updated directive adds waiver authority, encourages sharing and reuse of AI assets, and prioritizes technology developed or produced in the United States. […]

Attackers could exploit flaws in the widely used web-development language to execute code remotely without authentication. Organizations including OpenAI coordinated a response to the flaws over two months. […]

New acquisition requirements address data handling, supplier due diligence, foreign government influence, human oversight, and incident reporting in covered large language model contracts. […]

DLA and CDAO are working to improve data access and quality across the Defense Department, focusing on supply-chain decisions, AI adoption, and operational readiness. […]

The Trump administration’s new AI task force is considering mandatory incident reporting requirements for AI companies as it develops recommendations to hold developers accountable when their technology causes harm. […]

The new GSA Labs program organizes employees in small teams to address agency challenges. The inaugural cohort recommended a new fee structure that could generate $195M in additional revenue. […]

The platform aims to speed commercial software security reviews and authorization while keeping final risk decisions in government hands. […]