Federal agencies across the government are increasingly adapting new uses of artificial intelligence to streamline processes, aggregate data, and even complete tasks designed for human resources staff. And while some have openly embraced AI and its uses, others still don’t believe it can be trusted for operations in nuclear controls. […]

The National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which advises the president and the White House on the National AI Initiative, approved a draft report this week with 10 focus areas for President Trump to pursue during his second term. […]

Think-tank panelists at a Jan. 29 Congressional Internet Caucus Academy event talked about possible avenues for artificial intelligence development and Federal cybersecurity improvements during the 119th Congress.   […]

The Department of the Navy (DON) is putting the finishing touches on its strategic plan for artificial intelligence (AI), which will detail how the Navy intends to incorporate AI into its operations, according to a senior official. […]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – President Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – pledged at a Senate confirmation hearing today that he would expand the use of AI tech and telemedicine in rural hospitals if confirmed to head the agency. […]

The Air Force’s latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation are expected to take flight this year, Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Kunkel said during Defense One’s “AI in the Skies” program on Jan. 28.   […]

Chief data officers (CDOs) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said they are modernizing their agencies’ use of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. […]

President Donald Trump rechartered the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in an executive order on Thursday, restructuring the council and emphasizing “American leadership” as its goal. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that facial recognition software used to identify travelers is more than 99 percent accurate on average, according to a Jan. 17 report. […]

The White House late Thursday issued an executive order from President Donald Trump that aims for his administration to develop a Federal government “action plan” on artificial intelligence technologies within the next six months. […]

From overturning numerous Federal workforce policy pillars to canceling a well-regarded executive order about how the government should approach artificial intelligence technologies, the new Trump administration has been issuing a small blizzard of more than two dozen executive orders since taking office on Monday that are sweeping away numerous orders issued by President Biden during his term in office. […]

President Trump pledged on Jan. 21 to help facilitate electric power and other assistance to a consortium of artificial intelligence (AI) tech firms who said this week they plan to invest $100 billion in AI infrastructure as part of what they are calling The Stargate Project.   […]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is planning to adopt artificial intelligence into its operations and assess how the emerging technology impacts intellectual property (IP) rights, according to its 2025 AI strategy released on Jan. 14.    […]

President Trump’s slew of energy-related executive orders issued on Monday have declared a national energy emergency that aims in part to juice the United States’ natural energy supplies to help meet power demands required to support emerging technologies.   […]

The Trump administration has fulfilled its promise of revoking the Biden-era executive order on artificial intelligence which has served as a framework for Federal agencies approach to the emerging technology for over a year now.   […]

After taking office today, President Donald Trump announced that his top priorities include bolstering the nation’s energy sector – which could help boost the power grid’s capacity for artificial intelligence.   […]

The Senate held a pre-nomination hearing on Wednesday for Chris Wright – Trump’s nominee for Department of Energy secretary – in which Wright outlined his plans for expanding nuclear energy technology, AI development, and quantum technology. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a nearly 200-page artificial intelligence plan, laying out its roadmap for how the department will oversee the emerging technology’s incorporation into the health sector.   […]

President Biden today issued an executive order that directs the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Energy (DoE) to lease Federal government sites and allow private sector companies to use them in order to “build frontier AI infrastructure at speed and scale” all while powering those facilities with new clean energy sources. […]

The White House announced a new framework today that aims to maintain U.S. leadership in AI by keeping advanced computing chips and AI models under the control of the United States and its allies. […]

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) is calling on the incoming Trump administration to prioritize workforce development, cybersecurity, and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technology within the Intelligence Community (IC). […]

MeriTalk sat down with Josh Finke, who joined Lumen in 2024 as Senior Vice President, Public Sector, to talk about what the company is bringing forward to help Federal agencies as the new year kicks off. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a playbook for the public sector detailing what it calls the “responsible adoption” and “mission-focused” adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities.   […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) has concluded a red teaming pilot that resulted in the identification of more than 800 vulnerabilities in the use of large language models (LLM) to enhance military medical services. […]

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced new sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia over attempted election interference in the 2024 U.S. election – including by using artificial intelligence tools to create and disseminate disinformation. […]

The Information Technology Industry Council trade group is offering a slew of technology policy recommendations to the incoming Trump-Vance administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), including modernizing legacy Federal IT systems and adopting a risk-based approach to AI technology. […]

The increasing use of artificial intelligence technology – both from security threat and protection improvement perspectives – are among the top look-ahead issues for 2025 among officials with providers of security technologies to the Federal government. […]

The Biden-Harris administration released its artificial intelligence (AI) executive order (EO) at the end of 2023, but most of the work to implement the directive took place in 2024. As MeriTalk reflects on the past year – and looks toward the future of Federal IT work during the Trump-Vance administration in 2025 and beyond – AI is positioned to make impactful strides across agencies, policy, and defense. […]

The Biden administration’s top economic advisor is praising progress made in strengthening semiconductor supply chains over the last few years and urging President-elect Donald Trump’s team to maintain efforts to strengthen those supply chains. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to update its AI risk assessment guidance for agencies that protect critical infrastructure, as a new report reveals that DHS’s initial guidance didn’t have agencies fully measure how much harm an attack could cause, or gauge  the probability of an attack. […]