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GAO, Government Accountability Office — The entrance to the Government Accountability Office building on H Street NW in Washington, D.C. (Joe Warminsky / Scoop News Group)

GAO IDs up to $251 billion in cost savings across agencies

Federal

A view of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Dec. 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

DOGE pitched AI-fueled ‘regulation extermination’ tool to HUD

AI

A view of the North Lawn of the White House on Sept. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Education IT chief Thomas Flagg hired for deputy federal CIO role

Workforce

People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SBA behind the eightball on AI use case reporting, GAO finds

AI

Jeneen Iwugo, right, acting director of CMS’s Center for Program Integrity, and Sarah Harvey, left, director of the GAO’s Science & Technology Assessment division, participate in a panel discussion at a UiPath Public Sector event in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2026. (Scoop News Group photo)

With AI assist, CMS has ‘longer leash’ to fight fraud now, official says

AI

The Department of Labor building is seen behind a sign marking the location of the agency’s headquarters on March 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Senators seek Labor-led database on AI workforce impacts

AI

Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Todd Young, R-Ind., participate in a news conference about AI at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Senators take another swing at bill to codify federal AI resource

AI

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on April 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump orders big change to federal contracting structures

Acquisition

A view of the John D, Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

VA’s renewed EHR rollout ‘has been phenomenal’ so far, secretary claims

Modernization