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House Dems ‘extremely concerned’ VA workforce cuts will further hit researchers

Ten members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee are calling for VA Secretary Doug Collins to provide additional information about how term-limited researchers are being affected by workforce reduction efforts.

Digital Government

MIT’s App Inventor can help feds quickly create Android and iOS mobile apps

After struggling for almost six months to become somewhat proficient at Python, I was extremely impressed with how much I could do using the MIT App Inventor platform.

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Booz Allen

At the edge: What it takes to bring fast, robust decision-making to the tactical edge

Fast, efficient edge computing gives warfighters the data they need to make informed decisions in real time.

Digital Government

Government interest in chat archiving service skyrockets following Signalgate

Top staffers across the government have reached out to Whiterock Technologies about its electronic communications preservation service amid a court ruling tied to last week’s Signal chat with top administration officials that accidentally included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.

People

CX lead at DHS announces departure from government

Dana Chisnell, the first DHS executive director for customer experience, said March 28 was her last day with the department and “my last official day working for the federal government.”

Artificial Intelligence

New bill would codify an AI resource piloted under Biden

This year's version of the CREATE AI Act attempts to relieve the burden of funding the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource by inviting the private sector to help.

Acquisition

Billions are on the line as DOGE, GSA increase scrutiny

A new analysis by TechnoMile looks at how exposed the General Services Administration's top 10 consulting firms could be, based on unexercised contract ceiling across three major spending categories.

Modernization

VA names 9 medical facilities that will receive new EHR in 2026

The department said it plans to deploy the modernized electronic health record at a total of 13 sites next year following a pause on most rollouts of the software that was instituted in April 2023.

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RTO Mandate Calls for Infrastructure Upgrades

Federal agencies must modernize conferencing tools for improved efficiency, productivity, and secure, cost-effective collaboration solutions.

Digital Government

Musk and DOGE make the case for their efficiency, tech work

The DOGE team made statements that have been contradicted by agencies they're working for during a Thursday night interview on FOX.

People

Karen Evans tapped for DHS undersecretary weeks after assuming CISA role

Evans had been selected as both a senior advisor and then executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA prior to her DHS nomination.

Emerging Tech

Trump calls on OSTP to ‘blaze a trail’ in global tech dominance and R&D

President Trump told Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Kratsios that the office’s mission will be to both compete with foreign adversaries and use technology to improve American life.

Breaking News People

Trump order aims to outlaw most government unions on ‘national security’ grounds

An as-yet unpublished executive order purports to utilize a little-used provision allowing the president to restrict collective bargaining for national security reasons to exempt most federal jobs from union protections.

Defense

Judge orders agencies to preserve discussions in airstrike Signal chat 

The directive targets communications in a Signal chat with top intelligence and national security officials between March 11 and March 15 that discussed strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. The Atlantic magazine’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently added to that chat.

Emerging Tech

Trump aims to sign two stablecoin bills by August, officials say

The bills both establish a regulatory framework for the issuance and trade of dollar-backed stablecoin.

Digital Government

Lawmakers try again with software licensing bill

This marks the third Congress in which the bipartisan bill has been introduced.

Artificial Intelligence

What the federal workforce could look like with AI government employees

Planning will determine how effectively AI agents are incorporated to streamline agency processes and systems, government technology experts argued.

Ideas

Three ways agencies can prepare before AI costs skyrocket

These three steps might save you some heartburn.