AIScoop - AIScoop is the one-stop source for everything AI — providing breaking news, trends, information, events and more at the intersection of AI and the public sector. Built on Scoop News Group’s success in producing world-class AI news and events, AIScoop delivers industry-leading coverage and unparalleled access to insider information in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrive to push protesters back as cars enter and leave the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 12, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters

Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Boston, MA – August 29: Senator Ed Markey addresses his supporters during a ‘Power to the People’ rally at the IBEW Local 103 facility on August 29, 2026. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks

AI

By Derek B. Johnson

(PAUL J.RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

USPTO has over 20 AI capabilities with more coming, CIO says

Workforce

By K. Sophie Will

Featured on AIScoop

Beyond the card: Why identity assurance is a required layer for payment security and government trust

By Dan Garrett
GenAI.mil attracts about half a million ‘power users’ as Pentagon pushes forward with frontier models

By Jon Harper
Pentagon cyber chief: The demand far exceeds supply

By Greg Otto
DHS plans ‘large investments’ in biosurveillance as it ramps up capabilities

By Lindsey Wilkinson
OpenAI, Ukraine partner on ‘Daybreak’ program to protect power grids and water systems

By Derek B. Johnson

Why AI modernization doesn’t require the perfect enterprise overhaul

Mobile driver’s licenses are now accepted on Login-dot-gov for ID verification

The secret to the State Department’s AI success

November 18, 2026

Unleashing the Genesis Mission: Human-Machine Teaming in Nuclear Security

Register

Popular Stories

Mobile driver’s licenses are now accepted on Login-dot-gov for ID verification

Login-dot-gov now widely accepts mobile driver’s licenses for identity verification, partially in an effort to combat artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes, according to a General Services Administration press release…

By FedScoop Staff

A view of the Department of Housing and Urban Development at the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building on July 25, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

HUD eyes AI tool to review grant spending. Housing advocates have concerns

By Matt Bracken

(Getty Images)

The president has called for AI leadership. Here’s the mission.

By Frank Cilluffo Nick Sellers

James Mazol, deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, speaks at DefenseTalks, Sept. 22, 2026. (Photo credit: Stephanie Boyles/EPNAC)

More than 100K personnel use Maven Smart System: Pentagon official

By Jon Harper

After water attacks, Capitol Hill offers its own proposal for an AI-cyber test program

By Tim Starks

AI to help make logistics less predictable and vulnerable to adversaries, Transcom commander says

By Drew F. Lawrence

Mobile driver’s licenses now widely accepted at Login-dot-gov for ID verification

By K. Sophie Will

The secret to the State Department’s AI success

By FedScoop Staff

Citing China, President Trump doubles down on hands-off approach to AI regulation

By Derek B. Johnson

FAA unveils AI aviation data tool in Washington airspace

By Lindsey Wilkinson

Insights

Getty Images

Beyond the card: Why identity assurance is a required layer for payment security and government trust

By Dan Garrett

How state and local governments can build an AI-ready workforce

By Scoop News Group

Getty Images

From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

Getty Images

From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

Videos

Why AI modernization doesn’t require the perfect enterprise overhaul

By Scoop News Group

What state CIOs need to get right as AI moves to the top of the agenda

By Scoop News Group

AI-adaptable security platforms are critical for autonomous decision-making

By Scoop News Group

How IT platform focus and governance help Orlando International Airport’s CIO protect public trust

By Scoop News Group

Podcasts

Mobile driver’s licenses are now accepted on Login-dot-gov for ID verification

By FedScoop Staff

The secret to the State Department’s AI success

By FedScoop Staff

Can a city combat homelessness with improved data? San Jose’s new shelter dashboard aims to find out

By StateScoop Staff

USDA CIO Sam Berry departs role to focus on farmer record modernization

By FedScoop Staff

Brandi Vincent: Behind-the-byline of one of the Pentagon’s top tech reporters

By Philip Reynolds

OpenAI and GSA extend OneGov deal for ChatGPT through 2028

By FedScoop Staff

The Latest

Congressman James Walkinshaw, D-Va., speaks at a press conference with other Democratic members of House Homeland Security Committee (including Sri Thanedar, D-Mich., left, and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right) on the killing of Renee Good, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dems seek top-to-bottom assessment of CISA workforce

A demonstrator holds a sign to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol on May 5, 2022 in Madison, Wis. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Interior to use facial recognition AI for missing and murdered persons, human trafficking cases

Researchers at Hacktron discovered a vulnerability, HEIF Heist, named for its ability to trigger memory corruption errors in affected software, allowing the attacker to pilfer sensitive data from its victims. (Image Source: Getty)

Researchers use AI to find widespread software decoder flaw

In recent conversations, cybersecurity and national security professionals raised questions about both the technical solutions OpenAI and Anthropic use to contain their models, as well as the glaring absence of federal oversight from federal regulators or truly independent third-party review. (Image via Getty)

The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

Anthropic extends its GSA OneGov deal for Claude by one month

Beyer speaks from behind a lectern with a yellow sign on it that reads "Pro-Human Assembly 2026." — Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks during the Pro-Human Assembly at the Marriott Marquis Washington on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

Bipartisan coalition calls on House leaders to advance AI guardrails

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visits Joint Task Force Southern Border in Sierra Vista, Az. April 19, 2025. DOD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Mullen)

Joint Chiefs chairman says U.S. forces must prepare to be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems

Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on May 7, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House passes bill to give financial agencies a technology boost

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jason T. Hinds, U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa commander presides over a Silver Star ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 3, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow)

USAFE boss shares ‘vignettes’ for CCA drone employment in Europe

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission headquarters on March 12, 2026 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo by Lindsey Wilkinson)

NRC to reformulate its AI strategy amid OCIO reorg, other changes

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Sept.15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Treasury’s Scott Bessent says no liability exemptions for AI labs

Governor Maura Healey speaks about data centers during a press conference at the State House on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Massachusetts Gov. Healey urges federal AI oversight after Trump dismisses industry concerns

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026. The Ventura County Government Center has been the site of tense standoffs and confrontations in recent weeks between ICE agents, local community observers, and protesters. (Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP via Getty Images)

ICE plans AI assistant to have role in use case development, document shows

Upcoming Events

Oct 1 2026

Defense Tech Week

Sept. 21-25 | Washington, D.C.

Oct 13 2026

Rubrik Public Sector Summit: Building Resilience for the AI Era

Virtual Event

Nov 5 2026

Threat Response Forum

Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City

Nov 17 2026

FedTalks

Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C.

Nov 18 2026

Unleashing the Genesis Mission: Human-Machine Teaming in Nuclear Security

VIRTUAL EVENT