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From left to right, GovCIO’s Henry Kenyon, Transportation Department’s Anil Chaudhry, NASA’s Geoffrey Sage and GSA’s Birgit Smeltzer speak at GovCIO’s Federal AI Forum at Carahsoft in Reston, Va. on August 13, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

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