Implementing full-scale observability in government to achieve zero trust
Federal agencies must leverage comprehensive observability and monitoring to overcome escalating cyber threats, says Datadog’s CISO Emilio Escobar.
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AFGE says it will fight mass federal firings, refuting ‘performance’ claims; Treasury’s inspector general plans to audit DOGE’s access to payment systems
After a purging a federal probationary employees, a top union says it will fight back against claims that those employees had poor performance. And, the latest in…
Chief AI officers must be preserved in the Trump administration
The new administration would be wise to keep CAIOs in federal agencies as it embarks on its AI strategy.
State Department’s top data and AI official departs
Matthew Graviss led the agency’s implementation of artificial intelligence, including its internal AI chatbot.
California Republican looks to codify NAIRR, establish select committee on AI
Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., said he plans to reintroduce the CREATE AI Act and confirmed conversations about another House AI committee or working group.
House bill would ban DeepSeek on agency workers’ devices; CISA election, disinformation officials placed on administrative leave
Members of the House look to ban DeepSeek from federal devices. And CISA's election and disinformation team is being dismantled.
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Trump’s targeting of USAID puts OpenAI’s agency work in doubt
After touting a ChatGPT Enterprise use case with USAID, it’s not clear what’s next for the AI company and the disappearing agency.
House bill would ban DeepSeek on agency workers’ devices
The bipartisan legislation comes amid panic in Silicon Valley over the Chinese AI startup’s high-performing models.
Energy CIO replaced with SpaceX engineer as DOGE probes department’s systems; US AI Safety Institute taps Scale AI for model evaluation
Dawn Zimmer, who's been acting CIO since January, was replaced by a SpaceX network engineer. And, Scale AI will help the U.S. AI Safety Institute with evaluating…
US AI Safety Institute taps Scale AI for model evaluation
The company will work with the safety body to jointly develop testing criteria with the aim of opening up evaluation to companies of all sizes.