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Christian university in Arkansas adds AI program

AI courses and majors are becoming more popular, including at Harding University, a private Christian school in central Arkansas.

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GSA acting head says nearly half of agency workforce is using GSAi daily

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AI training program fuels an especially lean staff in San Jose, Calif.

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State Department layoffs cut science, tech offices deeper than anticipated

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US Central Command hires new chief data officer

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Consumer product regulators’ AI pilot bill clears House

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Trump White House launches ‘Schedule G’ for political policy officials; GSA head says nearly half of agency workforce is using GSAi daily

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Trump White House launches ‘Schedule G’ for political policy officials; GSA head says nearly half of agency workforce is using GSAi daily

The new schedule appears redundant to the Schedule C classification, experts told FedScoop, perhaps opening the door wider to high-salary political appointees.

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VA acting CIO defends IT workforce reorg amid lawmaker pushback; Waltz brushes off SignalGate questions, points finger at CISA

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Elon Musk’s Grok is now working with the US government; Pentagon awards mega contracts for new ‘frontier AI’ projects

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GSA’s plans to test the controversial AI tool Grok; Why IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE could lead to ‘dangerous’ mistakes

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Elon Musk’s Grok is now working with the US government

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Agentic AI pilot to help Virginia cut, update state regulations

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Cal State LA secures funding for two AI projects

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California’s fire protection agency made an AI chatbot. It can’t answer one crucial question

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Utah to deploy AI to handle non-emergency calls, speed up 911 response

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Rewiring government: Industry AI journeys as blueprints for public sector change

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MongoDB Atlas database for government, powered by AWS, offers agencies advanced agility to manage deluge of data

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From Silos to Seamless: How an integrated security layer can prepare government for AI-era applications

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Identity’s expanding and intricate role in enhancing the new administration’s government operations and public service

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How DOD is recalibrating cloud investments to meet AI and data demands

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AI to be key in Minnesota’s new fraud prevention program

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For AI projects, California’s CIO wants agencies to consider benefit, value, cost

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Texas’ relationship with AI is ‘getting serious’

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Airmen practice patient movement and transport procedures onto an ambulance during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2024 at Travis Air Force Base, California, June 20, 2024. Ultimate Caduceus is an annual patient movement training event designed to test the capabilities of and provide field training to aeromedical evacuation and critical care air transport teams, medical staging systems, and interagency partners involved in the reception and onward movement functions for global patient movement. (DOD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anita Chebahtah)

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Grok for gov? GitHub shows GSA interest in Elon Musk AI tool

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon, July 10, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Llanez Delgado)

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Nand Mulchandani steps down as CTO of the CIA

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North Carolina deploys AI-powered traffic signal management software to 2,500 intersections

Steve Padilla et al — California state Sen. Steve Padilla speaks during a press conference to promote SB 243 at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento, California, on July, 8 2025. He was joined on stage by Rob Eleveld, CEO of the nonprofit Transparency Coalition (far left), Megan Garcia (left), state Sen. Josh Becker (right) and state Sen. Weber Pierson (far right). (Sophia Fox-Sowell / Scoop News Group)

Citing risk to kids, California bill targets controversial AI ‘companion’ chatbots

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EPA IT chief’s warning: AI can’t be used ‘to solve any problem’

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For most states, AI adoption is still in early stages, Code for America report shows

A tomahawk cruise missile launches from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) for a live-fire exercise during Valiant Shield 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Collins III)

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