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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Farmer would replace the Trump administration’s former top IT official, Greg Barbaccia, who left the office in August. More by @ksophiewill.bsky.social & @madialder.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/carter-farme...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ahead of formal rulemaking, the General Services Administration issued an artificial intelligence acquisition regulation deviation that can be used immediately, incorporating some public comments. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/gsa-issued-a...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Technology Modernization Fund unveiled four new investments totalling about $83.4 million, according to website updates Wednesday. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/new-tmf-inve...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Google and Samsung Wallet users can use the licenses to verify their identity, GSA announced, in an effort to combat artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/mobile-drive...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Patent and Trademark Office just got a new chief artificial intelligence officer and is eyeing more drafting and searching tools, Deborah Stephens said. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/uspto-ai-cap...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some tech employees at the General Services Administration have been told they may be reassigned or given the option to resign or retire early, according to an email viewed by FedScoop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IgM... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/some-gsa-tec...

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Some GSA tech workers may be reassigned, given option to leave agency, email shows

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The mid-June breach exposed names, dates of birth, medical testing information, lab test results, health insurance data and partial Social Security numbers, a VA email said. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFj... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/veterans-aff...

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30,000-plus veterans affected by Baylor Genetics’ cybersecurity breach

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The agency’s Missing and Murdered Unit will use Clearview AI tools to “rapidly identify and locate missing persons, crime victims, and suspects nationwide,” contracting documents said. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/interior-cle...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZH_... More by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/bipartisan-b...

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Inside the bipartisan backlash to the $27 billion VA-Oracle EHRM contract blindsiding Congress

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Tim Starks @timstarks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nice one from @ksophiewill.bsky.social fedscoop.com/veterans-aff... @fedscoop.bsky.social

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anthropic has extended its OneGov deal with the General Services Administration by one month, a website update Thursday shows. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/anthropic-ex...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Agriculture Department has launched a public data tool for the office that publishes official U.S. data on crop production and prices, it announced Wednesday. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/usda-launche...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A former associate of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Berry will be implementing the agency’s One Farmer, One File initiative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m95... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/sam-berry-us...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ChatGPT models will be available to the federal government through discounted, consumption-based pricing, the release said, and will last until Dec. 31, 2028. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-8... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/openai-gsa-r...

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OpenAI and General Services Administration extend OneGov deal for ChatGPT through 2028

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It was one of three artificial intelligence deals set to expire at the end of the month, and will now be based on consumption. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vw3... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/openai-gsa-r...

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OpenAI, GSA strike OneGov deal for ChatGPT through 2028

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Technology Modernization Fund Board decides which government modernization projects will receive funding and monitors their progress. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/tmf-adds-new...

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Emilia Ruzicka @emiliaruzicka.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

As summer closes, reporting about LGBTQ+ communities shouldn’t be confined to Pride Month. I’m so glad I had the chance to write a short guide for starting LGBTQ+ data reporting for @ire.org’s IRE Journal. Shoutout to @byadamrhodes.bsky.social for editing this piece! www.ire.org/2026/09/08/l...

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LGBTQ+ inclusive data journalism is more important now than ever, here’s how to start

LGBTQ+ inclusive data journalism is more important now than ever, here’s how to start By Emilia Ruzicka | Published September 8, 2026 .byline { font-size: 1.7rem; color: #666; font-style: italic; marg...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Across the aisle, lawmakers expressed outrage over the recent contract ceiling hike after Oracle’s CEO told Congress four years ago that the company would not raise costs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddiD... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/oracle-subpo...

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House committee votes to subpoena Oracle after fiery hearing on VA’s $27B EHRM contract

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Government agencies can use artificial intelligence without creating federal records that must be retained in some cases, the National Archives and Records Administration wrote in a memo this month. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/national-arc...

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AIScoop @aiscoop.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Agencies can use some AI without creating records per recent National Archives guidance. 🗃️ Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's @ksophiewill.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/national-arc... #NationalArchive #GovernmentRecords #AI

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The General Services Administration has a new pricing model for the government’s AI platform. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3PK... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/usai-is-no-l...

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AIScoop @aiscoop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last week's AI headlines in @fedscoop.bsky.social, @defensescoop.bsky.social, @cyberscoop.bsky.social and @statescoop.bsky.social. From the VA launching a chatbot to xAI training Grok’s synthetic deepfake “nudify” capabilities on real child abuse, we're tracking AI in government. 📈 👀 📰 aiscoop.com

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AIScoop @aiscoop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In fiscal 2024 alone, TMF projects saved 378 million hours and garnered $12 billion in return on investment 👀 It's next quest? Experimenting with its own artificial intelligence model. 🤖 @fedscoop.bsky.social's @ksophiewill.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/tmf-ai-model... #TMF #AI #GSA #GovAI

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AIScoop @aiscoop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an artificial intelligence helpdesk support chatbot. 🤖 Full scoop from @fedscoop.bsky.social's @ksophiewill.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ fedscoop.com/va-launches-... #ChatBot #Veterans #VA #AI

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

VA Deputy Secretary and currently acting CIO Paul R. Lawrence joined Billy Mitchell on The Daily Scoop Podcast to discuss his top priorities in both roles, namely the continued rollout of the department’s modernized electronic health record with Oracle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbgu...

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VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence on the progress of VA’s EHRM rollout

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

After his comments on veterans’ hiring preference, the General Services Administration put him on leave around the beginning of August. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/fedramp-dire...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The General Services Administration is conducting market research to boost its fraud protection and bot detection as fraud attempts grow in “sophistication and volume.” Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/login-dot-go...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Corcos will now lead GSA’s Technology Transformation Services, and help oversee the Federal Acquisition Service and Login-dot-gov, in addition to serving as Treasury’s top IT official. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6j... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/sam-corcos-g...

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DOGE alum, Treasury CIO Corcos adds three GSA jobs to his portfolio

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Palantir, Microsoft, Nvidia and other tech giants have major issues with the potential exclusion of open-source AI, “unbiased AI principles” and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJO8... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/revised-gsa-...

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Revised GSA AI clause hasn’t fully calmed industry concerns, comments show

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The massive contract to overhaul how the department tracks health information for veterans will raise its current almost $10 billion ceiling to nearly $27 billion, the notice said and the VA confirmed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPG_... More by @ksophiewill.bsky.social : fedscoop.com/va-oracle-eh...

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VA-Oracle EHRM contract ceiling raises to nearly $27 billion

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Almost all hazardous waste shipping forms are handwritten and transcribed into the EPA data system, resulting in the misreporting of millions of tons of waste, the OIG found. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/abundance-of...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

With varying names and part number discrepancies, the Federal Acquisition Service’s GSA Advantage! product catalog and Transactional Data Reporting system may be causing the government to waste money, a watchdog said Thursday. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/gsa-acquisit...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Some OneGov artificial intelligence deals will be extended and some companies will be offering new deals for others, a General Services Administration official said Thursday. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/gsa-onegov-a...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Millions of federal employees have been using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude under OneGov deals that are expiring next month. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gHE... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/onegov-ai-de...

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OneGov AI deals are ending, but behavioral dependency might lock in federal workers

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

An “unanticipated complexity of the effort” delayed the contract and cost more to deploy than originally budgeted for, contracting documents said. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHC5... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/va-oracle-eh...

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$10B VA-Oracle EHRM contract will soon run out of funds and time, documents show

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Rep. Michael Baumgartner asked why VA OIG’s electronic health record modernization recommendations haven’t been implemented while the department presses on with deployment. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/veterans-aff...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Postal Service is drawing on international AI pilots to streamline operations and potentially save money amid its budget crisis, the Office of the Inspector General said. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DujH... More by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/us-postal-se...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

On his personal LinkedIn, Pete Waterman apologized to civilian FedRAMP Cybersecurity Service applicants and called the practice “brutally unfair when taken to the extreme.” www.youtube.com/shorts/2_cTO... Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/fedramp-dire...

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FedRAMP director Pete Waterman put on admin leave after veterans’ hiring preference comments

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Technology Modernization Fund would be able to finance new projects through Dec. 11 under a provision in a Senate bill to avoid a government shutdown this fall. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/tmf-funding-...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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FedRAMP director put on admin leave after veterans’ hiring preference comments

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Tech leaders from across agencies and industry said the government must work together to use AI to fix broken systems, not just use it as a band-aid. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/federal-it-l...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The VA’s Enterprise Software Asset Management (eSAM) initiative and software license inventory project lack governance frameworks and planning, per a new GAO report. via @ksophiewill.bsky.social fedscoop.com/veterans-aff...

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VA software management woes linked in part to CIO vacancy, watchdog says

The VA’s Enterprise Software Asset Management (eSAM) initiative and software license inventory project lack governance frameworks and planning, per a new GAO report.

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The bipartisan Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement Act would raise purchase thresholds and allow for pre-payments on cloud services. via @ksophiewill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyP-... Learn more: fedscoop.com/fit-procurem...

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A bill to modernize federal procurement passes House after stalling last Congress

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

An independent review found the department was deficient in seven areas. The agency said many of the recommended actions are already underway. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/va-fails-wat...

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FedScoop @fedscoop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Zack Schwartz, a top VA IT official, framed the change as a way to avoid “unnecessary delays” in procurement while maintaining security standards. Read more by @ksophiewill.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/veterans-aff...

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