Billy Mitchell

Washington, D.C.

Editor In Chief at FedScoop

Editor of @Fedscoop and @DefenseScoop, Husband @mitchell_halie, Dad to Mason, Jack and Moose, @virginia_tech & @nyu_journalism alumnus, Packers Fan.

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Trump admin eyes new model for TMF in 2026 based on ‘expired discretionary funds’

4 days ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The federal Technology Modernization Fund has had a bumpy relationship with congressional appropriators since its creation in 2017, and now the Trump administration wants to sidestep the appropriations process entirely to replenish the fund on an annual basis with unused money transferred from agencies. The White House on Friday quietly issued an in-depth appendix of its budget request for fiscal 2026, and executive agencies followed suit, publishing their annual budget justification documents.
Former 18F employees file appeal of DOGE firings

1 week ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

Former employees of the General Services Administration’s 18F digital tech consultancy team filed an appeal Wednesday challenging their alleged wrongful termination and the “targeted” shuttering of the program by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency earlier this year. The employees, represented by the law firm Mehri & Skalet, submitted a class-action appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board to request a hearing and have their removal reversed.
Gerry Connolly, congressional champion of federal IT reform, dies at 75

2 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

Gerry Connolly, the longtime Virginia Democratic congressman responsible for some of the most influential federal IT reform legislation of the past two decades, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 75. Connolly’s family shared in a public message that the Northern Virginia congressman “passed away peacefully at his home this morning surrounded by family.”“Gerry lived his life to give back to others and make our community better.
VA eyes AI to improve software license management

2 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The Department of Veterans Affairs entity tasked with centralizing software management across the agency is eyeing artificial intelligence to more swiftly drive cost savings by offloading licenses that aren’t being used or are redundant.
GSA inks deal with Salesforce to lower price of Slack 90% for agencies

2 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The General Services Administration has entered a governmentwide buying agreement with Salesforce, the parent company of Slack, to reduce the price of the enterprise version of the workplace productivity and collaboration tool by 90% per user for federal agencies.
Trump administration kicks off federal acquisition overhaul with new website

1 month ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The Trump administration has launched an effort to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation with a focus on delivering a quicker, more efficient and less burdensome procurement process for federal agencies. To provide details on the progress of the so-called “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul,” the General Services Administration — one of the federal government’s lead procurement agencies and a member of the FAR Council — launched a new website Tuesday for the initiative.
Lack of understanding holding back military AI adoption, leaders say

1 month ago | defensescoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The U.S. military services face no shortage of challenges in adopting artificial intelligence to drive better mission outcomes — and one of the biggest things holding them back is that their personnel really don’t understand what AI is and what it can do for them, a panel of senior officials said Tuesday.
'Unimpressed' GSA gives consulting firms new deadline in quest to terminate contracts

1 month ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The General Services Administration is not happy with the top-10 consulting firms it asked back in February to self-identify contracts that could be terminated to save the federal government money, going as far as to call their efforts under the initiative “insulting.” Josh Gruenbaum, commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, wrote in a letter to those 10 firms, viewed by FedScoop, that GSA and its contracting partners are “unanimously unimpressed” with the cost savings those...
Trump administration launches online public deregulation form

1 month ago | fedscoop.com | Billy Mitchell

The public can now submit ideas for deregulating government through an online form, the General Services Administration announced Wednesday. GSA and the Office of Management and Budget launched the form through Regulations.gov, a website that provides public access to regulatory materials and aims to increase rulemaking participation while improving federal efficiency and effectiveness.
NATO inks deal with Palantir for Maven AI system

1 month ago | defensescoop.com | Billy Mitchell

NATO announced Monday that it has awarded a contract to Palantir to adopt its Maven Smart System for artificial intelligence-enabled battlefield operations. Through the contract, which was finalized March 25, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) plans to use a version of the AI system — Maven Smart System NATO — to support the transatlantic military organization’s Allied Command Operations strategic command.