Madison Alder

2 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Madison Alder

The White House Office of Management and Budget released a pair of memos to provide agencies with guardrails for how they use and purchase artificial intelligence in the government, replacing Biden administration guidance but maintaining some of the same structures. Both memos, which are dated April 3, represent some of the first major policy actions President Donald Trump has taken on the government’s use of AI.

3 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Madison Alder

A bipartisan bill to fully establish a National Science Foundation-based resource aimed at providing essential tools for AI research to academics, nonprofits, small businesses and others was reintroduced in the House last week. Under the Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence (CREATE AI) Act of 2025 (H.R. 2385), a full-scale National AI Research Resource would be codified at NSF.

3 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Madison Alder

A bipartisan bill that would establish a nonprofit foundation aimed at boosting private-sector partnerships at the National Institute of Standards and Technology was reintroduced in the House and the Senate on Tuesday. The Expanding Partnerships for Innovation and Competitiveness (EPIC) Act would create a Foundation for Standards and Metrology at the Department of Commerce, which would be focused on fostering collaborations with academia, industry, and other organizations.

3 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Madison Alder

The Department of State is continuing to expand its artificial intelligence chatbot known as StateChat, including working toward a mobile version and the ability to query internal messages called cables, a department official involved in that effort told FedScoop.

4 weeks ago | fedscoop.com | Madison Alder

The Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to cut an additional 10,000 full-time workers and consolidate its divisions as part of President Donald Trump’s DOGE efforts. In a statement Thursday, the department said it would also “streamline” department functions by reducing the number of divisions from 28 to 15 — which includes the addition of a new Administration for a Healthy America — and slashing the number of regional offices in half, from 10 to five.