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02/09/2025

A U.S. district court judge again halted the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze federal funding while litigation moves forward, noting that the nonprofits and small business owners who brought the suit “paint a stark picture of nationwide panic in the wake of the funding freeze.”

The Monday order from U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan was issued as her previous weeklong administrative stay on the Trump administration’s efforts to halt disbursement of federal funding was set to expire. It adds to another temporary restraining order issued Friday by a federal district judge in Rhode Island that stopped the Trump administration’s funding freeze for the coalition of 22 states and D.C. that brought the suit. https://scoopmedia.co/4jNZOkA

02/09/2025

A coalition of labor unions is suing the Treasury Department and Secretary Scott Bessent over the disclosure of Americans’ personal and financial information to Elon Musk and the tech billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency surrogates.

In a lawsuit filed Monday to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the American Federation of Government Employees and the Service Employees International Union allege that the Treasury Department under Bessent allowed Musk and his DOGE associates to access the personal information of millions of individuals who have transacted with the federal government. That personal information includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, birth places, home addresses and telephone numbers, email addresses, and bank account information, according to the lawsuit. https://scoopmedia.co/4hk0Hjb

02/09/2025

The two federal employees who last week sued the Office of Personnel Management for allegedly connecting an unauthorized commercial server to the agency’s network to send mass email blasts to the federal workforce are now asking the court to issue a temporary restraining order to immediately take the server offline while the case proceeds.

Represented by counsel Kel McClanahan, the federal workers — using pseudonyms Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 to protect against retaliation — filed an emergency motion Tuesday for a restraining order in the case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The motion largely rehashes the claims made in the plaintiffs’ initial complaint, which accuses OPM, at the orders of special government employee Elon Musk — who is running President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, composed of the tech billionaire’s associates whose official roles and clearance status are unclear — of sidestepping federal law by setting up the server to support mass emails to the entire federal workforce without conducting a privacy impact assessment. https://scoopmedia.co/42S00JH

02/09/2025

The Trump administration has requested input from the public as it seeks to develop its own path forward on artificial intelligence policy.

A Federal Register post for public inspection Wednesday requests feedback on the AI “action plan” that President Donald Trump directed under his Jan. 23 executive order on the technology.

That order directed agencies to review AI actions taken under Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, which Trump rescinded on his first day in office, and said the country’s policy on the technology is “to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.” https://scoopmedia.co/4jSjfZp

02/09/2025

House Republicans on Wednesday temporarily blocked Democratic efforts to subpoena Elon Musk, turning back an attempt to bring the tech billionaire before Congress to answer questions about what his Department of Government Efficiency delegates are doing in federal agency computer systems.

During a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the size of the federal government, ranking member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., moved to subpoena Musk to face the committee as a witness at the “earliest possible moment.” Connolly’s Democratic colleagues supported the motion, but lost out to Republicans, tabling the motion. https://scoopmedia.co/42NJ6Me

02/09/2025

The Office of Personnel Management has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed last week that alleges the HR agency bypassed federal law to stand up a new server to send mass emails to the federal workforce.

As part of its motion for dismissal, OPM submitted to the court a privacy impact assessment, which details how the system it is using to send email blasts to all federal employees regarding the Trump administration’s reduction in force efforts collects, hosts and disseminates information to federal employees. https://scoopmedia.co/4hsgpsF

02/09/2025

Despite making a half-dozen or so overseas and domestic moves over the past 18 years, a Virginia woman we’ll call Jane Doe has had two constants in her life: the support of her husband, an active-duty service member, and a fulfilling career in the federal government.

Jane, who has a master’s degree, has been able to thrive in that job as her husband gets sent from one duty station to the next thanks to remote work arrangements with the federal agency that has employed her for nearly two decades. But a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump calling for a return to in-person work could put an end to that flexibility. https://scoopmedia.co/4hQvwMn

02/09/2025

A federal judge Thursday limited access to a Treasury Department payments system that various Department of Government Efficiency surrogates had burrowed into at the behest of Elon Musk.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in response to a lawsuit from a coalition of labor unions against the Treasury Department and Secretary Scott Bessent, wrote in her ruling that the defendants cannot “provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.”

Tom Krause and Marko Elez, two DOGE-connected “special government employees” of the Treasury Department, were granted “read-only” access to Bureau of Fiscal Service systems “as needed for the performance” of their respective duties, the judge ruled. https://scoopmedia.co/4jHx394

02/09/2025

A deadline for employees throughout the U.S. government to accept a “deferred resignation” offer from the Trump administration won’t go into effect Thursday night, following an order from a federal judge.

According to a statement from the American Federation of Government Employees, which is one of the unions that brought the lawsuit earlier this week, a judge granted their request to issue a temporary restraining order, which blocks the midnight deadline. That order has not yet been posted in the docket.

The action comes after the AFGE and others filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday. The plaintiffs said the offer from the Office of Personnel Management, which is titled “Fork in the Road,” is arbitrary and capricious and contrary to the law. https://scoopmedia.co/4hKH6sc

02/09/2025

As the Trump administration’s crackdown on the southern border begins, a bipartisan pair of border-state lawmakers are re-introducing legislation they say would accelerate the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to strengthen enforcement.

The Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act from Reps. Lou Correa, D-Calif., and Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, passed the House last year but stalled out on the Senate’s legislative calendar in December.

In an interview with FedScoop, Correa said the bill is aimed at cutting through the “purchasing acquisition bureaucracy” to ensure the Department of Homeland Security gets access to the best, most cost-effective technology to secure the border as quickly as possible. https://scoopmedia.co/3WM7hqf

02/09/2025

The Office of Personnel Management released multiple memorandums this week that continue the Trump administration’s push to shift agencies away from career employees and toward more political positions across the government.

OPM asked agencies in a Wednesday memo to identify all Senior Executive Service (SES) positions and make requests to keep those people in career roles if the agency head believes the “President’s goals and priorities would be better served by keeping” the status quo. https://scoopmedia.co/4guse01

02/09/2025

Despite an overnight effort on the Senate floor from Democratic lawmakers to derail Russell Vought’s path to becoming Office of Management and Budget director, the Project 2025 co-author secured every Republican vote Thursday and was confirmed by a 53-47 tally to lead the White House office once again.

Vought, who also served as OMB director during the final six months of President Donald Trump’s first term, now regains control of the White House office charged with coordinating the administration’s budget and policy efforts, as well as overseeing IT, procurement, agency performance and financial management across the federal government.

Democrats put up a 30-hour floor fight against Vought, one of the architects of the Heritage Foundation’s playbook to dismantle the federal government. Leading up to his confirmation, Vought faced withering questioning from Senate Democrats during hearings before the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Budget committees, particularly about policies spelled out in Project 2025 and for saying in a private speech that “we want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected.” https://scoopmedia.co/4hNknfg

02/09/2025

A student group is suing the Department of Education for what they say is the disclosure of sensitive personal and financial information to the Department of Government Efficiency by granting the Elon Musk-led group access to internal systems that hold federal student financial aid information.

The University of California Student Association filed its complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief Friday, asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to put an immediate stop to the Education Department’s alleged violation of federal records laws regarding the protection of personal information.

UCSA alleged in its lawsuit that the Department of Education’s actions violated the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code by handing access to financial aid records to DOGE. https://scoopmedia.co/41ax511

02/09/2025

More than 140 House Democrats are behind a new bill that would bar “unlawful access” to payment systems within the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, a response to infiltrations by DOGE liaisons into systems containing the personal and financial information of millions of Americans.

The Taxpayer Data Protection Act from Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and 141 of her Democratic colleagues would prohibit the Treasury secretary from granting administrative control, use or access to any agency payment system or public money receipt, with exceptions given to eligible department officials, employees or contractors.

The legislation comes following reports that a pair of DOGE-connected “special government employees” — one who has since departed due to the revelation of racist social media posts — were granted access to Bureau of Fiscal Service systems by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. https://scoopmedia.co/3EuTeiH

02/09/2025

The Department of Energy on Friday replaced its chief information officer with a network engineer from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, FedScoop has learned.

Dawn Zimmer — who’d been serving as Energy CIO since Ann Dunkin resigned from the role as the Biden administration left office — has been removed from her role by the department’s leadership, a source with direct knowledge of the move told FedScoop. Zimmer was hired as Energy’s principal deputy CIO in November.

With Zimmer out, Energy leadership has appointed Ryan Riedel to the CIO role, according to the source, who also shared a screenshot of Riedel listed as CIO in the department’s email directory. https://scoopmedia.co/4gxHIQM

02/08/2025

A new memo from the Office of Personnel Management has recommended that federal agencies reclassify the position of chief information officer, in what appears to be an attempt to make the technical position far more political than it’s previously been.

Specifically, the new designation would have the chief information officer serve as a “general” employee rather than a “career reserved” employee. General employees, according to OPM, can be filled by a range of people, including “career, noncareer, limited term or limited emergency” senior executive branch appointees. Career reserved positions, meanwhile, are supposed to be impartial and can only be filled by career appointees. https://scoopmedia.co/42NRvPv

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On Thursday, a federal judge granted a request by unions to limit the DOGE’s access to Treasury’s payment systems. Read the latest by Matt Bracken at our link in bio. #government #elonmusk #doge #treasury

Federal agencies must prioritize data quality and compliance and adopt modern architectures to maximize AI’s full potential, says Cloudera President Rob Carey. https://fedscoop.com/radio/why-trusted-data-is-vital-to-ai-s

Federal agencies must prioritize data quality and compliance and adopt modern architectures to maximize AI’s full potential, says Cloudera President Rob Carey. https://hubs.li/Q034z6cP0

By modernizing their workforce systems, agencies can improve operational agility, enhance employee experiences and better fulfill their missions, say DOJ CIO Melinda Rogers and Workday GVP Lynn Martin. https://fedscoop

By modernizing their workforce systems, agencies can improve operational agility, enhance employee experiences and better fulfill their missions, say DOJ CIO Melinda Rogers and Workday GVP Lynn Martin. https://scoopmedia.co/4amz1HV

Federal agencies must replace outdated HR platforms that hinder recruiting and training, say OPM's Steve Krauss and Workday's Matthew Cornelis, and discuss how cloud-native solutions and unified data standards are key t

Federal agencies must replace outdated HR platforms that hinder recruiting and training, say OPM's Steve Krauss and Workday's Matthew Cornelis, and discuss how cloud-native solutions and unified data standards are key to enhancing workforce agility. https://scoopmedia.co/4fTXYeS

The Department of Homeland Security is using AI to transform national security. Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary for Science & Technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, explains how hashtag#AI has led to an 80% increase in fentanyl removal and a 50x improvement in generating leads for child exploitation cases—rescuing 68 children in the process. Watch the full interview to learn how AI is driving change at DHS: https://fedscoop.com/video/dhss-dimitri-kusnezov-on-how-ai-is-making-the-country-more-secure/ #FedTalks #AI #HomelandSecurity #NationalSecurity

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Chris Townsend, VP for Public Sector at Elastic, highlights how public sector agencies use AI and cloud computing to manage data and improve efficiencies. Listen here: https://scoopmedia.co/4aRRn2n

Chris Townsend, VP for Public Sector at Elastic, highlights how public sector agencies use AI and cloud computing to manage data and improve efficiencies. Listen here: https://scoopmedia.co/3QVbHs1

Amina Al Sherif, generative AI lead for state and local government at Google Public Sector talked about the cautious but progressive application of AI in services, emphasizing the role of governments as neutral guides in technological adoption. Listen:

Amina Al Sherif, generative AI lead for state and local government at Google Public Sector talked about the cautious but progressive application of AI in services, emphasizing the role of governments as neutral guides in technological adoption. Listen: https://scoopmedia.co/4bM94B2

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ManTech CIO and CTO Mike Uster and Chief Innovation Officer Eric Brown discuss collaborations with Google to enhance public sector operations. They emphasize the integration of Google Workspace and AI technologies at ManTech, focusing on improving federal service efficiency and security. Hear more: https://scoopmedia.co/3Uo0x11

Darryl Peek, senior director of public sector channels and alliances at Elastic, highlights Elastic's role in advancing AI-driven search capabilities and security through SIEM platforms. Listen to the interview now: htt

Darryl Peek, senior director of public sector channels and alliances at Elastic, highlights Elastic's role in advancing AI-driven search capabilities and security through SIEM platforms. Listen to the interview now: https://scoopmedia.co/49KKRcX

Chris Hein, Head of Engineering for Google Public Sector, discusses how AI is transforming citizen services, the importance of trust and openness in AI, and why security remains a top differentiator in the public sector tech marketplace. Tune in: https:/

Chris Hein, Head of Engineering for Google Public Sector, discusses how AI is transforming citizen services, the importance of trust and openness in AI, and why security remains a top differentiator in the public sector tech marketplace. Tune in: https://scoopmedia.co/3JoX1gQ

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🎙️ Are you ready for a front-row seat to the future of public sector innovation? Our latest podcast episode takes you behind the scenes of #GoogleCloudNext 2024! Join us as we chat with Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector, about the groundbreaking announcements, two years of progress, and the transformative power of generative AI in government. Tune in now: https://scoopmedia.co/3Uj6NqR

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Federal agencies must prioritize data quality and compliance and adopt modern architectures to maximize AI’s full potential, says Cloudera President Rob Carey. https://fedscoop.com/radio/why-trusted-data-is-vital-to-ai-s

By modernizing their workforce systems, agencies can improve operational agility, enhance employee experiences and better fulfill their missions, say DOJ CIO Melinda Rogers and Workday GVP Lynn Martin. https://fedscoop

Federal agencies must replace outdated HR platforms that hinder recruiting and training, say OPM's Steve Krauss and Workday's Matthew Cornelis, and discuss how cloud-native solutions and unified data standards are key t

Former NGA geospatial intelligence analyst Sue Kalweit highlights how Deloitte and Google are helping analysts view the national security implications of climate change in the Arctic. Deloitte {{facebook_mention(1049581

Chris Townsend, VP for Public Sector at Elastic, highlights how public sector agencies use AI and cloud computing to manage data and improve efficiencies. Listen here: https://scoopmedia.co/4aRRn2n

Amina Al Sherif, generative AI lead for state and local government at Google Public Sector talked about the cautious but progressive application of AI in services, emphasizing the role of governments as neutral guides in technological adoption. Listen:

ManTech CIO and CTO Mike Uster and Chief Innovation Officer Eric Brown discuss collaborations with Google to enhance public sector operations. They emphasize the integration of Google Workspace and AI technologies at Man

Darryl Peek, senior director of public sector channels and alliances at Elastic, highlights Elastic's role in advancing AI-driven search capabilities and security through SIEM platforms. Listen to the interview now: htt

Chris Hein, Head of Engineering for Google Public Sector, discusses how AI is transforming citizen services, the importance of trust and openness in AI, and why security remains a top differentiator in the public sector tech marketplace. Tune in: https:/

🎙️ Are you ready for a front-row seat to the future of public sector innovation? Our latest podcast episode takes you behind the scenes of #GoogleCloudNext 2024! Join us as we chat with Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector, about the groundbreaki

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