State and local governments need to prepare for attackers getting inside their networks, with cybersecurity protocols that contain intrusions before they disrupt water systems, transportation, benefits payments and other essential services. That is the central recommendation of a commentary published by Route Fifty, which argues...
Government services have always moved slowly. Long queues, paper forms and manual reviews define an experience most citizens dread. Tighter budgets and shrinking workforces are making that model harder to sustain. AI agents are arriving in the public sector not as a convenience but as...
With leading artificial intelligence executives sounding the alarm over rogue autonomous agents and voter anxiety over AI rising, some in Congress have begun pushing for more robust federal regulation and oversight of the technology. The latest effort comes from a trio of Democrats in the...
The White House announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that 11 companies have committed a total of $2.4 billion in artificial intelligence, which the administration dubs “super intelligence,” to support federal agencies working on energy, health, space and other challenges. The contributions include AI for science tools...
October 19, 2026
Government services have always moved slowly. Long queues, paper forms and manual reviews define an experience most citizens dread. Tighter budgets and shrinking workforces are making that model harder to sustain. AI agents are arriving in the public sector not as a convenience but as a structural response to a workforce that can no longer […]
October 07, 2026
A pair of representatives last week unveiled legislation targeting one piece of the increasingly industrialized fraud economy. Reps. Jefferson Shreve of Indiana and Rob Menendez of New Jersey introduced the...
October 01, 2026
Watch more: Government Disbursements Need to Move at the Speed of Need For a household waiting on food assistance or disaster relief, a payment that is somewhere between the government...
September 29, 2026
The cost of a delayed government payment does not end when the money finally arrives. Every status inquiry, phone call, payment trace and reissued check represents additional work for both...
October 08, 2026
The White House announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that 11 companies have committed a total of $2.4 billion in artificial intelligence, which the administration dubs “super intelligence,” to support federal agencies working on energy, health, space and other challenges. The contributions include AI for science tools and compute credit for the Genesis Mission Consortium, the White […]
October 07, 2026
Mpower Financing, an American lender focused on loans to international students, is reportedly shutting down. That’s according to a report Wednesday (Oct. 7) by Bloomberg News, which calls this one of the biggest...
September 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly considering a plan to launch a government-led cybersecurity research incubator. This effort would invest in that research and help launch startups focused on building...
September 16, 2026
House lawmakers passed legislation aimed at giving financial regulators in the United States better digital tools, FedScoop reported Wednesday (Sept. 16). The FUTURES Act cleared the House earlier this week...
