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<div class="latest-content__posts "> <div class="latest-posts"> <h2 class="latest-posts__title"> The Latest </h2> <div class="latest-posts__items"> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/doge-granted-access-to-naturalization-immigration-it-systems/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="285" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/U.S._Citizenship_and_Immigration_Service.jpg?w=285" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="USCIS" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/U.S._Citizenship_and_Immigration_Service.jpg 2100w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/U.S._Citizenship_and_Immigration_Service.jpg?resize=300,177 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/U.S._Citizenship_and_Immigration_Service.jpg?resize=768,452 768w, 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sizes="(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> A sign outside a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration office in the Northlake area of DeKalb County, Georgia. 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(Getty Images) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/treasury-department-cio-jeffrey-king/"> Treasury Department elevates Jeffrey King from deputy CIO to the top IT spot </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/irs-it-layoffs-tax-agency-doge/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="252" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?w=252" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?resize=505,337 505w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/GettyImages-2203317568.jpg?resize=1012,675 1012w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/irs-it-layoffs-tax-agency-doge/"> IRS cuts about 50 IT executives, sources say </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/small-business-administration-has-a-new-cio/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="296" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?w=296" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="SBA building" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png 1628w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=300,170 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=768,436 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=1024,581 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=1536,872 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=600,341 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=296,168 296w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=594,337 594w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=1189,675 1189w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-06-at-2.29.10-PM.png?resize=1485,843 1485w" sizes="(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> U.S. Small Business Administration offices. (GAO photo). </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/small-business-administration-has-a-new-cio/"> Small Business Administration has a new CIO </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/state-departments-ai-chatbot-mobile-app-cable-queries/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="224" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?w=224" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg 2048w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=224,168 224w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=449,337 449w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/54414387838_2aa1729299_k.jpg?resize=1124,843 1124w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> John Silson, director of analytics at the State Department’s Center for Analytics, speaks to FedScoop’s Madison Alder at SNG Live: AI & Automation on March 27, 2025. (Photo by Scoop News Group) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/state-departments-ai-chatbot-mobile-app-cable-queries/"> Mobile app, cable queries among planned expansions of State Department’s AI chatbot </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/trump-letter-to-ostp-michael-kratsios-science-tech/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="270" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?w=270" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="Michael Kratsios, Donald Trump" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg 2125w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=300,186 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=768,477 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=1024,636 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=1536,954 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=2048,1272 2048w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=600,373 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=270,168 270w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=543,337 543w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=1087,675 1087w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/Michael_Kratsios.jpg?resize=1357,843 1357w" sizes="(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> President Donald Trump, joined by Michael Kratsios, signs a presidential memo for continued testing of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-drones, at his Oval Office desk Oct. 25, 2017. (White House / Shealah Craighead) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/trump-letter-to-ostp-michael-kratsios-science-tech/"> Trump to OSTP’s Kratsios: ‘Blaze a trail’ for science and tech supremacy </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/karen-evans-dhs-cisa-trump-administration/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="292" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?w=292" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="Karen Evans, DOE" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg 2100w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=300,173 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=768,443 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=1024,590 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=1536,885 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=2048,1180 2048w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=600,346 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=292,168 292w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=585,337 585w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=1171,675 1171w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/6K4B8278.jpg?resize=1463,843 1463w" sizes="(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> Karen Evans at the 2019 Cybersecurity Leadership Forum. (FedScoop) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/karen-evans-dhs-cisa-trump-administration/"> Veteran federal IT official Karen Evans tapped for top DHS post </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/small-business-administration-cio-marcus-alzona/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="252" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?w=252" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="Small Business Administration (SBA)" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg 2047w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=505,337 505w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=1012,675 1012w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/26581326263_712b82cde8_k.jpg?resize=1264,843 1264w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> (bluemaumau.org / CC BY 2.0 / Flickr) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/small-business-administration-cio-marcus-alzona/"> Who’s the SBA’s top tech official? Right now, it’s hard to tell </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/hhs-announces-10000-additional-job-cuts-restructuring-aligned-with-doge/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="225" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?w=225" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg 2048w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=300,224 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=768,574 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=1024,765 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=1536,1148 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=600,448 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=225,168 225w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=451,337 451w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=904,675 904w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/HHS-Picture-Credit-WEBN-TV-Flickr.jpg?resize=1128,843 1128w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/hhs-announces-10000-additional-job-cuts-restructuring-aligned-with-doge/"> HHS announces 10,000 additional job cuts, restructuring aligned with DOGE </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/samosa-act-agency-software-purchasing-bill-house-oversight/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="252" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?w=252" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg 1920w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GettyImages-1500653290.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks before a House hearing at the US Capitol on June 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountbility Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation met to discuss the use of technology at the US Border, airports and military bases. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/samosa-act-agency-software-purchasing-bill-house-oversight/"> Agency software purchasing bill reintroduced by House Oversight members </a> </h3> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--latest-posts-section "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://fedscoop.com/social-security-administration-swaps-out-one-doge-staffer-at-cio-for-another/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="247" height="168" src="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?w=247" class="attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image" alt="" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg 5013w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=768,522 768w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=1024,696 1024w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=1536,1044 1536w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=2048,1391 2048w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=600,408 600w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=247,168 247w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=496,337 496w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=993,675 993w, https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/GettyImages-1229481839.jpg?resize=1241,843 1241w" sizes="(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. 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