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Rebecca Heilweil

Rebecca Heilweil is an investigative reporter for FedScoop. She writes about the intersection of government, tech policy, and emerging technologies.

Previously she was a reporter at Vox’s tech site, Recode. She’s also written for Slate, Wired, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

You can reach her at rebecca.heilweil@fedscoop.com. Message her if you’d like to chat on Signal.

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Mark Surman, president of the Mozilla Foundation, delivers a speech at Campus Party Sao Paulo Brazil on Jan. 28, 2013, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Mauricio Santana/Getty Images)

Mozilla president on AI executive order: Government can help promote privacy-enhancing tech

AI

Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young speaks during a daily news briefing at the White House on March 10, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

OMB draft AI guidance defines role of top agency AI official, adds to inventories

AI

President Joe Biden walks to sign an executive order after delivering remarks on advancing the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden issued his historic EO on artificial intelligence. Now comes the hard part, experts say

Emerging Tech

President Joe Biden discusses AI and other topics during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 2, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden’s new AI executive order gives several agencies more responsibility

AI

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson looks on during a press conference at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Artemis program could be hindered by supply chain visibility issues, per watchdog report

Tech

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Privacy group pushes Biden administration on AI resources for agencies ahead of executive order

AI

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hosts a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 13, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Policy experts see missing pieces in agencies’ AI use case disclosures

AI

The Environmental Protection Agency’s logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

CGI lands multi-year EPA contract on IT enterprise development

Modernization

Digital cloud and network security. 3D computer hardware illustration.

Federal agencies are falling behind on meeting key privacy goal set five years ago

Cyber