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Rebecca Heilweil

Rebecca Heilweil was an investigative reporter for FedScoop. She wrote 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.

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A new American citizen holds an envelope with her U.S. citizenship certificate following a naturalization ceremony on Aug. 10, 2023, in Utqiagvik, Alaska. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Homeland Security updates AI inventory with multiple immigration-related use cases

AI

USAID Administrator Samantha Power speaks during the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

USAID unveils geospatial strategy to expand agency’s use of data and tools

Emerging Tech

DHS, Department of Homeland Security, CISA, RSA 2019 — (Scoop News Group photo)

Homeland Security adds facial comparison, machine learning uses to AI inventory

AI

A view outside of Meta headquarters on April 28, 2022, in Menlo Park, Calif. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Meta unveils new rules for AI-generated content in political ads

AI

Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and federal workers on Oct. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

OPM releases federal employee viewpoint survey data for 2023

Workforce

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