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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NIH email scandal: A ‘shocking disregard’ for public record-keeping or within federal rules?

Policy

A United Airlines plane departs the Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

The FAA is probing how to use AI for national airspace safety

AI

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 12: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris listens as Arati Prabhakar (R), the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy speaks during a meeting on Artificial Intelligence in her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on July 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Harris hosted the meeting to discuss AI with civil rights leaders and consumer protection experts. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lack of federal R&D support challenges AI innovation, White House official warns

Emerging Tech

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, speaks with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., before a hearing on June 9, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill calls on Commerce to lead AI push with small businesses

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)

OpenAI official meets with the USAID administrator

AI

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building — A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

IRS defends use of biometric verification for online FOIA filers

Tech

A view of Department of Energy headquarters on Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

National lab official highlights role of government datasets in AI work

AI

The NASA logo is seen at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Inside NASA’s deliberations over ChatGPT

AI

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks on Day 1 of the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on Nov. 1, 2023 in Bletchley, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

New Commerce strategy document points to the difficult science of AI safety

AI