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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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

CISA unveils guidelines for AI and critical infrastructure

Cyber

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on the fiscal year 2025 budget in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

DHS launches safety and security board focused on AI and critical infrastructure

AI

How DHS has tried to improve election security matters

DHS picks OMB official to lead its new AI Corps

AI

This illustration photograph taken with a macro lens shows The OpenAI company logo reflected in a human eye at a studio in Paris on June 6, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Generative AI could raise questions for federal records laws

AI

State Department CIO Kelly Fletcher and State CDO and CAIO Matthew Graviss speak during AITalks on April 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

State Department encouraging workers to use ChatGPT

AI

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ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

Tech

Screenshot of the U.S. Digital Registry.

Database of verified government social media accounts loses its teeth

Federal

VA Secretary Dennis McDonough testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction on May 4, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

VA exploring multiple generative AI pilots, responding to ‘high demand’ from workforce

AI

The Microsoft logo is seen at an Experience Center on Fifth Avenue on April 3, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Federal government affected by Russian breach of Microsoft

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