Biden administration Archives | FedScoop

Biden administration

(Getty Images)

White House’s final ‘Trust Regulation’ aims to bolster confidence in federal statistics

Federal statistical agencies and units will have to follow rules intended to govern the production of timely and relevant information.

Oct 10, 2024 By Madison Alder

The White House in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

White House issues guidance for purchasing AI tools to US agencies

The Office of Management and Budget memo is the latest action by the Biden administration seeking to effectuate responsible artificial intelligence use in the federal government.

Oct 3, 2024 By Madison Alder

The Daily Scoop Podcast

Sustaining the PMA’s success as the Biden administration ends, with OMB’s Loren DeJonge Schulman

As the Biden administration comes to a close, one of the White House’s top leaders in performance and personnel management joins the podcast to discuss how the…

Sep 24, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks as Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., looks on at a news conference following weekly party policy luncheons at the Capitol in July 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Schumer, Markey call on agencies to set up civil rights offices to mitigate AI bias

The Senate Democrats demanded agencies using AI for “consequential” uses, like job applications or hospital treatment, create and maintain a civil rights office.

Sep 16, 2024 By Madison Alder

The Daily Scoop Podcast

DOD is putting the final touches on a new zero trust assessment standard; agencies have cleared AI executive order’s talent benchmarks

Les Call, the head of DOD'z zero trust program office, said at FedTalks on Tuesday that the department is finalizing a new assessment standard to guide how…

Sep 11, 2024 By FedScoop Staff

The White House — (Getty Images)

White House releases final guidance for 2024 AI use case inventories

Finalized document sets a deadline of Dec. 16, 2024 for agencies to submit their updated inventories of artificial intelligence use cases.

Aug 23, 2024 By Madison Alder

WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 22, 2018: An American flag flies over the south facade of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

White House, OPM issue ‘call to action’ to improve the federal hiring experience

The Office of Personnel Management says it will be monitoring agency progress.

Aug 14, 2024 By Madison Alder

(Getty Images)

NIST releases three encryption standards to prepare for future quantum attacks

Three long-awaited standards from NIST are aimed at ensuring encrypted information stays encrypted in a future quantum age.

Aug 13, 2024 By Madison Alder

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is pictured sitting behind a desk at a Senate Commerce hearing. He's looking at Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who is sitting next to him and speaking into a microphone. — Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks as ranking member Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during a hearing February 2023 hearing. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Eyebrow-raising AI amendment passes Senate Commerce committee

An amendment that would jeopardize key elements of Biden’s AI executive order advanced out of a Senate panel. Democrats contend it can be fixed later.

Aug 2, 2024 By Madison Alder Rebecca Heilweil

United States Department of Commerce Building (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

Commerce report recommends government monitor open AI foundation model risks

The NTIA report is ultimately inconclusive on whether restrictions are needed, citing a lack of current evidence, but outlined what the agency called “a cautious yet optimistic…

Jul 30, 2024 By Madison Alder

array(4) {
  ["welcome_ad_is_excluded"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["current_path"]=>
  string(25) "/tag/biden-administration"
  ["is_current_path_in_array"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["ad_settings"]=>
  array(3) {
    ["ads_path"]=>
    string(21) "18430785/sng_fedscoop"
    ["welcome_ad_excluded_urls"]=>
    array(5) {
      [0]=>
      string(77) "/data-talent-funding-among-top-barriers-for-federal-agency-ai-implementation/"
      [1]=>
      string(76) "/data-talent-funding-among-top-barriers-for-federal-agency-ai-implementation"
      [2]=>
      string(67) "/gsa-divides-150m-in-american-rescue-plan-funding-among-14-projects"
      [3]=>
      string(79) "https://develop.fedscoop.com/nsf-ai-grand-challenges-million-prizes-house-bill/"
      [4]=>
      string(50) "/nsf-ai-grand-challenges-million-prizes-house-bill"
    }
    ["welcome_ad_limit"]=>
    int(20)
  }
}