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Artificial intelligence can do really dumb things with personal information

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is asking the public to weigh-in on the development of biometric principals. For what’s at stake, Federal Drive…

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Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

One of the nation’s top public health officials is calling it a career

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Web of policies not syncing up into single federal AI strategy, report warns

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New WH task force asking what shared computing, data could do for AI research

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NIST seeks input on guidance to pin down trustworthy AI

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White House partners with NSF to stand up National AI Research Resource Task Force

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$100,000 ID-theft scheme earns VA employee a 46-month federal prison sentence

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FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The civilian official overseeing the Pentagon's campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in the Middle East has resigned in the latest jolt to Pentagon leadership in the waning weeks of the Trump administration.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon wants white hat hackers to try and penetrate all of its websites

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Biden memo enhances independence of federal scientists from political appointees

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Trump administration provides guidance for recent federal hiring EO

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FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo people photograph the signage outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office in Tukwila, Wash., that was closed due to concerns about the coronavirus. The U.S. government says a new rule disqualifying more people from green cards if they use government benefits will not apply to immigrants with symptoms of the illness caused by coronavirus who seek care. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said late Friday, March 13, 2020, that seeking treatment or preventive services will not impact someone's immigration status under the new public charge rule, which took effect last month. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via AP, File)/The Seattle Times via AP)

USCIS employees may still face furloughs

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White House lays out issues with House’s minibus spending bill

In today’s Federal Newscast, the White House threatens to veto the House’s minibus to fund a large amount of agencies.

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Protesters chant placards during a demonstration to protest sexual harassment and bullying and demanding rights, in front of the government house in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Scores of women marched through the streets to protest sexual harassment and bullying and demanding rights including the passing of citizenship to children of Lebanese women married to foreigners. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Sexual harassment claims at federal workplaces on the rise

In today’s Federal Newscast, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is out with a new report detailing sexual harassment in the federal workplace.

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Staff inspect medical equipments at an emergency hospital set up amid the new coronavirus outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 23, 2020. Indonesia has changed towers built to house athletes in the 2018 Asian Games to emergency hospitals with a 3,000-bed capacity in the country's hard-hit capital, where new patients have surged in the past week. (Hafidz Mubarak A/Pool Photo via AP)

Agencies get more hiring flexibilities to help with coronavirus response

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In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management granting agencies new authorities to help in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.