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Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Information Technology says it’s reviewing the loss of three physical servers,...
04/14/2025

Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Information Technology says it’s reviewing the loss of three physical servers, a public records request shows. According to a document produced by CBP’s Cybersecurity Directorate, about 200 government devices have been stolen or gone missing in recent years.

And, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency must brief Congress on proposed deep cuts to agency personnel, a top Democrat said in a letter to its acting director.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/a-public-records-request-shows-that-the-agency-has-lost-three-servers-in-recent-years-along-with-other-devices/

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Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Information Technology says it’s reviewing the loss of three physical servers, a public records request shows. Acco...

The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is set to leave the tax agency, according to a source familiar with t...
04/10/2025

The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is set to leave the tax agency, according to a source familiar with the situation, a move that comes after the Treasury Department signed an agreement to share taxpayers’ information with the Department of Homeland Security.

And, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that could lead to the cancellation of major defense acquisition programs, boost the procurement of commercial technologies and shake up the workforce.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/melanie-krause-is-taking-the-governments-deferred-resignation-offer-after-the-tax-and-immigration-enforcement-agencies-reached-a-controversial-information-sharing-pact/

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The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is set to leave the tax agency, according to a source familiar with the situation, a move that comes after...

A memo from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services raises concerns about the extent to which the Elon Musk-l...
04/03/2025

A memo from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services raises concerns about the extent to which the Elon Musk-led group could access personal information related to immigration. And, a bipartisan bill to fully establish a National Science Foundation-based resource aimed at providing essential tools for AI research to academics, nonprofits, small businesses and others was reintroduced in the House last week.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/a-memo-from-united-states-citizenship-and-immigration-services-raises-concerns-about-the-extent-to-which-the-elon-musk-led-group-could-access-personal-information-related-to-immigration/

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Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency now have access to technical systems maintained by United States Citizenship and Immigration Servi...

IRS cuts about 50 IT executives, sources say. The Trump administration has already hit the tax agency with thousands of ...
03/31/2025

IRS cuts about 50 IT executives, sources say. The Trump administration has already hit the tax agency with thousands of firings. And, Treasury Department elevates Jeffrey King from deputy CIO to the top IT spot. The reshuffle in Treasury’s IT shop comes as the IRS cut about 50 IT staffers Friday.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/the-reshuffle-in-treasurys-it-shop-comes-as-the-irs-cut-about-50-it-staffers-friday/

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The Internal Revenue Service on Friday placed around 50 IT executives on administrative leave, according to five sources familiar with the situation, the lat...

The IRS on Friday placed around 50 IT executives on administrative leave, according to five sources familiar with the si...
03/31/2025

The IRS on Friday placed around 50 IT executives on administrative leave, according to five sources familiar with the situation, the latest in the Trump administration’s gutting of the tax agency during the heart of filing season.

And, Jeffrey King is now the acting chief information officer of the Treasury Department, according to an update to the CIO Council webpage.

Hear more on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://youtu.be/m-S5TxnwhL4?feature=shared

The Internal Revenue Service on Friday placed around 50 IT executives on administrative leave, according to five sources familiar with the situation, the lat...

After nearly 18 months as the Defense Department’s first-ever customer experience officer in the Office of the CIO, Sava...
03/25/2025

After nearly 18 months as the Defense Department’s first-ever customer experience officer in the Office of the CIO, Savanrith Kong has departed the Pentagon. On The Daily Scoop Podcast, he reflects on building the CXO office from the ground up, creating a culture centered on outcomes, and launching the Fulcrum strategy to reframe IT modernization.

Kong shares how digital experience connects directly to lethality and readiness, how user-centered design can scale across the department, and how AI may shape the next chapter of customer experience. He also speaks candidly about challenges related to hiring, accessibility and remote work, and what it will take to sustain progress amid shifting administration priorities.

This conversation offers a rare, firsthand perspective on the work behind one of the federal government’s most ambitious efforts to improve digital experience. https://fedscoop.com/radio/savan-kong-joins-the-podcast-to-discuss-the-pentagons-progress-in-digital-experience/

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After serving for nearly 18 months as the Department of Defense’s first-ever customer experience officer in the Office of the CIO, Savan Kong earlier this mo...

Trump orders full access to agency data for designated officials. Under the executive order, agency heads are required t...
03/24/2025

Trump orders full access to agency data for designated officials. Under the executive order, agency heads are required to modify or rescind internal regulations that interfere with intra- or inter-agency sharing of unclassified data within 30 days.

And, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday blocking Elon Musk’s DOGE from further access to any Social Security Administration systems that contain personally identifiable information.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/under-the-executive-order-agency-heads-are-required-to-modify-or-rescind-internal-regulations-that-interfere-with-intra-or-inter-agency-sharing-of-unclassified-data-within-30-days/

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🟢 Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-daily-scoop-podcast-1/episodes/Trump-orders-full-access-to-agency-data-for-designated-officials-Judge-blocks-DOGE-access-to-Social-Security-systems-e30jliu
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Federal agencies must now allow any officials designated by the president or agency leadership to have complete access to unclassified records, data, softwar...

Officials shed light on ‘active process’ to shrink DOD’s workforce by more than 50,000 personnel; And, the DOD turns its...
03/20/2025

Officials shed light on ‘active process’ to shrink DOD’s workforce by more than 50,000 personnel; And, the DOD turns its focus to 6G with concept that could help sense drones.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/officials-provided-new-numbers-and-an-inside-look-at-unfolding-plans-to-dramatically-reduce-the-defense-departments-civilian-staff/

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🟢 Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-daily-scoop-podcast-1/episodes/DOD-to-shrink-its-workforce-by-50-000-Pentagon-turns-its-focus-to-6G-e30ej4b
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The Pentagon is currently placing more than 20,000 employees on administrative leave and a path to full termination, following staff approval for voluntary p...

Several federal agencies responsible for terminating nearly 25,000 federal probationary status workers told a federal co...
03/19/2025

Several federal agencies responsible for terminating nearly 25,000 federal probationary status workers told a federal court Monday evening that they’re complying with an order to reinstate those employees, giving thousands of people their jobs back for the time being. And, as litigation plays out on DOGE access to individuals’ sensitive data, a House lawmaker is asking civil society groups, privacy experts, government technologists and others to inform legislation seeking to modernize the Privacy Act of 1974.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/roughly-15500-reinstatements-were-a-direct-result-of-the-district-court-order-while-another-6000-workers-were-already-reinstated-per-court-documents/

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Roughly 15,500 reinstatements were a direct result of the district court order, while another 6,000 workers were already reinstated, per court documents.

A lawyer who’s said to have played a central role in the Department of Government Efficiency’s attempted takeover of at ...
03/18/2025

A lawyer who’s said to have played a central role in the Department of Government Efficiency’s attempted takeover of at least one federal organization is now defending in court the DOGE email system used to send email blasts to the entire U.S. government workforce. And, the DOGE is also in the spotlight in another case where state attorneys general have sued President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent challenging DOGE access to Treasury records.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/lawyer-linked-to-doge-is-defending-opm-mass-email-system-lawsuit-doge-staffer-violated-security-policies-at-the-treasury-department-court-filing-shows/

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A lawyer who’s said to have played a central role in the Department of Government Efficiency’s attempted takeover of at least one federal organization is now...

New DHS CIO Antoine McCord spent 18 years in a variety of cyber and national security roles, according to the agency. An...
03/17/2025

New DHS CIO Antoine McCord spent 18 years in a variety of cyber and national security roles, according to the agency. And, terminations could threaten NOAA’s public safety work and make existing staffing issues worse, former workers said.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/new-dhs-cio-antoine-mccord-spent-18-years-in-a-variety-of-cyber-and-national-security-roles-according-to-the-agency-and-terminations-could-threaten-the-weather-and-climate-agencys-public-s/

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The Department of Homeland Security has selected Antoine McCord as its new chief information officer, a spokesperson with the agency’s Management Directorate...

The White House’s CTO nominee earned a PhD from MIT and spent time at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore Nati...
03/12/2025

The White House’s CTO nominee earned a PhD from MIT and spent time at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. And, Elon Musk’s DOGE is likely subject to federal records law, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said Monday.

🎧 Dive into today’s top stories on The Daily Scoop Podcast: https://fedscoop.com/radio/the-white-houses-cto-nominee-earned-a-phd-from-mit-and-spent-time-at-the-department-of-energys-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-and-elon-musks-group-is-likely-subject-to-fe/

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Ethan Klein, an emerging technology policy adviser during the first Trump administration, has been nominated to be the White House’s chief technology officer...

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