GovTech & AI Policy News

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GovTech & AI Policy News

Updated: February 26, 2026

StateScoop

  • StateScoop
  • North Carolina selects vendor for stopgap upgrade to elections system
  • New Mexico is using satellites and AI to help rural water systems find hidden leaks

    • FedScoop

  • FedScoop
  • Appeals court gives OK to IRS to keep sharing information with ICE
  • Interior needs to improve data-sharing capabilities, GAO says

    • GovExec

  • Memo to JD Vance: Fighting the War on waste
  • Bipartisan lawmakers worried about shaky progress on modernized government worker background check system
  • How to make the most of FERS, Social Security and your TSP

    • MITTechReview

  • MIT Technology Review
  • Finding value with AI and Industry 5.0 transformation
  • The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims

    • EFF

  • ☺️ Trust Us With Your Face | EFFector 38.4
  • How to Pick Your Password Manager
  • Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance

    • OpenContracting

  • A remedy for medicine procurement: How Brazil is improving decision-making in a $75 billion market using open data and AI
  • New UN Guidance: Using incentives to strengthen business integrity in public procurement
  • Three strategies for designing an e-procurement system: Lessons learned in Nuevo León, Mexico

    • FederalNewsNetwork

  • Federal News Network
  • How to make sure your nest egg is thriving
  • What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic ultimatum

    • GovExecTech

  • New White House design team aims for ‘delightful’ websites — changing design ethos in the process
  • Targeted AI adoption can drive change, current and former officials say
  • When every second counts: government tech helps first responders’ lifesaving missions

    • PewResearch

  • Pew Research Center
  • Methodology
  • Acknowledgments
    • Aggregated daily from GovTech, StateScoop, Code for America, Sunlight Foundation, and more.

    Sources: GovTech, StateScoop, FedScoop, NextGov, Government Executive, Route Fifty, Tech Policy Press, Code for America, Sunlight Foundation, MIT Tech Review

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