{ "count": 50, "items": [ { "id": 19616, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/warfare-becomes-engineering-era-digital-mercenary-dawns/415442", "title": "As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns", "summary": "The White House revives “privateering for the digital age” by authorizing cyber firms to strike foreign targets.", "authors": "Patrick Tucker", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-15T00:28:52.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19616" }, { "id": 19617, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/08/tech-bills-week-leveraging-ai-environmental-evaluations-crafting-new-report-chinas-ai-stack-ecosystem-and-limiting-adversarial-access-national-labs/415441", "title": "Tech Bills of the Week: Leveraging AI for environmental evaluations; crafting a report on China’s AI ecosystem; and more", "summary": "Recently proposals look, in part, to deploy artificial intelligence solutions to prevent natural disasters from impeding U.S. military operations and evaluate China’s AI chip manufacturing sector.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley and Edward Graham", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,environment", "published_at": "2026-08-14T22:31:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19617" }, { "id": 19618, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/blue-states-seek-stop-dhs-accessing-commercial-drivers-license-database/415429", "title": "Blue states seek to stop DHS from accessing commercial driver's license database", "summary": "In a court filing, a coalition of Democrat-led states says the Department of Homeland Security’s demand for trucker data is part of a broader effort to create a “nationwide surveillance system.”", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "privacy-surveillance", "published_at": "2026-08-14T18:41:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19618" }, { "id": 19335, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/08/gao-official-suggests-addressing-ai-risks-through-existing-legislation/415410", "title": "GAO official suggests addressing AI risks through existing legislation", "summary": "Nick Marinos, the managing director of IT and cybersecurity issues at GAO, said leveraging existing avenues for cybersecurity information sharing can expedite getting AI safety policies into law.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,safety-alignment", "published_at": "2026-08-13T19:09:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19335" }, { "id": 19336, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/08/darpa-funds-advancements-quantum-networking/415372", "title": "DARPA funds advancements in quantum networking", "summary": "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency entered into a contract with quantum networking company Qunnect to bolster technology to preserve quantum data in transit.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-13T13:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19336" }, { "id": 19337, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/08/openai-foundation-gives-100-million-fund-state-ai-implementation-public-health/415382", "title": "OpenAI Foundation gives $100 million fund state AI implementation for public health", "summary": "The organization announced the launch of the Breakthroughs to Follow-Through Initiative, which will implement artificial intelligence tools in public health research work.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-08-13T09:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19337" }, { "id": 18930, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/modernization/2026/08/va-seeks-extend-its-oracle-health-record-contract-through-2031/415380", "title": "VA seeks to extend its Oracle health record contract through 2031", "summary": "“This action is necessary to continue [electronic health record modernization] deployment activities and associated support services until all VA Medical Centers (VAMCs) and related facilities have fully transitioned to the EHR system,” the department said in a Sam.gov solicitation notice.", "authors": "Edward Graham", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-08-12T21:43:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18930" }, { "id": 18931, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/08/palantirs-no-bid-pipeline-just-got-bigger/415379", "title": "Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger", "summary": "A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.", "authors": "Nick Wakeman", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-08-12T20:11:41.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18931" }, { "id": 18932, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/nist-wants-outfit-national-vulnerability-database-ai/415371", "title": "NIST wants to outfit the National Vulnerability Database with AI", "summary": "The National Institute of Standards and Technology is angling to modernize how it reports and responds to cyber vulnerabilities with the help of artificial intelligence.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-12T18:22:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18932" }, { "id": 18933, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/08/disa-sets-release-date-follow-cloud-solicitation/415370", "title": "DISA sets release date for follow-on cloud solicitation", "summary": "The Defense Information Systems Agency is pushing to expand its $9 billion cloud vehicle beyond the big four hyperscalers.", "authors": "Nick Wakeman", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-12T17:36:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18933" }, { "id": 18556, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/08/how-caci-looks-governments-software-license-buying-shift/415346", "title": "How OneGov is changing CACI's contractor role", "summary": "CEO John Mengucci tells investors the government's direct licensing push means less revenue but more profit for integrators.", "authors": "Ross Wilkers", "category": "news", "topics": "copyright-ip,finance-investment", "published_at": "2026-08-11T21:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18556" }, { "id": 18149, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/federal-agencies-quietly-joined-health-data-superhighway-governing-council/415324", "title": "Federal agencies quietly joined health data superhighway governing council", "summary": "The rapidly growing superhighway — known as TEFCA — will help federal agencies digitally obtain health records from thousands of hospitals, clinics and other medical providers.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-08-10T21:37:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18149" }, { "id": 18150, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/08/senates-short-term-funding-bill-provides-temporary-extensions-tmf-cyber-data-sharing-law/415322", "title": "Senate’s short-term funding bill provides temporary extensions for TMF, cyber data-sharing law", "summary": "The continuing resolution that overwhelmingly passed the upper chamber this weekend would push the federal government’s funding deadline until Dec. 11.", "authors": "Edward Graham", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-10T21:25:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18150" }, { "id": 18151, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/senate-finance-panels-top-dem-proposes-excise-tax-new-data-centers/415321", "title": "Senate Finance panel’s top Dem proposes excise tax on new data centers", "summary": "Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden’s draft white paper calls for a new tax on hyperscalers and data center operators.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-08-10T21:12:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18151" }, { "id": 17877, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/voting-machine-researchers-say-federal-work-abruptly-ended-after-trump-ally-pushed-back-their-findings/415300", "title": "Voting machine researchers say federal work abruptly ended after Trump ally pushed back on their findings", "summary": "Mojave Research executives said at DEF CON that the government had been preparing to expand the company’s election security work, and linked Trump adviser Kurt Olsen to pressure they faced after finding election system vulnerabilities but no evidence votes were altered.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "misinformation", "published_at": "2026-08-09T10:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17877" }, { "id": 17582, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/new-water-watch-center-launched-help-small-utilities-stop-cyberattacks/415288", "title": "New ‘Water Watch Center’ launched to help small utilities stop cyberattacks", "summary": "The initiative comes as multiple states grapple with intrusions into their water systems that some officials suspect could be tied to Iran.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-08-07T18:19:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17582" }, { "id": 17583, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/cisa-cautions-against-rigid-rules-future-cyber-vulnerability-program/415282", "title": "CISA cautions against rigid rules for future of cyber vulnerability program", "summary": "A top agency official said formal backing from Congress could strengthen the global vulnerability-tracking system but warned against measures that may limit its ability to adapt to ever-changing hacking threats.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-07T14:33:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17583" }, { "id": 17233, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/cisa-still-finds-water-system-controls-exposed-online-amid-multistate-hacks/415266", "title": "CISA still finds water system controls exposed online amid multistate hacks", "summary": "The agency is working with the FBI to help victims but is not attributing the cyber intrusions to any group, acting director Nick Andersen told Nextgov/FCW.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,environment", "published_at": "2026-08-06T18:53:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17233" }, { "id": 17234, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/doge-took-credit-savings-never-happened-watchdog-finds/415265", "title": "DOGE took credit for savings that never happened, watchdog finds", "summary": "The Department of Government Efficiency claimed tens of billions of dollars in savings on its infamous “Wall of Receipts,” but the Government Accountability Office found it touted savings that never happened and could not be substantiated.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-06T18:32:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17234" }, { "id": 17235, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/08/watchdog-numbers-size-doge-many-details-remain-unknown/415242", "title": "Watchdog puts new numbers on the size of DOGE, but many details remain unknown as agencies refuse to turn over information", "summary": "In a new report, the Government Accountability Office said it was unable to verify if all Department of Government Efficiency employees completed mandatory activities intended to avoid conflicts of interest.", "authors": "Sean Michael Newhouse", "category": "news", "topics": "transparency", "published_at": "2026-08-06T13:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17235" }, { "id": 16801, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/openai-agents-rebuilt-internal-message-board-lead-hugging-face-breach/415240", "title": "OpenAI agents rebuilt internal message board in lead-up to Hugging Face breach", "summary": "Models in separate experiments used the channel to exchange exploits as they repeatedly compromised OpenAI systems.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-08-05T23:06:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16801" }, { "id": 16802, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/hugging-face-ai-breach-most-consequential-hack-morris-worm-former-nsa-cyber-chief-says/415230", "title": "Hugging Face AI breach is ‘most consequential hack’ since Morris Worm, former NSA cyber chief says", "summary": "AI may let hackers exploit newly disclosed software flaws so quickly that organizations should weigh whether to immediately patch internet-connected devices, even at the risk of causing outages, Rob Joyce said.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-05T17:32:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16802" }, { "id": 16803, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/top-cyber-official-wants-us-open-source-ai-adopted-worldwide/415222", "title": "Top cyber official wants US open-source AI adopted worldwide", "summary": "National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross’s remarks come as the White House has excluded open-weight models from voluntary security testing and as new hacking incidents underscored risks posed by autonomous AI.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-08-05T14:15:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16803" }, { "id": 16432, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/chinese-telecom-firms-kept-footholds-us-networks-despite-federal-crackdowns-house-probe-finds/415190", "title": "Chinese telecom firms kept footholds in US networks despite federal crackdowns, House probe finds", "summary": "China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom retained equipment, data center space and network ties after FCC restrictions, including a China Mobile-linked network that appeared in routes to Salt Typhoon servers.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-08-04T16:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16432" }, { "id": 16014, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/08/national-institutes-health-names-maureen-falvella-permanent-cio/415183", "title": "National Institutes of Health names Maureen Falvella as permanent CIO", "summary": "She served as acting CIO for roughly 10 months before moving into the role officially.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-08-03T18:59:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16014" }, { "id": 15466, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/cyber-industry-coalition-urges-federal-action-after-suspected-iran-linked-water-hacks/415156", "title": "Cyber industry coalition urges federal action after suspected Iran-linked water hacks", "summary": "The group called on CISA to impose baseline security standards across federal operational technology systems and pressed Congress to revive several stalled cyber initiatives.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,environment", "published_at": "2026-07-31T20:20:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15466" }, { "id": 15467, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/07/tech-bills-week-support-quantum-sciences-child-chatbot-protections-and-more/415153", "title": "Tech bills of the week: Support for quantum sciences; Child-chatbot protections; and more", "summary": "Bills introduced this week feature bipartisan efforts to bolster emerging technologies, specifically quantum information sciences and AI’s impact on nuclear security, plus more chatbot regulations.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-31T19:48:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15467" }, { "id": 15468, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/greg-barbaccia-return-palantir-after-leaving-government/415149", "title": "Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government", "summary": "The federal CIO’s departure comes after a turbulent period for the federal technology workforce where thousands of technologists left the government.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley, David DiMolfetta, and Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-07-31T16:41:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15468" }, { "id": 15469, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/cisa-urges-water-utilities-take-exposed-systems-down-after-minnesota-hacks/415142", "title": "CISA urges water utilities to take exposed systems down after Minnesota hacks", "summary": "A memo distributed to water industry members and obtained by Nextgov/FCW makes mention of Iran but does not directly present evidence attributing the latest Minnesota incident to the country.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-07-31T13:51:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15469" }, { "id": 15089, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2026/07/agentic-soc-todays-air-gapped-environments-rethinking-cyber-defense-age-ai/415131", "title": "The agentic SOC for today’s air-gapped environments: rethinking cyber defense in the age of AI", "summary": "COMMENTARY | If you're not using AI to defend against AI, then the adversary has already closed the gap.", "authors": "Sean MacKirdy", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,agents-autonomy,environment", "published_at": "2026-07-30T21:38:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15089" }, { "id": 15090, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/gsa-official-says-veterans-preference-federal-hiring-hampering-tech-recruiting/415124", "title": "GSA official says veterans' preference in federal hiring is hampering tech recruiting", "summary": "A government workforce expert told Government Executive that many hiring rules, including veterans’ preference, have become “procedural hurdles rather than achieving the intended outcome” because they haven’t been updated in decades.", "authors": "Sean Michael Newhouse", "category": "news", "topics": "jobs-economy", "published_at": "2026-07-30T20:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15090" }, { "id": 14719, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/white-houses-new-high-risk-life-sciences-policy-calls-monitoring-ai-dangers/415108", "title": "White House’s new high-risk life sciences policy calls for monitoring AI dangers", "summary": "“The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will convene an interagency group to monitor advancements at the intersection of biological sciences and artificial intelligence, including in silico life sciences research,” the guidance says.", "authors": "Edward Graham", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,biotech", "published_at": "2026-07-29T23:42:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14719" }, { "id": 14324, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/senate-confirms-clayton-trumps-next-intelligence-director/415061", "title": "Senate confirms Clayton as Trump’s next intelligence director", "summary": "The former SEC chairman will replace acting intelligence chief Bill Pulte, whose brief tenure oversaw repeated personnel cuts to the nation’s top spy office.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-28T23:17:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14324" }, { "id": 14325, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/07/fcc-blocks-approval-new-foreign-made-robots-power-inverters/415070", "title": "FCC blocks approval of new foreign-made robots, power inverters", "summary": "National security agencies said the devices could create supply-chain vulnerabilities, threaten critical infrastructure and enable surveillance or remote manipulation.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "privacy-surveillance,military-security,agents-autonomy", "published_at": "2026-07-28T21:23:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14325" }, { "id": 14326, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/07/hhs-continues-health-tech-initiative-7-new-industry-pledges/415049", "title": "HHS continues health tech initiative with 7 new industry pledges", "summary": "The Trump administration says 60% of Americans now have access to medical records through an app of their choice because of its health technology initiative.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:16:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14326" }, { "id": 14327, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/ai-growing-role-rulemaking-raises-new-transparency-questions/415039", "title": "AI's growing role in rulemaking raises new transparency questions", "summary": "As the Trump administration pursues an aggressive deregulatory agenda, concerns are mounting that artificial intelligence could make agency decisions harder to explain and defend.", "authors": "Sean Michael Newhouse", "category": "news", "topics": "transparency", "published_at": "2026-07-28T13:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14327" }, { "id": 13951, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/07/chip-my-hand-and-chip-her-brain/415033", "title": "The chip in my hand and the chip in her brain", "summary": "Implanted chips are are moving from novelty to clinical reality.", "authors": "Camille Tuutti", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-27T20:41:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13951" }, { "id": 13952, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/07/fda-announces-first-company-participate-health-tech-pilot/415024", "title": "FDA announces first company to participate in health tech pilot", "summary": "Under the TEMPO pilot program, Dexcom can receive Medicare reimbursement when seniors receive care from their software.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-27T16:24:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13952" }, { "id": 13326, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/07/tech-bills-week-regulating-chatbot-child-communication-ai-va-and-more/415003", "title": "Tech Bills of the Week: Regulating chatbot-child communication; AI in the VA; and more", "summary": "Bills this week focused on how minors — and seniors — engage with generative AI, gauging AI’s efficacy at the VA and addressing a myriad of policy issues.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley and Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-24T20:31:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13326" }, { "id": 13327, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/pentagon-awards-oracle-7b-software-consolidation-deal/414993", "title": "Pentagon awards Oracle up to $7B in software consolidation deal", "summary": "The agreement merges Oracle's product and licensing services into one contract, which the Defense Department estimates will result in at least $441 million in savings.", "authors": "Edward Graham", "category": "news", "topics": "copyright-ip,military-security", "published_at": "2026-07-24T15:25:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13327" }, { "id": 13328, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/va-awards-salesforce-16b-contract-veteran-care-and-services/414975", "title": "VA awards Salesforce $1.6B contract for veteran care and services", "summary": "The contract adds to existing Salesforce deployments for suicide prevention, health care communications and more.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "healthcare", "published_at": "2026-07-24T09:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13328" }, { "id": 13329, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/acquisition-overhaul-providing-needed-discretion-tech-adoption-procurement-chief-says/414980", "title": "Acquisition overhaul is providing needed ‘discretion’ for tech adoption, procurement chief says", "summary": "“If it's not in the FAR, and it doesn't tell you you can't do it, then you should consider it,” Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Kevin Rhodes said.", "authors": "Edward Graham", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-23T20:35:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13329" }, { "id": 13330, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/after-hugging-face-breach-fedramp-chief-tells-slow-patch-vendors-stay-out-government/414972", "title": "After Hugging Face breach, FedRAMP chief tells slow-to-patch vendors to stay out of government", "summary": "Pete Waterman cited an incident in which OpenAI models escaped a test environment and broke into AI company Hugging Face as evidence that providers must prepare for attacks moving at AI speed.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-07-23T18:32:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13330" }, { "id": 13331, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/lawmakers-introduce-bill-mandating-kill-switches-ai-models/414969", "title": "Lawmakers introduce bill mandating kill switches for AI models", "summary": "Bipartisan lawmakers are seeking to ensure advanced AI models can be quickly shut down following ChatGPT’s automated attack on Hugging Face data networks during internal testing.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-23T17:38:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13331" }, { "id": 13332, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/russian-hackers-can-steal-government-emails-without-victims-clicking-link-cyber-agencies-warn/414967", "title": "Russian hackers can steal government emails without victims clicking a link, cyber agencies warn", "summary": "The Russia-linked Laundry Bear group has compromised more than 10 Western organizations through malicious emails that can trigger an exploit when they are viewed or previewed.", "authors": "David DiMolfetta", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security", "published_at": "2026-07-23T17:13:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13332" }, { "id": 12839, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2026/07/naval-postgraduate-school-launches-ai-supercomputer-first-military/414920", "title": "Naval Postgraduate School launches AI supercomputer in first for military", "summary": "The Monterey, Calif-based naval command will use the powerful Nvidia DGX GB300 AI supercomputer to train students in how and when to employ such technologies.", "authors": "Christian Robles", "category": "news", "topics": "military-security,children-education", "published_at": "2026-07-22T23:00:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12839" }, { "id": 12840, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/white-house-accuses-chinese-ai-developer-ip-theft/414948", "title": "White House accuses Chinese AI developer of IP theft", "summary": "Tech policy leadership in the White House say Moonshot AI illegally trained its model off of Anthropic’s Fable.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-22T20:50:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12840" }, { "id": 12841, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/genesis-mission-kicks-over-270-projects/414931", "title": "Genesis Mission kicks off with over 270 projects", "summary": "Each project chosen by the Department of Energy focuses on advancing a critical scientific area with the help of artificial intelligence.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "environment", "published_at": "2026-07-22T13:39:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12841" }, { "id": 12498, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/opm-moves-implement-long-awaited-retirement-fix-federal-first-responders/414922", "title": "OPM moves to implement long-awaited retirement fix for federal first responders", "summary": "The First Responders Fair RETIRE Act, which ensures federal workers can stay on accelerated mandatory retirement schedules even if they transfer to another due to injury, was signed into law in 2022.", "authors": "Erich Wagner", "category": "news", "topics": "regulation", "published_at": "2026-07-21T21:27:51.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12498" }, { "id": 12499, "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/nist-ai-safety-center-lead-departs/414915", "title": "NIST AI safety center lead departs", "summary": "Chris Fall was appointed to helm the Center for AI Standards and Innovation in April and has been at the Commerce Department since December 2025.", "authors": "Alexandra Kelley", "category": "news", "topics": "safety-alignment", "published_at": "2026-07-21T19:33:00.000Z", "source": "NextGov/FCW", "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12499" } ], "attribution": "via ethics.ai" }