Smarter Gov Tech, Stronger MerITocracy

Andrew Rice

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Andrew Rice is a MeriTalk Staff Reporter covering the intersection of government and technology.

President Donald Trump sent a March 20 memorandum to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Charles Ezell that delegates authority to OPM – the Federal government’s human resources (HR) agency – to fire Federal workers who have cleared their probationary employee status. […]

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Federal inspectors general (IG) – who serve as agency watchdogs – saved $71.1 billion in cost efficiency improvements in fiscal year (FY) 2024, according to a March 19 report from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). […]

A Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing millions of Americans’ sensitive data at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Thursday. […]

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HUD, Vinay Singh

Vinay Singh, who is fresh off a two-year stint as the CFO and chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said the agency needs to stay focused on literacy and innovation in its development of AI technologies to benefit operations and mission delivery. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is taking steps to use cloud-based services and implement automated processes into its capabilities that the government watchdog uses to assess Federal agencies’ operations, a GAO official said on March 18. […]

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A Federal judge in Baltimore is set to consider whether to block the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to personal data of and about millions of Americans that is held by the Social Security Administration (SSA). […]

Andrew Rice
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