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After a failed first rollout, the department reworked how it builds and deploys tech, bringing frontline staff into the process and scaling a system that’s now handling millions of renewals.

Other agencies are also looking to iterate on their version of the electronic health record system being used at the VA and DOD — including by bringing it onto ships at sea.

Thomas Flagg is a longtime government executive, having worked in the Labor Department for over 11 years prior to joining the Education Department.

Thomas Flagg is a longtime government executive, having worked in the Labor Department for over 11 years prior to joining the Education Department.

Those writing laws don’t often hear from those charged with implementing them. The POPVOX Foundation wants that to change.

The IRS is relying on the Free File partnership with tax prep companies to offer most Americans a free way to file online after cancelling Direct File, a government-run alternative.

The Agriculture inspector general noted the agency has prioritized making use of the technology over setting up controls.

In a rare public speaking appearance in which DOGE was discussed, its acting administrator Amy Gleason painted a different vision of its work than that pursued during the government-slashing efforts last year.

The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.

The effort is meant to infuse the government with young engineers, cyber and data workers. It follows the loss of almost 20,000 technology workers through the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the workforce last year.