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Seattle native. Coffee addict. Dad joke enthusiast. Tech reporter @FedScoop. Previously @blaw. DM for email/signal. RT≠agreement. (she/her)

Washington, DC
Joined August 2013
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Female sources pretty frequently tell me they might not the right person to speak to for a story or aren't sure how much they'll be able to help, and then proceed to say something profound. I don't know who needs to hear this right now, but you *are* the right person.
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I discussed the latest developments in the Anthropic/Pentagon saga with @madialder of @fedscoop
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Agencies disclosed policies for TikTok that range from permissive to blanket prohibitions, following a DOJ opinion allowing the app on government devices. youtube.com/watch?v=7Pw9RkLm… More by @madialder: fedscoop.com/tiktok-can-be-o…
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This great article by @ksophiewill about the expiring @USGSA AI OneGov deals brings me back to my winter crusade against below-market AI pricing and the behavioral dependency these tools create (and, to be clear, I include myself among the growing number of behaviorally dependent AI users). Link to Sophie’s article and my original piece below.
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Meet @NOAA's Hurricane Hunters 🌀✈️ As hurricane season begins, NOAA flight crews and researchers are preparing to fly into storms to collect critical data from inside hurricanes. youtube.com/watch?v=wikzU77H… Read more from @madialder: fedscoop.com/noaa-hurricane-…
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As hurricane season begins, NOAA is seeing promise in drones and other emerging plane-deployed technologies. via @madialder youtube.com/watch?v=w_-qr4nF… | fedscoop.com/noaa-hurricane-…
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The Department of Homeland Security is poised to pour funds into surveillance technology projects this year amid signs of lagging governance. scoopmedia.co/4shqqhR
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new: i chatted with palantir employees about the ad campaign running against an ex-palantir employee, shaming him for working for palantir — and backed by a group whose initial supporters include a palantir cofounder fastcompany.com/91490319/ale…
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a lot of coverage of DHS's AI inventory this week. interesting to see how this inventory process has developed since it was first proposed by trump, beefed up by biden, and then overseen by trump again. federal agencies were once extremely bad at this. fedscoop.com/the-government-…
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News: The Education Department is calling back some of the Office of Civil Rights workers whose job status has been unknown for weeks, per emails I obtained. ED says staff should be working on OCR's caseload of complaints if they're getting paid while court case plays out.
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from @madialder: lynne parker, who has worked on AI in both the first and second trump administrations, and who helped craft the process creating federal inventories for the technology, is leaving fedscoop.com/lynne-parker-de…
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Update: OpenAI will offer its ChatGPT Enterprise product to federal agencies for $1 a year, per agency. Comes as part of the firm's long term efforts to increase use of the gen AI chatbot in the federal government. @fedscoop Story: fedscoop.com/openai-chatgpt-…
New: Civilian fed agencies can now purchase AI products from OpenAI, Google & Anthropic thru the GSA's Multiple Award Schedule program. Officials added it aligns w/ Trump admin's focus on preventing "ideological bias" in govt-used models. @fedscoop fedscoop.com/gsa-openai-goog…
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