House Oversight receives advice on procurement reform, investment to enhance federal AI adoption

The House Oversight Committee collected extensive recommendations on ways to optimize uses of AI, at a June 5 hearing on “the federal government in the age of artificial intelligence” that was interspersed with fierce partisan debate over the so-called DOGE initiative to overhaul federal systems and cut the workforce.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who chaired the session for full committee Chair James Comer (R-KY), said use of AI will save the federal government “lots of money” but cited barriers in...