Rebecca Heilweil

Rebecca Heilweil is an investigative reporter for FedScoop. She writes about the intersection of government, tech policy, and emerging technologies.

Previously she was a reporter at Vox’s tech site, Recode. She’s also written for Slate, Wired, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

You can reach her at rebecca.heilweil@fedscoop.com. Message her if you’d like to chat on Signal.

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Screenshot of the U.S. Digital Registry.

Database of verified government social media accounts loses its teeth

Federal

VA Secretary Dennis McDonough testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction on May 4, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

VA exploring multiple generative AI pilots, responding to ‘high demand’ from workforce

AI

The Microsoft logo is seen at an Experience Center on Fifth Avenue on April 3, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Federal government affected by Russian breach of Microsoft

Exclusive

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Some federal agencies want to make IT security contracting rules simpler to find

Acquisition

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) — (Department of Homeland Security / Tara Molle / Flickr)

As TSA PreCheck enrollments surge, data shows complaints have followed

Federal

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg holds a news conference about summer air travel at the department’s headquarters on May 23, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Transportation Department to examine consumer privacy issues with big airlines

Policy

A blue charger is plugged into the front of an electric vehicle. Only the nose of white the vehicle is shown in the frame. — Electric vehicles were displayed before a news conference with White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about the American Jobs Plan and to highlight electric vehicles April 2021 in Washington. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The tech behind the nationwide charging network is top of mind for this Biden official

Tech

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 16: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Department of Homeland Security lays out AI plans in new roadmap

AI

From left, NASA astronaut and pilot Michael Barratt, NASA astronaut and commander Matthew Dominick and Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin wave as they leave to launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images)

NASA investigating 2023 theft of astronaut training devices

Cyber