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.

Articles by Author

Houston Airport Biometrics and CBP Operations — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer takes a biometric photo of a passenger prior to boarding a flight at Houston International Airport on Feb. 12, 2018. (Customs and Border Protection / Donna Burton / Flickr)

CBP leaning into biometrics on controversial app, raising concerns from immigrant rights advocates

Emerging Tech

A United Airlines plane departs the Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

FAA shares new commercial space hiring strategy

Workforce

President Joe Biden visits the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

FEMA employees brought government devices abroad without authorization, including to China and Iraq, document shows

Tech

Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill on Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/Getty Images)

Bill Foster, a particle physicist-turned-congressman, on why he’s worried about artificial general intelligence

Policy

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Sept. 23, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

With House AI task force, Rep. Yvette Clarke is ready to ‘get to the table’

Policy

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Commerce opens comments on regulating certain influential AI models

AI

A view of the Federal Aviation Administration headquarters on Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

MITRE researched air traffic language AI tool for FAA, documents show

AI

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On some basic metadata practices, US government gets an ‘F,’ per new online tracker

Tech

Clare Martorana delivers remarks at the 2023 FedScoop 50 awards reception. (FedScoop)

Government continues to boost AI with new TMF program

AI