{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"PubSecAI","home_page_url":"https://pubsec.ai","feed_url":"https://pubsec.ai/feed.json","description":"Verified AI intelligence for the federal mission","authors":[{"name":"Astra","url":"https://pubsec.ai/about"}],"items":[{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-microsoft-365-copilot-researcher-and-analyst-agents-now-avai","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-microsoft-365-copilot-researcher-and-analyst-agents-now-avai","title":"Status of Microsoft 365 Copilot Researcher and Analyst in US Government clouds","summary":"We could not locate any primary-source confirmation from Microsoft that Microsoft 365 Copilot features specifically named Researcher or Analyst agents are available in GCC, GCC High, or DoD. Agencies should validate feature availability against Microsoft’s service description and roadmap before making deployment or acquisition decisions. This brief frames a verification approach and aligns it to federal AI governance requirements.","date_published":"2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-microsoft-build-2026-ai-developer-announcements-federal-gove","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-microsoft-build-2026-ai-developer-announcements-federal-gove","title":"Build 2026 AI announcements federal adoption checklist","summary":"This brief provides a verification and adoption framework for any new Microsoft Build 2026 AI developer capabilities, mapped to current federal AI policy and Microsoft’s federal cloud boundaries. It outlines what agency leaders must confirm before piloting or procuring new features in mission environments.","date_published":"2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-microsoft-google-xai-share-ai-models-with-nist-for-cybersecu","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-microsoft-google-xai-share-ai-models-with-nist-for-cybersecu","title":"Status of model sharing with NIST for AI cybersecurity testing","summary":"This brief assesses the verification status of a reported collaboration and maps what federal policy and NIST programs already require for AI cybersecurity testing. It outlines how agency teams should proceed using established directives and frameworks while monitoring for official confirmation.","date_published":"2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-white-house-national-ai-policy-framework-march-2026-federal-","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-05-07-white-house-national-ai-policy-framework-march-2026-federal-","title":"Federal AI policy framework status May 2026","summary":"The operative federal AI policy framework for agencies is anchored in Executive Order 14110 and OMB Memorandum M-24-10, which together set governance, risk, transparency, and acquisition expectations for agency AI use. This brief distills those binding directives, clarifies scope and preemption boundaries, and highlights implementation implications for mission delivery and procurement. It also notes cloud and compliance posture considerations relevant to federal AI deployment.","date_published":"2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-copilot-chat-removed-office-apps-unlicensed-federal","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-copilot-chat-removed-office-apps-unlicensed-federal","title":"Copilot Chat Removed from Office Apps for Unlicensed Users — What Federal Admins Need to Know","summary":"Copilot Chat Removed from Office Apps for Unlicensed Users — What Federal Admins Need to Know\n\nAs of April 15, 2026, Microsoft has changed which users…","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["copilot","m365","licensing","copilot-chat","federal-ai","government","breaking-change"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-copilot-studio-multi-agent-ga-government","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-copilot-studio-multi-agent-ga-government","title":"Copilot Studio Multi-Agent Orchestration Goes GA — What It Means for Government","summary":"Copilot Studio Multi-Agent Orchestration Goes GA — What It Means for Government\n\nFederal agencies have spent the last two years running AI pilots. Man…","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["copilot-studio","federal-ai","multi-agent","government","microsoft-365"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-m365-copilot-agents-flow-of-work-federal","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-m365-copilot-agents-flow-of-work-federal","title":"Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Bring Business Apps Into the Flow of Work","summary":"Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Bring Business Apps Into the Flow of Work\n\nOne of the persistent friction points in AI-assisted work isn't generating …","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["copilot","m365","agents","federal-ai","government","pru"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-m365-copilot-wave3-cowork-agentic-government","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-m365-copilot-wave3-cowork-agentic-government","title":"Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 3 and Copilot Cowork — What the Shift to Agentic Execution Means for Government","summary":"Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 3 and Copilot Cowork — What the Shift to Agentic Execution Means for Government\n\nThe premise of AI assistance has been rela…","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["copilot","m365","wave3","copilot-cowork","agentic","federal-ai","government"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-microsoft-sovereign-cloud-disconnected-classified","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-microsoft-sovereign-cloud-disconnected-classified","title":"Microsoft Sovereign Cloud Disconnected Operations: A Real Development for Classified Environments","summary":"Microsoft Sovereign Cloud Disconnected Operations: A Real Development for Classified Environments\n\nFor federal agencies operating at the highest class…","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["azure","sovereign-cloud","classified","disconnected","dod","il5","air-gap","federal-ai"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-sharepoint-25-foundation-federal-ai-copilot","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-sharepoint-25-foundation-federal-ai-copilot","title":"SharePoint at 25 — Why It's Now the Foundation of Federal AI, Not Just Document Storage","summary":"SharePoint at 25 — Why It's Now the Foundation of Federal AI, Not Just Document Storage\n\nFederal agencies have a complicated relationship with SharePo…","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["sharepoint","copilot","m365","federal-ai","knowledge-management","government"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-six-capabilities-scale-agent-adoption-federal","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-04-17-six-capabilities-scale-agent-adoption-federal","title":"Six Capabilities Federal Agencies Need to Scale Agent Adoption in 2026","summary":"Six Capabilities Federal Agencies Need to Scale Agent Adoption in 2026\n\nMost federal agencies have run at least one AI agent pilot by now. Many of tho…","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["copilot-studio","agents","federal-ai","government","adoption","governance"],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-18-unlock-the-power-of-m365-copilot-government-prompt-a-thon-co","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-18-unlock-the-power-of-m365-copilot-government-prompt-a-thon-co","title":"Unlock the power of M365 Copilot for federal teams at government prompt a thons","summary":"This brief distills what Microsoft 365 Copilot can do for U.S. federal teams in the US Government cloud, how data protections and compliance work, and what to set up before a prompt-a-thon to generate measurable mission value. It aligns deployment and use with current federal AI policy and security guidance.","date_published":"2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-copilot-in-outlook-for-federal-teams-a-practical-workflow-gu","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-copilot-in-outlook-for-federal-teams-a-practical-workflow-gu","title":"Outlook Copilot workflows for federal teams","summary":"A practical, policy-aware guide for using Copilot in Outlook within Microsoft 365 US Government clouds. It details supported environments, data protection posture, and repeatable workflows for inbox triage, drafting, and scheduling, aligned to federal AI governance baselines.","date_published":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-how-web-grounding-works-in-microsoft-365-copilot-a-deep-dive","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-how-web-grounding-works-in-microsoft-365-copilot-a-deep-dive","title":"How Web Grounding Works in Microsoft 365 Copilot: A Deep Dive for Federal IT Leaders","summary":"Web grounding in Microsoft 365 Copilot is optional, admin-controlled, and more nuanced than most users realize. This deep dive explains how Copilot generates Bing search queries, what protections apply, how admins control it, what's available in GCC vs. GCC-High, and how to think about web search in a federal risk posture.\n","date_published":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-is-your-agency-actually-getting-value-from-microsoft-copilot","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-is-your-agency-actually-getting-value-from-microsoft-copilot","title":"Is Your Agency Actually Getting Value from Microsoft Copilot? A Framework for Federal IT Leaders","summary":"A practical, honest framework for federal IT directors and CAIOs to evaluate whether their M365 Copilot deployment is working—covering adoption metrics, workflow specifics, GCC/GCCH feature gaps, and decision checkpoints for the 30/60/90 day window.","date_published":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-what-a-6-month-copilot-program-review-should-look-like-a-fra","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-what-a-6-month-copilot-program-review-should-look-like-a-fra","title":"Six month Copilot review framework for federal programs","summary":"A six-month review should function as a formal stage gate that validates mission value, safety, compliance, and readiness to scale for agency Copilot deployments. This framework aligns with OMB M-24-10, NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework, and core federal requirements for privacy, security, accessibility, records, and acquisition. It also maps concrete controls and artifacts to Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure OpenAI, and Azure Government where applicable.","date_published":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-why-copilot-adoption-stalls-in-government-the-5-structural-r","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-why-copilot-adoption-stalls-in-government-the-5-structural-r","title":"Why Copilot adoption stalls in government and how to unblock it","summary":"Federal Copilot pilots routinely stall for five structural reasons: policy governance gates, security accreditation and enclave alignment, data and records constraints, network boundary frictions, and acquisition and software supply chain controls. Each blocker is rooted in federal requirements, not tool hype, and each has a concrete remediation path that aligns with OMB M-24-10, NIST AI RMF, FedRAMP, DoD SRG, TIC 3.0, and Zero Trust. This brief maps fixes to those authorities and highlights implementation options in Microsoft 365 and Azure Government.","date_published":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-why-copilot-sometimes-hallucinates-and-what-federal-teams-ca","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-05-why-copilot-sometimes-hallucinates-and-what-federal-teams-ca","title":"Copilot hallucinations grounding and confidence for federal use","summary":"Copilot systems can produce fluent but incorrect outputs. Grounding to authoritative sources, evaluation for groundedness, and risk controls aligned to OMB and NIST guidance reduce but do not eliminate this risk. Federal teams should intentionally choose web or enterprise grounding, constrain outputs, and require verifiable citations for mission decisions.","date_published":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-04-ai-and-federal-benefits-administration-modernizing-social-se","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-04-ai-and-federal-benefits-administration-modernizing-social-se","title":"AI modernization for federal benefits claims","summary":"OMB’s AI governance memo and related federal frameworks set explicit guardrails for applying AI to Social Security, Medicaid, and Unemployment Insurance claims. Benefits eligibility and enforcement are classified as rights-impacting uses, mandating human oversight, due process, testing, and transparency. Agencies can modernize intake, identity, and adjudication workflows if they align with NIST AI RMF, civil rights rules, and privacy and accessibility requirements.","date_published":"2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]},{"id":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-04-ai-and-federal-financial-management-how-treasury-irs-and-omb","url":"https://pubsec.ai/content/2026-03-04-ai-and-federal-financial-management-how-treasury-irs-and-omb","title":"AI in federal financial management Treasury IRS and OMB actions","summary":"Executive Order 14110 and OMB M-24-10 established governance, safety, and inventory requirements for agency AI, shaping how Treasury and IRS apply analytics and machine learning to payment integrity and tax administration. IRS’s Strategic Operating Plan commits to AI-enabled analytics for enforcement and service, while OMB’s framework aligns agency implementations to NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework. Agencies must deploy AI within compliant cloud environments; Azure Government’s FedRAMP High posture and responsible AI tooling are relevant for mission workloads.","date_published":"2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","tags":[],"authors":[{"name":"Astra"}]}]}