GovCon Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Army is currently working to implement its Unified Data Reference Architecture, which is designed to join a data mesh and data fabric in a way that would allow users to easily access data products across different formats and locations.

Data 105

Data Engineering IT 105

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

A publicly available tool, ACT Ai aggregates data on over 31 million public procurement projects, linking them with company registration data to detect potential fraud and corruption. For example, Thailand’s procurement data could be improved by releasing planning data and ensuring a more timely publication.

Corruption 105

Corruption Data Procurement Collusion 105

FedInsider

MARCH 14, 2024

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In today’s interconnected digital landscape, application programming interfaces (APIs) play a pivotal role in facilitating seamless communication and data exchange between various applications and systems.

Data 119

Data Participation Networking Leadership 119

ExecutiveBiz

JULY 23, 2024

ICF announced securing a $17 million data modernization contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, through the Office of Policy and Program Analysis.

Data 59

Data Contract Consulting Efficiency 59

FedScoop

JUNE 20, 2024

The OFPP’s product launch follows the Strategic Management of Acquisition Data and Information letter , or Circular A-137, that OMB released in May. We’re not telling agency CDOs what to do in their data strategy within their agencies,” Wilson said. GSA did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

Data 105

Data Procurement Budget Management 105

GovLoop

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In data transformation, it helps to view things through a different lens. It’s looking at your data like an ecosystem,” said Winston Chang, Chief Technology Officer for the Global Public Sector at Snowflake, a leading data cloud company. Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.”

Data 104

Data Collaboration Quality Import 104

GovLoop

MARCH 22, 2023

Data drives decisions — both good and bad. The days of “static data” housed in filing cabinets or resources like encyclopedias are long over. Intelligent data management helps organizations enhance their public-facing services, while improving their backend operations, Breakiron said.

Data 105

Data Management Accountability Integration 105

GovLoop

JUNE 19, 2023

CDC Data Maps Illustrate Threat Impacts It’s often impossible to confine environmental and public health events to a specific jurisdiction, agency or area of responsibility. EJI draws its data from the CDC, Census Bureau, Environmental Protection Agency, and Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Data 104

Data Evaluation Education Quality 104

GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

For instance, “If you’re on Windows XP and you’re relying on faxes, those tools are so old that [new] analysis tools can’t read [your data],” Kowalski said. And with an unthinkable amount of data in the world, errors are inevitable with outdated IT.

Data 105

Data Quantity Education Budget 105

Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

Transparency 87

Transparency Data Management Procurement 87

AWS Public Sector

JULY 2, 2024

Data sovereignty refers to a concept where individuals, organizations, or governments have control over their own data and infrastructure, ensuring independence, privacy, and security. This post walks through how data sovereignty can be achieved leveraging edge AI with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Data 71

Data Networking Efficiency Import 71

ExecutiveBiz

APRIL 16, 2024

Pragyansmita Nayak , chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal , said federal agencies should adopt data fabrics to derive actionable insights from large volumes of data to drive mission outcomes and improve citizen services.

Data 69

Data Integration Integrity Government 69

FedScoop

JULY 5, 2024

Now armed with a robust artificial intelligence use case inventory and a splashy new data-tracking tool , SSA’s technology leaders feel especially bullish about where they stand in their digital journey. For a “data rich” agency like SSA, Brown said it made sense to O’Malley to give website users the ability to “see that granular data.”

Data 106

Data IT Budget Leadership 106

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Good leaders are evangelists for making data-based decisions. They don’t need highly technical degrees: They need an appreciation of data’s ability to drive modernization efforts and successful outcomes for the organization and the people they serve. Data literacy is the foundation on which leaders make effective choices.

Data 97

Data Management Government Government 97

FedScoop

JUNE 20, 2024

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will use Palantir’s AI and data software to support its data infrastructure and track the progress of its research programs under a $19 million contract being announced Thursday. And so a lot of that comes from data.” Thomson said.

Data 96

Data Contract Innovation Integration 96

GovLoop

APRIL 15, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) relies on vast quantities of data to generate accurate outcomes — and that’s an obstacle for many public-sector agencies interested in AI technology. And poor data management can undermine AI innovations. In an AI world, you keep all of your data,” he explained. How will you keep data private?

Data 64

Data Ethics Quantity Management 64

FedInsider

JULY 12, 2024

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE As agencies face unprecedented data volumes and velocity, managing the speed and size of the data flow efficiently becomes a significant challenge , especially with the growing use of AI-based analytics. He also serves as a Professor of Data Science at Regis University.

Data 52

Data Participation Engineering Networking 52

GovLoop

MAY 6, 2024

With the rise of remote work and the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) generating large volumes of data in the field, agencies want to provide staff the ability to analyze and use that data in the field as well. But there’s a catch: They also need to secure that data. This is the concept of edge computing. The solution?

Data 97

Data Distribution Management Efficiency 97

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

However, you can use SageMaker notebook instances with the R kernel to perform data analytics tasks in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. In this post, we’ll walk through the steps to create a notebook instance with the R kernel and demonstrate how to query data stored in an AWS Glue Data Catalog repository using R.

Data 109

Data Management Accountability Integration 109

FedScoop

JULY 25, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services announced a reshuffle of its technology, data, AI and cybersecurity responsibilities Thursday, mainly moving portfolios from the Assistant Secretary for Administration to other components. The CTO role has been unfilled since Ed Simcox departed in 2020.

Data 55

Data Accountability IT Government 55

GovCon Wire

JUNE 20, 2024

billion Defense Enterprise HR Applications and Data Services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the Defense Manpower Data Center. The company said Wednesday the DEHRADS BPA covers support for DMDC in 25 task areas, including software development and sustainment, application rationalization and cloud migration and data management

Data 109

Data Sustainability Purchasing Management 109

ExecutiveBiz

JUNE 3, 2024

Brian Vanderhoof, formerly vice president of growth and strategy at LCG, has assumed the role of VP of public sector sales at NTT Data Services, the executive announced on LinkedIn Friday. In his new position, he will be responsible for growing the company’s federal health and civilian business.

Data 111

Data 111

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite being rich in data, many agencies are lagging in the data modernization needed to support AI – and combining incomplete or inaccurate data with AI can lead to hallucinations , ultimately placing mission delivery at stake.

Data 119

Data Government Government Leadership 119

FedInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Alongside that comes understanding the location, nature, and sensitivity of the data within the agency. The two are complementary, since part of digital identity is restricting access to the data a user has the right to touch. Franks is a Director in GAO’s Information Technology and Cybersecurity team. & CIO, Dept.

Data 96

Data Networking Utilities Leadership 96

GovLoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When data novices find themselves stumped, they often waste no time in calling a data expert. Patent and Trademark Office, recommends that data experts give novices an opportunity to work through problems on their own. You need to understand where a person is in their data journey. Soon enough, the problem is solved.

Innovation 115

Innovation Data IT 115

ExecutiveBiz

MARCH 21, 2024

Bill Downer , vice president of national programs at Seagate Federal , believes “the edge is everywhere,” no matter where the data is collected and stored. He is a strong advocate for defending data at rest, and at Seagate, he leads the company’s delivery of secure data storage products to federal agencies.

Data 111

Data 111

ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Combining data lakes and meshes will enable government agencies to align their data assets more efficiently in compliance with the executive order on artificial intelligence, said Dave Vennergrund, vice president of AI and data insights at General Dynamics Information Technology.

Data 105

Data Efficiency Government Government 105

FedScoop

MARCH 22, 2024

Complaints about the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck program, the popular expedited passenger screening system, have more than tripled since 2015, according to newly released data from an organization focused on obtaining government datasets and making them more accessible.

Data 103

Data Transportation Transportation Government 103

FedScoop

APRIL 30, 2024

In the ever-expanding realm of data management, federal agencies face a pressing need to rethink their approach to effectively processing, analyzing and leveraging vast amounts of data. That’s why chief information and data officials within federal agencies must recognize the necessity of adopting a different data processing model.

Data 58

Data Management Utilities Networking 58

GovLoop

MAY 12, 2023

Data visibility is just what it sounds like: the ability to see and access information. A data observability pipeline can help solve this issue, protecting organizations from cyber threats, while enabling collaboration and controlling cost. Proper routing makes data available and helps control costs. Favorite

Data 98

Data Quality Collaboration Import 98

GovLoop

MAY 3, 2024

Governments collect and analyze a lot of data. Collaboration between decisionmakers and the people who work with data can be a challenge. Everyone Is a Data Person One way to facilitate that exchange is by shifting mindsets about who is a “data person.” We all use data in our personal lives. Leventhal-Weiner said.

Data 52

Data Evaluation Collaboration Import 52

WashngtonExec

JUNE 18, 2024

NTT DATA has appointed Abhijit Dubey as CEO of its business outside Japan. The news follows the merger finalization between NTT DATA and NTT Ltd., forming an over $30 billion global business under the NTT DATA name. [.]

Data 52

Data Innovation IT 52

AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This common SaaS landscape can lead to data silos where data becomes isolated in disparate systems and difficult to centralize for business insights. Pairing operational metrics from project management systems with human resource (HR) data to streamline internal workforce reporting. Jump to Orchestration section ).

Data 71

Data Integration Integrity Efficiency 71

FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

With the authorizations, agencies across the Department of Defense and the intelligence community can use Google Distributed Cloud Hosted — an air-gapped private cloud service tailored to workloads that demand maximized security requirements — to support some of their most sensitive data and applications.

Data 108

Data Distribution Integration Integrity 108

ExecutiveBiz

JULY 26, 2024

Companies that offer satellite imagery and data to government agency customers are now providing data analysis support to help clients quickly generate insights from large volumes of data amid the growth of satellite constellations and emergence of new sensors, Defense One reported Thursday.

Data 52

Data Government Government 52

FedTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2024

Moving applications to the cloud doesn’t mean you can shut down your old data center. Applications that can’t be “lifted and shifted” will need a place to live in an onsite data center. With real estate at a premium, IT managers can save space by building new, smaller data centers to handle the few on-premises devices required.

Data 62

Data Management IT 62

GovLoop

MAY 1, 2024

Whether you’re planning to use more AI or just want to improve analytics and tighten cybersecurity, good data management must be the foundation for your efforts. In 2024, agencies will need to get their data in shape to make the most of it. The Federal Data Strategy, released in 2018, set high-level goals for using and handling data.

Data 52

Data End to End Quality Ethics 52