data analytics

Eternal question: What to keep, what to toss out

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, by statute, sunsets a year from September 2025, more than five years after onset of the pandemic itself.

Federal Report

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First Look

White House-backed bill to preserve pandemic fraud analytics tools introduced in House

Congress

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DoD wants to ‘popularize’ data patterns to leverage AI

Artificial Intelligence

For agencies, limited resources are a major challenge to scaling workforce innovations

Workforce

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FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The U.S. government on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, said a devastating hack of federal agencies is “likely Russian in origin” and said the operation appeared to be an “intelligence gathering” effort. The assessment was disclosed in a rare public statement from the FBI and other investigative agencies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

How thinking outside of the box helped the FBI advance its IT during challenging times

Commentary

How upskilling analysts with AI is meeting 4 key DoD data modernization challenges

Commentary

4 areas where AI-powered automation can modernize federal human resource management

Commentary

How becoming ‘data ready’ can enable agencies to fully realize the value of analytics

Commentary

USPS regulator hiring chief data officer to optimize performance

Agency Oversight

Moscow - Sep 12, 2021: Vaccinated young woman showing COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card, healthy person in mask after getting corona virus vaccine. Coronavirus vaccine shot and immunization mandate.

Legal challenge to vaccine mandate for private employers fast-tracked in court

Federal Newscast

Agencies haven’t figured out how to budget for Biden’s cybersecurity EO

Cybersecurity

Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)

State, Commerce data strategies underpin broader agency goals

The State Department and Commerce Department are both launching strategies to maximize the use of their data.

Big Data

Army hopes Big Data Platform enables deeper analysis across bigger datasets

The Army’s Big Data Platform solves a large portion of the siloed data problem which has plagued not only the service but nearly every corner of the federal…

Technology

How agencies can gain rapid business insights

Commentary

Not all agencies have invested the time and resources, nor possess the skillsets required, to implement data platforms. Managed Platform-as-a-Service (MPaaS) is a way for these agencies to accelerate the journey to unfettered data access.