FedInsider

JUNE 24, 2024

Thursday, August 1, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5 There is an ongoing inventory of federal AI use cases to document how agencies are following the guidance and implementing AI to meet their unique missions. And the Technology Modernization Fund has begun awarding investment funding to AI projects.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 19, 2024

The aim of the post is to help public sector organizations create customer experience solutions on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud using AWS artificial intelligence (AI) services and AWS purpose-built data analytics services. Data ingestion – Once the data is prepared, you can proceed to ingest the data.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 9, 2024

These capabilities can also help with real-time data collection from all sources and devices – like drones, satellites, weapons systems, sensors and more. Complexity and risk reduction were important in taking the manual, cumbersome and human-laden processes out of storing inventory gear,” Jones said. 5G is also a security enabler.

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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2024

In the coming years, adversaries will use this evolutionary shift in compute capability to crack the cryptography that today is the bedrock of data security. Adversaries are harvesting encrypted data with an eye toward breaking them as soon as the quantum capability is available. In some sense, the threat is already here.

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FedInsider

MAY 24, 2024

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE There are plenty of benefits to innovative new technologies, from greater efficiency to cost savings to customer satisfaction. It is rare, however, for a new technology to truly replace existing IT – rather, it gets incorporated into or bolted onto current systems.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 7, 2024

Securing OT Environments Starts With Data Advanced technologies can be used to secure OT and make it easier for IT teams to protect systems and networks. Artificial intelligence can help engineers identify network anomalies and analyze data for greater visibility. “AI And that is all about the underlying data,” Edwards said.

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GovLoop

JUNE 26, 2024

Research shows, said Redding, that we can use AI as a data pre-processor to “chew on the ciphertext” and vastly reduce how much data a quantum computer must analyze. They should inventory their network systems, establish security priorities and work with vendors on a quantum-security transition plan. a rip-and-replace.”

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Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 10, 2023

Agencies that require an extension beyond May 31, 2024 must sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GSA, provide GSA with details supporting further contract extensions, and start comprehensive quarterly executive transition updates with GSA. architectures Achieved lower overall cost Increased cyber resilience.

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Great Government Through Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The problem Here’s the catch: quantum computers could also break many of the encryption algorithms we currently rely on to protect sensitive data. Importantly, OMB said agencies should prepare to protect their data from quantum computers trying to break their encryption. It’s mind-boggling!

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

But I think, if you think about the timing when we did the survey in January, appropriations for 2024 were not done yet. Kevin Plexico Yeah, I think overall there’s a favorable outlook on the market that we saw in the survey results. A little bit lower optimism compared to last year, but not by much.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JANUARY 5, 2024

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 , signed into law on December 22, 2023, makes numerous changes to acquisition policy. The FY 2024 NDAA also includes the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act, the American Security Drone Act, and the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2024.

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FedInsider

JUNE 19, 2024

At the Vision 2024 in-person event in Tallahassee, thought leaders from state, local and federal government agencies joined members from the tech industry on a series of FedInsider panels to discuss how digital transformation can improve customer experiences and strengthen cybersecurity. “We Florida, already the third largest U.S.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

that was finalized in February 2024. The Coalition’s 2024 Spring Training Conference – What is Fair and Reasonable, Part 2: Let’s Continue the Dialogue! It’s Not Too Late to Secure Your Sponsorship of the 2024 Spring Training Conference Time still remains to secure your company’s Spring Training Conference sponsorship!

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FedScoop

MAY 16, 2024

State recently announced a chatbot for internal uses and revised its public AI use case inventory to remove nine items from the agency website. million allocation to assist the Federal Student Aid office on a new StudentAid.gov feature called “My Activity” to centralize documents and data to track activities and status updates.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Currently, CIO-SP3 is set to expire on April 29, 2024. Register for a Webinar Series on “How to Do Business with DHS” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a series of webinars on “How to Do Business with DHS” throughout 2024. The accompanying request for comments has a deadline of April 29, 2024. IaaS products.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-24-10 , Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (Memo), updating and implementing OMB’s November 2023 proposed memorandum of the same name.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This has further incentivized a swift conclusion to the FY 2024 funding debate. The General Services Administration (GSA) has  announced  plans to expand Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) for GSA Schedule contractors in Q3 of 2024 as a pilot (which may later become mandatory). GSA Schedule Contractors- Take our TDR Survey!

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

Therefore, looking at the above data, February 2023 marked at least 23 (possibly 24) months of above-target inflation, which, at least when measured with headline inflation, started in March-April 2021. Finally, the data shows that the inflation picture is currently improving, but significant inflation is still occurring. households.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There is a commonality of risks (eg discrimination, data governance risks) that would be better managed if there was a joined up approach. Section 10.1(b) Section 10.1(b) Section 10.1(b) This is thus an area where the guidance may require further development.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

When federal officials gathered at the Chief Data Officers Council symposium Thursday, it didn’t draw protesters outside the building with signs calling for more data and evidence in government. Unlike other challenges, such as conservation issues, data and statistics don’t have large bases that can be activated to speak up.

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Oxford College of Procurement and Supply

MARCH 24, 2025

The global trade landscape has once again been shaken by the Trump administrations announcement of new US tariffs (Bloomberg, 2024). billion (ONS, 2024). Example: A UK electronics company that imports semiconductor components from the US could face a 10-25% increase in costs (Financial Times, 2024). of total UK imports.

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AWS Public Sector

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

After working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner SoftwareONE to migrate its crisis hotline to Amazon Connect in the AWS Cloud, United Way now boasts enhanced call routing, data collection, and supervisory tools. That also means the service is an intermediary to many other organizations, all of which have their own data and processes.

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The two discuss issues, like data-driven decision-making; the speed of innovation; IT modernization; and increased use of contracting flexibilities. Day Two – Healthcare Focus The healthcare day will begin with keynote remarks from VA Chief Acquisition Officer Michael Parish on “Modernizing the VA Supply Chain in 2024 and Beyond.”

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

DECEMBER 19, 2024

New TDR Data Validations to Begin in January The General Services Administration (GSA) reports that new data validations for Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) will begin in January 2025. GSA will begin cross-checking transactional data uploaded in some Sales Reporting Portal template fields against companies awarded catalog.

Inventory 52

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FedScoop

APRIL 9, 2024

The Department of State recently removed several items from its public artificial intelligence use case inventory, including a behavioral analytics system and tools to collect and analyze media clips. OMB has previously stated that agencies “are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of their inventories.”

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FedScoop

MARCH 26, 2025

Newly installed Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia has called for agency CIOs to inventory licenses with the five software vendors that earn the most from the federal contracts by April 2 as part of a larger software accounting initiative. Then, by April 30, he has called for a “full inventory of all software licenses and associated contracts.”

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FedInsider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Mark Canter, CISO at US GAO, highlights the widespread lack of understanding about where data is used, emphasizing the importance of good data management practices. currency and how information technology (IT) supports it, as well as a strong customer-centric approach to information technology and data analytics.

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FedScoop

JULY 22, 2024

billion for fiscal year 2024 out of the Department of Homeland Security’s total base discretionary funding, a $265 million increase from FY2023. That topline figure includes $244 million specifically for candidate and convention protection in the 2024 presidential campaign and other special national security events.

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FedScoop

MARCH 29, 2024

Among the requirements, agencies must now vet their AI uses for risks, expand what they share in their annual AI use case inventories, and select a chief AI officer. Sharing code, data : The final memo adds an entirely new section requiring agencies to share custom-developed AI code model information on an ongoing basis.

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FedScoop

APRIL 22, 2024

An expansion of the process for agencies’ AI use case inventories outlined in the Office of Management and Budget’s recent memo will benefit from “clearer directions and more maturity of collecting data,” Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer Drew Myklegard said. We’re not going to get it right the first time.”

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Burrell — a recent winner of a 2024 FedScoop 50 Federal Leadership award — has been CIO of NARA since August 2022, and for several years before that served as the agency’s deputy CIO. She has also held federal IT roles with NASA and the Social Security Administration. .

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FedScoop

AUGUST 2, 2024

As written, the amendment to the Future of Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2024 ( S. Cruz’s amendment and comments during Wednesday’s markup come as the Republican National Committee’s 2024 platform aims to rescind President Joe Biden’s executive order on the technology, saying it “hinders AI innovation.”

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services was among the first federal agencies to release its 2024 AI use case inventory Monday, reporting a roughly 66% increase in uses from the previous year. The inventory comes as agencies across the federal government are expected to release new and expanded lists of AI use cases for 2024.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Kratsios, whose nomination will need to be confirmed by the Senate, is currently the managing director of Scale AI , a technology company and defense contractor focused on providing training data for AI models. Before that, he was acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering at the Department of Defense.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The 2024 Republican party platform included plans to rescind Biden’s executive order on AI ( EO 14110 ) calling it “dangerous” and saying that it “hinders AI Innovation, and imposes Radical Leftwing ideas on the” technology’s development. As a pilot project , however, it needs more support to continue.

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