FedScoop

JUNE 10, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs has work to do in assessing its software licenses, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that included four other new priority recommendations to the VA.

Inventory 97

Inventory Purchasing Electronics Change Management 97

GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Take Inventory. This concept of inventory has existed for decades from an IT perspective,” said Lester Godsey, Chief Information Security Officer for Maricopa County, Ariz. But the definition of what an asset is needs to expand to include: Data Cloud providers The companies cloud providers depend on. “How Godsey said.

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Data Inventory Education Engineering 52

FedScoop

AUGUST 20, 2024

In a report made public Monday , the Government Accountability Office outlined 37 total priority recommendations to improve how the Office of Management and Budget encourages adequate technology-related practices across the federal landscape. Fortunately, the [Chief Data Officer] Council does exist right now,” Sager said. “So

Electronics 108

Electronics Inventory Data Transparency 108

FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

Five years into its existence, the federal organization charged with helping agencies establish best practices for the use, protection and dissemination of data is a year away from sunsetting and still waiting on the release of White House guidance critical to its advisory mission. 28, 2023, but the senator never received a response. “At

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IT Data Transparency Inventory 87

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In fact, OMB is expected to release an updated governmentwide inventory of AI uses cases on or around Dec. The 2023 inventory showed there were more than 700 AI use cases, but the expectation is that number could easily double or triple given the excitement around generative AI and expanded use of predictive AI.

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FedScoop

APRIL 25, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security is by most accounts the largest federal civilian agency, the largest federal law enforcement agency, and the federal agency with [the] most daily interactions with the public,” said Boyce in a LinkedIn post Thursday. DHS CIO Eric Hysen currently serves as the agency’s chief AI officer.

IT 112

IT Inventory Budget Engineering 112

FedScoop

OCTOBER 5, 2023

laboratory did not classify high-risk or sensitive property, including its information technology equipment, leaving it vulnerable to “loss, theft, or misuse of technologies, technical data, and information. Unauthorized access could lead to loss, theft or misuse of technologies, technical data and information.” the report states.

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Export Inventory Transportation Transportation 83

FedScoop

JANUARY 29, 2024

Federal agencies are missing out on cost savings and making too many duplicative purchases when it comes to IT and cyber-related investments, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. Without better data, agencies also don’t know whether they have the right number of licenses for their needs,” the report continued.

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Purchasing Inventory Accountability Budget 94

AWS Public Sector

APRIL 15, 2024

These processes rely heavily on domain-specific data ingestion and processing for batch and continuous data sources. PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders. Lambda functions are at the core of the computational workload.

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Risk Management Management End to End Data 122

GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

A Government Accountability Office report issued in June 2021 noted that most of the federal government’s $100 billion fiscal year spending on IT went to maintaining and operating existing technology, including old, unsupported systems with known vulnerabilities. The data plane is a collection of such proxies.

Networking 98

Networking Inventory Data Distribution 98

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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Accountability Management Evaluation Inventory 81

FedScoop

APRIL 30, 2024

Those reports would be included in each agency’s AI use case inventory, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidance finalized in March. Because there’s just so many layers to state and local and federal government and how they share their data.

Inventory 59

Inventory Quality Budget Data 59

FedScoop

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget is getting close to finalizing long-awaited data guidance required by a 2019 law that mandates the machine-readability of federal information, two White House officials with direct knowledge of that work confirmed to FedScoop. or DCAT-US 3.0. The significance of the 3.0

Data 93

Data Inventory Budget Transparency 93

FedScoop

MARCH 13, 2024

In 2014, a NASA OIG report found the agency did not, at the time, have an accurate inventory of mobile devices, including tablets. A Government Accountability Office review published in 2018 found major issues with NASA’s cybersecurity operations, too. There have been other cybersecurity issues at NASA beyond lost devices.

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Inventory Accountability Media Management 87

GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

31, 2023, the state’s Department of Administrative Services will conduct an annual inventory of all AI-based systems used by state entities, and each year the department must confirm that none of those systems leads to unfair discrimination or disparate impacts. A new Connecticut law , in particular, zeros in on agency AI dependence.

Inventory 52

Inventory Ethics Transparency Data 52

ivalua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

My journey in Accounts Payable started back in 1998, when I worked on my first Accounts Payable automation solution combining scanning, OCR and workflow. The perfect vision was that by merging e-Invoicing with a hammer called ‘No-PO No Pay’ the earth would move under Accounts Payable. or Accounting systems (e.g.

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E-procurement Supplier Buyers Supply Chain 94

Federal News Network

OCTOBER 4, 2023

“Recognizing that initial reports may not contain complete information, even incomplete early reports provide the government an important opportunity to limit the extent of damage to its systems and data,” the proposal states. DeRusha emphasized how the eight-hour reports won’t necessarily contain “full information” about a cyber incident.

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Inventory Import Government Government 96

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.

Collaboration 98

Collaboration Inventory Networking Data 98

AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Forecasting satellite usage has been traditionally challenging due to issues like demand spikes, impact of weather on link conditions, and a lack of data science expertise to build machine learning (ML) models to predict bandwidth needs. A Jupyter notebook automates the data import, predictor, and forecast generation steps.

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Capacity Demand Distribution Data 81

GovLoop

OCTOBER 4, 2023

During the past three years, Kinnard has developed an AI use case inventory, highlighting 18 ways AI is used in the department. Her team also manages AI platforms, monitoring who uses them and what data flows through them. Models must be trained to make decisions and in what data means in context. Is My AI a Good Person?

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Inventory Ethics Data Transparency 52

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. Mr. Jones is a Solution Architect and Account / Project Lead by background and has a demonstrated portfolio of delivering value to his Clients. 5G is also a security enabler.

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Innovation Warehouse Supply Chain Networking 103

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Guest speakers included: Marsha Petersen, Chief of the Pharmacy Support Branch at the Defense Health Agency Aaron Middlekauff, DoD VP of Government Accounts for Cencora (formerly Amerisource Bergen) Jay Peloquin, Senior Director of Clinical Services at Express Scripts To view a recording of the event, click here. cloud computing sector.

Inventory 52

Inventory Price Contract Supply Chain 52

Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

2] The Government must perform cost analysis analysis when cost or pricing data are required and may perform cost analysis to evaluate information other than cost or pricing data when it is not possible to determine a fair and reasonable price through price analysis alone. [3] Allocability. Terms of the contract.

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Price Government Contracts Government Government 52

ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To summarize, tail spend is commonly labeled as the money a company spends on purchases that accounts for roughly 80% of total transactions, making up about 20% of the company’s spend by volume. How to analyze your Tail Spend: Understanding spend data. Poorly utilized preferred suppliers with negotiated pricing.

Buyers 52

Buyers Supplier Purchasing Procurement Team 52

Great Government Through Technology

AUGUST 10, 2023

His team developed a system to use disconnect data to identify the most significant transition risks and make the appropriate executive engagements with agencies. Know your existing inventory and requirements It is foundational that a transition is properly scoped in regards to physical locations and required telecom services.

Telecommunication 52

Telecommunication Inventory Accountability Project Management 52

AWS Public Sector

JULY 31, 2024

This is often attributed to configuration management, total asset inventory, compliance with agency third-party security tools, and agency authorization documentation. Additionally, customers can utilize AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store to utilize a parameter stored in your AWS account that references and AMI ID.

Utilities 78

Utilities Networking Demand Management 78

AWS Public Sector

JANUARY 18, 2024

Prepare with AWS Audit Manager AWS Audit Manager provides prebuilt frameworks that are mapped to the Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) Critical Security Controls , the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and NIST standards (among others) to assist with audit preparation.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Do they invest in automation and technology to enhance data-sharing between channels for a seamless omnichannel journey? Historically, Procurement for retail has been largely centralized: Stores request and receive inventory from corporate as needed. Decentralize Procurement. Attack GNFR Spend.

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Retail Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 52

FedInsider

JUNE 19, 2024

for state government, local government, and educational (SLED) accounts. Craig Knight, solutions engineer at Okta, referred to the FLDS as a sort of consultation group for the state’s local and county governments — advising on proper cybersecurity hygiene and solutions, and ensuring that citizen data remains secure.

Engineering 52

Engineering Consulting Networking Data 52

Naomi Clews Consultancy

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If I didn't, I could be left with additional inventory, nobody wanted to buy. ​​​ My job at HMV required me to benchmark data sets and other reference material to discover patterns, commonality or discrepancies to manually forecast future demand and factor in risk when calculating order quantities. .

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain IT Warehouse Demand 52

Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

So for contractors, I think it becomes a challenge of making sure they understand the inventory of the customers that they’re working with and how the economic and funding environment is affecting those particular agencies so they can operate smarter, be more strategic about where they’re competing.

Government 125

Government Government Supply Chain Manufacturing 125

The Coalition for Government Procurement

APRIL 11, 2024

Currently, these use cases are not listed on the VA’s public inventory, which the department is required to update annually. The VA’s current AI guidance states that “web-based, publicly available generative AI service has been approved for use with VA sensitive data.” Court of Claims) on key personnel requirements.

E-procurement 98

E-procurement Procurement Procurement Contracts Supply Chain 98

ivalua

JUNE 10, 2020

From inventory management to customer shipping, leave nothing to chance when it comes to supply chain risks. Necessary data isn’t always readily available to inform decisions, especially when it comes to factors such as supplier compliance, integrity, reliability, and production capacity. Building strong payment protocols.

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Risk Management Supplier Supply Chain Management 59

Inside Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This EO established a common nomenclature for marking controlled unclassified information (“CUI”) and allowed for standardized guidance on safeguarding such data. CMMC has faced a long and tortuous path that started with Executive Order (EO) 13,556 “Controlled Unclassified Information” in November 2010. In November 2021, DoD announced CMMC 2.0,

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Inventory Data Government Government 130

The Coalition for Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

President Issues Executive Order to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data On February 28, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on Protecting American’s Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries. SAM currently requires contractors with over $7.5

Price 52

Price Data Contract Accountability 52

FedScoop

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security didn’t properly certify whether the artificial intelligence use cases for cybersecurity listed in its AI inventory were actual examples of the technology, according to a new Government Accountability Office report , calling into question the veracity of the agency’s full catalog.

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Inventory Accountability Ethics Participation 118

Government Contracts Legal Forum

APRIL 11, 2024

Agencies must also submit a compliance plan and AI use case inventory. They will also be required to release all data used to develop and test their AI products. Advancing Responsible AI Innovation The Memo encourages responsible advancement of AI innovation within federal agencies. race, age, sex, etc.);

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