GovCon Expert Amy Hilbert on FOIA Challenges, Striking a Balance Between Transparency & Security
GovCon Wire
JULY 12, 2024
The importance of cybersecurity and the consequences of a data breach are widely understood. What about
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GovCon Wire
JULY 12, 2024
The importance of cybersecurity and the consequences of a data breach are widely understood. What about
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 25, 2024
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FedScoop
AUGUST 19, 2024
Collecting data from inside a hurricane can feel like sticking toothpicks in a donut. Each of those devices is dropped from one of the agency’s “Hurricane Hunter” aircrafts, falling through the storm like a toothpick piercing a donut and collecting data about temperature, air pressure, humidity, and wind speed on its downward path.
FedScoop
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
What has gone less noticed, however, is the emergence of a new generation of scalable, high-performance microprocessors featuring built-in accelerators to improve memory, data streaming, balance database and security. Data Streaming – capable of speeding up data movement across memory caches, storage and network devices.
Kluwer Arbitration
DECEMBER 10, 2023
In our data-centric economy, disputes related to the safeguarding, access and use of data are on the rise. These disputes implicate personal data protection and privacy rights, which must be addressed with a nuanced understanding of both privacy laws and their intersection with dispute resolution.
Inter-American Development Bank
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). of GDP, according to FISLAC calculations.
Extract Systems
AUGUST 1, 2023
Striking a balance between transparency and protecting sensitive information is a challenging task for government entities. It's important to note that redaction was only applied to selected document types on a day-forward basis, leaving previously submitted records untouched.
AWS Public Sector
MARCH 15, 2024
But it’s important not to confuse ease of use with effortless deployment. Business considerations: Appoint a cross-functional team A cross-functional team will be best able to balance AI skills with knowledge of the target business process(es) and considerations around the source data and what happens to it.
AWS Public Sector
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
This is a guest post by Suzanne Wait with the Health Policy Partnership and Dipak Kalra, from the European Institute for Innovation in Health Data The health sector holds approximately one third of the world’s total volume of data. One such example is the development of cloud-enabled electronic health records (EHRs).
AWS Public Sector
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Across all aspects of healthcare, from diagnostics and imaging to genomics and personalized healthcare, the demands for healthcare data availability, storage, compute, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly accelerating. Use a risk-based classification framework with granular examples and guidance.
FedScoop
APRIL 1, 2024
Speaking during an Advanced Technology Academic Research Center event last week on intelligent data and cyber resilience, federal IT leaders delivered a clear message to the cyber workforce: “Automation will not replace humans,” said Amy Hamilton, senior cybersecurity adviser for policy and programs at the Department of Energy. “It
AWS Public Sector
AUGUST 13, 2024
IRCC embarked on a transformative project that redefined its data processing capabilities and showcased the power of cloud computing in overcoming substantial data challenges. The disparity in data formats between these sets necessitated a comprehensive approach to data standardization, ensuring seamless processing.
American City & Country
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.”
FedScoop
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Marine Corps service data officer and deputy Department of the Navy chief data officer, emphasizes the dual use of AI for decision support and battlefield applications. “We In addition, Soper shares how the IRS is balancing between on-premises and cloud solutions to manage data security and costs effectively.
FedScoop
APRIL 26, 2024
More than 140,000 taxpayers across 12 states used the IRS’s Direct File system this filing season, claiming more than $90 million in refunds and reporting $35 million in balances due, the tax agency said Friday. The future of the program, however, hasn’t yet been determined.
AWS Public Sector
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
To modernize their healthcare infrastructure and improve data security, Bavarian hospital Fachklinikum Mainschleife , in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Kite Consult and consulting firm Oberender AG , undertook a massive initiative: the migration of their entire IT infrastructure to AWS.
AWS Public Sector
JANUARY 31, 2024
AI and ML empower transportation agencies to extract valuable insights from their raw data collected using IoT devices like sensors and cameras, enhancing the quality of services. However, these organizations encounter challenges in data accuracy validation due to issues related to data quality and occasional missing information.
Federal News Network
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Just some checks and balances, so we’re doing this in a collaborative manner, we’re taking a risk management approach to cybersecurity, both for the government and for the contractor,” Schneider said. And one of the rules does go in to say, ‘if it is on a system that performs government work, that is government related data.’
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 3, 2023
In this blog post, we cover public sector use cases that are driving the adoption of serverless and containers, such as generative AI, data analytics, document processing, and more. If you have a requirement to retain data within a designated Region or data center, you can use Amazon EKS Anywhere on premises.
Open Contracting Partnership
MARCH 8, 2024
We focused on the plan, the data, and the purpose of what we want to achieve. Open data solutions such as CREDERE can help these businesses access the financial services they need in order to confidently bid on and deliver government contracts. It’s not just an administrative process.
FedInsider
OCTOBER 10, 2023
During his time with the International Trade Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary, he also learned how to balance priorities and execute complex tasks with multiple stakeholders inside the Federal Government. It is only then you can focus on – Doing the right thing, the right way, getting them done well and getting the benefits.
Inter-American Development Bank
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
TAs must further capitalize on data and automation to improve their services and processes. High-quality data can pave the way for gaining better insights and facilitate the TA’s job of ensuring that companies pay what they owe. CACAO stands for Accounting and Organizational Data Storage and Consultation System.
AWS Public Sector
JANUARY 2, 2024
The image API allows researchers to zoom in and conduct a deep analysis of digitized resources while saving bandwidth by only downloading the needed data. per day on Serverless-IIIF requests—a massive saving considering the minimum spend on a load-balanced IIIF server is about $4 or more a day. Klein says NUL spends about $0.66
GovLoop
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Treva Smith (Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence College, United States Department of Defense) and Taka Ariga (Chief Data Scientist and Director, GAO Innovation Lab) were on hand during the December 18 Community of Practice session to offer insight on the best practices for addressing behaviors early and effectively. .
Federal News Network
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Despite the increasing growth, misconceptions around OTAs still linger, said Bonnie Evangelista, the DoD’s chief data and AI officer’s acting deputy for acquisition directorate, at the Advantage DoD 2024 symposium Tuesday. That can actually be true if you have a good team, a balanced team supporting you,” Evangelista said.
Federal News Network
JANUARY 2, 2024
Acquisition is the primary way where the government gets access to the products and services that it needs to deliver on the mission, and it’s data driven process. 100% of acquisition, the heart of the smart modern acquisition is data. And we’ve done significant work over the last few years to get our data position strong.
GovLoop
JANUARY 19, 2023
Data is essential to every step of this process, from recruiting and hiring new employees to developing their skills and retaining them over the long haul. That was the focus of a recent GovLoop virtual event, “ Data-Driven Methods to Hire and Upskill Your Workforce. Work-life balance is so important to millennials,” he said.
AWS Public Sector
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Once the new domains were determined, both the Gogo and Intelsat Commercial Aviation domains were used simultaneously to access the applications through the Classic Load Balancer. A key aspect of simplifying the certificates using a SAN certificate is that it provided a solution for integrating with the Classic Load Balancer.
AWS Public Sector
OCTOBER 3, 2023
We assume that you’re familiar with the VMware Cloud Software Defined Data Center ( SDDC) deployment and best practices , the VMware Cloud on AWS networking architecture , and LZA deployment. In this blog post, explore the technical considerations related to integrating your LZA landing zone with your VMware Cloud on the AWS environment.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 9, 2024
Introduction Government agencies are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to extract valuable insights from their data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US) Regions. It is important to note that you can quantize the model. It is recommended to have about 1.5x
Extract Systems
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
In an era dominated by technology, it's important that government offices keep up with the times to better serve their constituents. In this blog post we will cover the importance of these initiatives and how automated redaction software plays a pivotal role in ensuring the security and efficiency of these projects.
Open Contracting Partnership
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Can everything be green?
AWS Public Sector
JULY 15, 2024
AWS Ground Station balances between providing a ready-made solution and tailoring the service to meet the unique needs of each customer. However, this solution is not applicable during the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) or orbital maneuvers when ephemeris data is not yet accessible from North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
AWS Public Sector
MARCH 21, 2024
Levy highlighted how AWS is helping customers use generative AI in a responsible and flexible way, providing more options to enable digital sovereignty through the upcoming AWS European Sovereign Cloud , and showing dedication to data protection and privacy, sustainability, and social impact.
Open Contracting Partnership
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
We are also very pleased that we achieved one of the closest gender balances in survey responses last year, closing the gap between Men and Women from a 22% differential in 2022, to an 11% differential in 2023. These will be important points to double down on in our new strategy.
AWS Public Sector
AUGUST 21, 2024
Often, serverless technology plays an important role in running a cost-efficient environment with the agility to scale in response to changes in demand. Respecting and maintaining the privacy of their beneficiaries is very important. For details on encryption options for Amazon S3, please visit the data encryption page.
AWS Public Sector
MAY 29, 2024
With the primary focus on citizen impact workloads, resiliency of applications is of paramount importance for any public-serving organization. RPO refers to how much data loss your application can tolerate. Another way to think about RPO is how old the data can be when this application is recovered.
Kluwer Arbitration
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The panelists agreed that diversity is important and that raising awareness among parties could help enhance its consideration. The discussion also addressed the potential tension between diversity and qualification, debating how to balance the two.
ivalua
JUNE 11, 2023
Balance sheet assets greater than €20 million More than 250 employees Even though the UK is not part of the EU, CSRD will impact some UK-incorporated companies. By utilizing reliable data to generate emission baselines and collaborating with suppliers, the EIC is committed to creating a sustainable supply chain.
GovLoop
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Government relies on data to make difficult decisions, and one data point is of significant concern to cybersecurity experts, said Vincent Lomba at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise: Since the beginning of this year, the number of cyber vulnerabilities has doubled. They need to balance cost and protection. Get the guide. Favorite.
Tracker Intelligence
DECEMBER 8, 2024
As these systems begin to play a more important role, the government needs to uncover the risks associated with using artificial intelligence in procurement, and what steps need to be taken to manage these risks effectively. Limiting the use of sensitive data to be used for training AI models. What is PPN 02/24?
ivalua
DECEMBER 5, 2019
As a result, the role of the supplier has grown in importance – for example, much of the innovation in the aerospace market comes from suppliers rather than traditional aerospace firms. This is shifting the balance of power in the business-supplier relationship, with the most innovative suppliers able to pick and choose who they work with.
How to Crack a Nut
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The clauses include a few substantive requirements implicit in the allocation of the respective obligations (eg on data or third party licences) but mostly refer to detailed schedules of which there is no default proposal, or to industry standards (and thus have this limitation in common with eg the EU’s model AI clauses).
Kluwer Arbitration
MARCH 20, 2025
The article considers the consequences of this network of rules and argues for a balanced approach to confidentiality which allows for exceptions where necessary in the interest of justice. Such an approach would align the Australian position with international standards.
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