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FBI’s AI efforts face funding and workforce barriers, OIG finds

FedScoop

Bureau personnel told the OIG that the lack of a research and development budget makes procurement especially challenging, given that staffers are largely unable to test unproven AI tools that could aid missions. Intelligence Community agencies do have R&D budgets, while the bureau has had to rely on one-off requests to ODNI.

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Cleveland’s new strategic plan focuses on making city government work better

American City & Country

The mayor’s purpose that day was to introduce his new 10-year operational strategic plan to an audience of some 500 employees—a plan intended to modernize the way government works, make services more accessible, empower the city workforce and improve the city’s financial outlook.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

At its core, it advocates for the implementation of regulatory reforms, digital transformation, and strategic planning to create a procurement system that responds effectively to complex societal needs. Leverage strategic planning and adaptive governance to manage uncertainty in procurement spending.

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White House, VA launch new website to protect veterans from fraud

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VSAFE combines resources from across the federal government — including the Department of Education, the Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Management and Budget and others — to ensure there is no “wrong door” for veterans and service members to access tools and information to fight scam attempts.

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Scale Up Your Agency’s Success

GovLoop

In order to manage those fluctuating costs, agencies need a way to set a consistent budget for their IT team, while still meeting their organization’s needs for data storage. Strategic planning: Agencies can struggle to keep IT current, especially with recent supply chain issues.

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Tax watchdog says IRS hasn’t completed key IPv6 modernization requirements

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Office of Management and Budget guidance released in 2020 called on federal agencies to migrate to IPv6 across all information systems and services. The next month, the IRS added a document to track asset transitions to IPv6, though that plan “was not approved by the Chief Technology Officer as required.”

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Creating Trust and Inclusion at Your Agency: NextGen Speakers Explain How

GovLoop

The Office of Personnel Management charged federal agencies to develop and implement diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) plans. At AmeriCorps, that meant embedding DEIA in human resources and strategic plans and engaging with all stakeholders. “We