GovCon Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

Brittany Morgan, a technical architect at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said artificial intelligence could help government agencies ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of modern data centers. “AI

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Combining data lakes and meshes will enable government agencies to align their data assets more efficiently in compliance with the executive order on artificial intelligence, said Dave Vennergrund, vice president of AI and data insights at General Dynamics Information Technology.

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GovSpend

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

On October 17th, Paige Mockler and Kathryn Sanders hosted a webinar highlighting exciting product and data enhancements and upcoming releases to the GovSpend platform. This tool allows users to visualize the vast data sets available on the platform, narrowing them down to the state level. million contacts. million contacts.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

Most experts agree that the long-term potential of artificial intelligence (AI) depends on building a solid foundation of reliable, readily available, high-quality data. One area where data quality and readiness play a particularly crucial role for federal, state, and local government agencies is identity management.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

As six out of 10 government finance teams still rely on manual reconciliation , the survey findings echo this, in which 46.1% of respondents characterized their payment collection systems as very efficient, with a concerning 51% describing their systems as either inefficient or “neutral.” Despite this reliance, only 19.6%

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Because of the urgent need for decarbonization and reducing climate change, local government fleet managers are facing several major trends. Many local governments across the country have set ambitious climate targets, recognizing the substantial contribution of their vehicle fleets to their overall carbon footprint.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 16, 2024

EVe’s transformation journey Since its inception, EVe recognized the pivotal role of data and has become a data-driven organization. The initial step involved calling up a comprehensive tender to establish a secure, scalable, and flexible data platform. NTT Data e-Mobility data platform.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The federal government is continuing to invest in generative AI technology produced by OpenAI, with a handful of agencies recently inking deals to use the enterprise version of the firm’s ChatGPT platform. government. As laid out in the recent National Security Memorandum, government adoption of AI is essential to maintaining U.S.

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FedInsider

JULY 12, 2024

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE As agencies face unprecedented data volumes and velocity, managing the speed and size of the data flow efficiently becomes a significant challenge , especially with the growing use of AI-based analytics.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s world of siloed and scattered data, agencies often have an incomplete picture of their constituents. But adopting an integrated, digital data platform can vastly improve how agencies do business and interact with the public. But agencies that look more deeply can greatly impact lives.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The firm offers solutions for cities , other governments and corrections. Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

By Torplus Yomnak, Co-Founder of HAND Social Enterprise and the Director of the Knowledge Hub for Regional Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Collaboration (KRAC) In May 2021, amid the pandemic lockdowns, a villager in Thailand took a stroll on the outskirts of their town, making an unexpected discovery that would stir the local community.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking expertise from the public regarding the implementation of a framework for artificial intelligence governance and mitigating the technology’s risks. The post VA seeks information on AI governance and framework appeared first on FedScoop.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 2, 2024

Data sovereignty refers to a concept where individuals, organizations, or governments have control over their own data and infrastructure, ensuring independence, privacy, and security. This post walks through how data sovereignty can be achieved leveraging edge AI with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Public procurement—the process where public authorities like government departments or local councils purchase goods or services from companies—is a vital economic driver in Europe, accounting for more than 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Successful adoption of generative AI, especially within the public sector, requires organizations to enable systematic experimentation and exploration, with their own data, for their workforce and constituents. Strict data governance protocols are typically required. Enter the Generative AI Sandbox on Amazon Web Services.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

As soon as agencies started thinking in terms of enterprise-level data initiatives, their existing data solutions became legacy systems. The problem is the necessary data is scattered across the organization and stored in siloed systems both on premises and in the cloud or, more likely, in a multi-cloud environment.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nearly two years after launching its bureau chief data officer program, the Department of State is seeing success and aiming to almost quadruple the size of its current cohort, Farakh Khan, director of communications, culture and training at the agency’s Center for Analytics, told FedScoop in a recent interview.

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Data can improve traffic congestion, enhance delivery of critical government services, and save millions of dollars, according to a recent study by Forrester Consulting. The study examines the return-on-investment public sector organizations may realize from data integration initiatives.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 22, 2022

The returns from investing in data literacy are bountiful. A Forrester report in 2022 found that data training improves retention and employee happiness, and significantly enhances innovation, customer experience, decision-making and more. However, it isn’t only these organizational efficiencies that make data literacy worthwhile.

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GovLoop

JUNE 13, 2023

Any agency undertaking an enterprise-level data initiative is likely to experience some serious growing pains. The problem is the necessary data is scattered across the organization and stored in siloed systems both on premises and in the cloud or, more likely, in a multi-cloud environment. One problem is scale.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

By migrating to the cloud, customers are able to move away from having to buy, own, and maintain physical data centers and servers. They are also an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner with competencies in government, DevOps, and migration.

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AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As public health resources shift away from the pandemic response, jurisdictions now seek ways to modernize their public health infrastructure to avoid previous challenges such as data fragmentation, incompleteness of health data, and lack of interoperability.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A bipartisan bill that aims to enhance the Congressional Research Service’s access to executive branch data was passed by the House of Representatives Monday via voice vote as lawmakers seek to assist their support agencies. The Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act ( H.R. CRS is a case-in-point,” Rep.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 18, 2024

While ASPPH provides many services, members consistently rank the curated data resources published on the Data Center Portal (DCP) as a top benefit. ASPPH’s technical team has built custom web applications that capture and store data in a relational database. The production server stored raw data from multiple sources.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 3, 2024

It should be simple to build digital platforms that offer people reliable, clear ways to access government services such as healthcare, business registration, and welfare payments. The Efficiency of Open Procurement report, commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS) , concludes: “Closed and opaque approaches to procurement are flawed.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The data challenge and opportunities Whether it’s a new innovative medicine which follows a journey from lab to patient or a generic or medical product which goes from a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility to a patient, ensuring faster discovery, delivery, and availability of medicines is both critical and challenging.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The federal government has a complex hiring process, governed by a host of regulations and policies.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A commitment in Mongolia’s Open Government Partnership action plan proposes engaging with civil society on public procurement. Enter Data Club This is where our work at the Mongolian Data Club comes in. Connecting the data in our own database and making it available in an “umbrella” platform is critical.

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GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

Discussions about the value of an enterprise approach to data governance often miss an important point: The difference it actually makes to anyone outside the IT department or the chief data officer’s (CDO) team. I thought about that while listening to a recent GovLoop virtual event on data virtualization.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2024

Governments encourage public sector organizations, businesses, and citizens to embrace digital technologies and practices through a range of incentives. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) government transformation advisor, I’ve observed best practices that deliver success, and in this post, I summarize them.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. In OECD member countries, public procurement represents 29% of government expenditure. Paola Diegues is a self-proclaimed public procurement enthusiast.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) describes the foundational digital capabilities nations provide to facilitate efficient and secure interactions within society, such as proving identity, paying for goods and services, proving an entitlement, or sharing data.

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Select GCR

MAY 7, 2024

Trying to figure out how to get a government contract? Key Takeaways The federal government provides a plethora of government contractor opportunities, organized by NAICS codes, requiring awareness of various types of contracts and agency-specific needs such as cybersecurity readiness for the Department of Defense.

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GovSpend

APRIL 29, 2024

Delving into data is a passion of mine. Whether analyzing financials, customer KPIs, marketing data, or federal spending data, I rely on data for not just monitoring the performance of our business and our government, but for making informed decisions with real-time information.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 19, 2023

From automating mundane tasks and increasing productivity to quickly and efficiently processing large amounts of data that was once locked in data silos, the possibilities are becoming realities. We saw these advances in government enabled by one particular technology: cloud. Take for instance the U.S.

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