FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The General Services Administration is not fully compliant with a key piece of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act that governs processes related to geospatial data, a new watchdog report found. Notwithstanding these corrective actions, we identified deficiencies in GSA’s compliance with the” Geospatial Data Act.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 10, 2024

In this post, we discuss how Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help you successfully set up an Amazon DataZone domain, aggregate data from multiple sources into a single centralized environment, and perform analytics on that data. Amazon DataZone enables you to distribute the ownership of data, creating a data mesh.

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GovLoop

MAY 8, 2023

Throughout the day, each of us makes decisions based on available data. Think about all the precise, real-time data the U.S. The challenging thing about data [is] it grows exponentially,” said Scott Woestman Vice President of Sales, U.S. “The Public Sector, with Alation, a data intelligence firm.

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FedScoop

JULY 5, 2024

Now armed with a robust artificial intelligence use case inventory and a splashy new data-tracking tool , SSA’s technology leaders feel especially bullish about where they stand in their digital journey. For a “data rich” agency like SSA, Brown said it made sense to O’Malley to give website users the ability to “see that granular data.”

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s release of encryption standards to protect against future attacks from quantum computers set in motion new work for government and industry to implement those algorithms. The process of inventorying is part of that work. Stupak said the inventory last year was the first in the world.

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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.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Identity is key to securing government systems. During a recent GovLoop online training titled “ Building an Identity-centric Security Foundation ,” three government and industry experts discussed challenges around identity and described important first steps for agencies looking to elevate their approach to identity.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

Government contractors on the whole are optimistic about future business. They expect more growth as the government adopts artificial intelligence. Generally, the government contracting markets have been relatively insulated from the economic conditions. And the government spending itself never actually goes down.

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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.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Department of State is looking into off-the-shelf large language models that could be customized for its use cases and be used with an array of government data, according to a recent disclosure from the agency.

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FedScoop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The results indicate that despite the government’s longstanding commitment to improving citizens’ experiences online , there’s still progress to be made. The point of the project, Fretwell told FedScoop, was to show how well the government was performing on certain important aspects of web page operations. Because it’s so varied.”

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FedInsider

JUNE 24, 2024

CPE As all levels of government seek ways to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence ( AI ) and mitigate its potential risks, the need for an overall national strategy to foster innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth becomes clearer. Thursday, August 1, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 90 Minutes | 1.5

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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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FedScoop

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Those documents also show the involvement of MITRE, a nonprofit organization that develops technologies and operates R&D centers for the government, and references mistakes that the system can make. At one point, at least one person from “OGA,” which possibly references “other government agency,” was also involved.

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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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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Although government agencies can’t totally eliminate their cybersecurity risk, there are practical steps government employees can take to reduce it. One challenge for reducing the risk of a data breach, however, is the complexity of modern IT environments.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Kaeli Yuen, the data and AI product lead in the VA’s OCTO, said in an interview with FedScoop that the two pilots use generative AI interfaces to assist with administrative tasks, such as summarizing documents, writing emails, drafting talking points and helping write performance reviews. . …

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FedScoop

JULY 19, 2024

After USAID revealed a democracy, human rights, and governance policy Thursday, Administrator Samantha Power highlighted the need to use technology to strengthen democracy, while also remaining vigilant about the ways the same kinds of tools could be used to harm people. That discussion included a focus on use cases for the technology.

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FedScoop

APRIL 1, 2024

For cybersecurity specialists working in the federal government, the flood of artificial intelligence tools in recent years has had a transformative effect on agencies’ work. Working with AI in federal agencies is just one piece of the current technological evolution that the government and society more broadly are undergoing.

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FedScoop

MAY 10, 2024

The pilot comes as agencies across the government are experimenting with AI. Already the government has disclosed at least 700 use cases, and chatbots appear to be a popular use of the technology, with agencies like the Department of State and Centers and Disease Control and Prevention recently noting they’re using such tools.

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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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FedScoop

DECEMBER 15, 2023

“NSF is exploring options for safely implementing GAI technologies within NSF’s data ecosystem,” an agency spokesperson told FedScoop. When approved, they will be published on NSF’s public inventory of AI applications.” If you’re using generative AI, then that generative AI has used data from somewhere else,” Baru said.

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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.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

They may not consider potential issues of integrations, supplier onboarding, supply chain data management, change management and system optimization, all of which add to complexity and costs. Sustainable master data management and governance: As much as 55% of projects fail due to data management issues.

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GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

But legacy hardware and software, which abound in government agencies, can create a barrier to implementing zero trust. In a containerized environment, like those built on Kubernetes, a service mesh solution has two distinct component behaviors: a data plane and a control plane. The data plane is a collection of such proxies.

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Public Contracting Institute

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Intellectual property (IP) is a big deal in government subcontracts. For instance, DFARS clauses often address technical data rights, while FAR clauses may focus on software and inventions. It’s like taking inventory of your ideas and creations. They decide who can use technical data and computer software.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 6, 2023

They may struggle to keep up with changing compliance frameworks, as well as strict data privacy and sovereignty rules. For those in the cloud, or on the way there, large data volumes can be problematic, as can the demand for specific tools, controls and policies. Agencies face a range of challenges. Get the Guide.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Republican Commissioner Stephen Gilchrist also noted the “significant privacy” issues with facial recognition that are especially pronounced for “low-income tenants” as landlords and public housing authorities contract with private companies to store data on residents. The USCCR report notes that OMB has set a Dec.

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FedScoop

MARCH 13, 2024

All users of NASA IT must read and affirm (and revalidate annually) the NASA Cybersecurity and Privacy Rules of Behavior that require incident reporting whenever government furnished property is lost/stolen or missing,” Jennifer Dooren, the NASA deputy news chief, said in an email.

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss why the API threat is growing so rapidly, how the use of generative AI is aggravating that trend, and the tangible steps agencies can take to address the potential risks APIs can pose.

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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. He brings a combination of military and government service to his role with over 30 years of executive experience in strategy development, partner engagement, and operational execution.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry outline the changes that 5G already is bringing to military networks, the role of cloud-native technologies, and the challenges ahead to achieve interoperability among the U.S. and its allies and partners.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 7, 2024

Government & industry must share information, streamline compliance & work together to protect critical environments from evolving cyber threats. To counter these threats, government, industry and academia must work together to strengthen OT systems and eliminate gaps in visibility caused by the convergence of IT and OT environments.

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AWS Public Sector

JUNE 19, 2024

In fact, citizens are increasingly expecting government to provide modern digital experiences for conducting online transactions. The steps that follow the architecture are: Data preparation – You start with processing and cleaning the relevant datasets using AWS Glue or by using a custom notebook to safeguard quality input for forecasting.

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FedInsider

MAY 24, 2024

It is hard to maintain an accurate inventory that records hundreds of thousands of assets, their relationships and dependencies, or to track their vulnerabilities and spot cybersecurity gaps. Jane brings a lifetime career in media and government to her role. She has held senior roles at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. 13] If an initial review of the facts results in the Government challenging a specific cost, the contractor has the burden to prove that the cost is reasonable. [14]

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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. Beginning on Dec.

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