FedInsider

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite being rich in data, many agencies are lagging in the data modernization needed to support AI – and combining incomplete or inaccurate data with AI can lead to hallucinations , ultimately placing mission delivery at stake.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit. 94 PA 2023).

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FedInsider

AUGUST 5, 2024

When OMB refers to removing barriers to AI adoption, it means streamlining AI-enabling enterprise infrastructure, data access and governance, workforce development measures, policy, and other resources for AI innovation.

Innovation 98

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s why Netsmart, an industry leader in electronic health records (EHRs) for human services and post-acute care, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined forces to advance artificial intelligence (AI) for community-based care providers, through the development of an AI Data Lab.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. The company’s innovative career readiness platform features the Whole Learner Framework, which focuses on engagement and personalized learning.

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FedInsider

JANUARY 9, 2024

As the DOD works with industry to adopt 5G networks, prototyping and sandboxing 5G capabilities can bolster adoption and innovation. These capabilities can also help with real-time data collection from all sources and devices – like drones, satellites, weapons systems, sensors and more. 5G is also a security enabler.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Reha Gill has transitioned from Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) to Alpha Omega and assumed to accept the role of vice president of data and artificial intelligence at IT solutions company. She will lead the company's Data and Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence to drive innovation.

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GovCon Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

Kelli Use-Hull, former vice president of business development at Slingshot Aerospace, has joined Clarity Innovations to serve as senior VP of growth at the Columbia, Maryland-based provider of advanced data and cyber analytics services and software.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2024

For instance, “If you’re on Windows XP and you’re relying on faxes, those tools are so old that [new] analysis tools can’t read [your data],” Kowalski said. And with an unthinkable amount of data in the world, errors are inevitable with outdated IT.

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The explosive growth of Internet of Things devices has made development of edge infrastructure pivotal for real-time data analytics. As more data originates from various IoT devices and other sources that include industrial sensors — insights that enhance operations, customer experiences and safety measures — more can be processed.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Modern data platforms enable organizations to work with any kind of data regardless of where it is stored, Splunk 's Bill Rowan said in an interview.

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Data Innovation IT 105

AWS Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2024

In the intricate landscape of public sector procurement, the demand for innovation, efficiency, and reliability is paramount. Engenome Engenome (Italy) is an AWS software partner and bioinformatic company whose mission is to deliver the most accurate reporting for genomic data interpretation.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The government both creates and runs on data. Given that agencies spend hundreds of billions of dollars on goods and services the more procurement data it has, the better it can understand trends and ‘manage’ procurement. That’s the idea behind a data source effort known as Hi-Def. Charlotte Phelan: Exactly.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

But on the other hand, they have an awareness that this accumulation of rules affects whether the types of innovative companies they want to do business with are willing to participate. So, that’s certainly one of the priorities with this rule.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Data and AI-driven tools can increase visibility into, and lessons learned from hiring, onboarding, and turnover, but understanding the significance of those findings and their impact on the workforce and overall mission success is key to realizing the full potential of HR modernization.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 22, 2024

The COVID-tracking and health data system built for the district during the COVID-19 pandemic had become clunky, difficult to customize, and expensive to maintain. Because the district’s data contained sensitive student health information and images, the data had to be encrypted during transit and migrated securely.

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FedInsider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Traditional” AI is intended to identify patterns in vast amounts of data and be able to make predictions or take specified actions based on those patterns; genAI also uses gigantic pools of data, but then can create something new from it, including new patterns, which means it needs careful control and monitoring.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In data transformation, it helps to view things through a different lens. It’s looking at your data like an ecosystem,” said Winston Chang, Chief Technology Officer for the Global Public Sector at Snowflake, a leading data cloud company. Think of the quality data that lives and breathes as an ecosystem.”

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Alongside that comes understanding the location, nature, and sensitivity of the data within the agency. The two are complementary, since part of digital identity is restricting access to the data a user has the right to touch. Franks is a Director in GAO’s Information Technology and Cybersecurity team. & CIO, Dept.

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Investment firms Veritas Capital and KKR have agreed to invest in Cotiviti , a provider of data analytics services to health care organizations, to support the latter's commercial expansion and product development efforts.

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Data Innovation Finance 105

FedScoop

AUGUST 1, 2024

Atlanta and New York City and co-sponsored by Microsoft and OpenAI, was part of the agency’s efforts to get the federal government to open up authoritative data and set it up for usability, GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan told reporters in D.C. Protecting data and privacy were top priorities, Shive said. “We

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Federal agencies collect vast amounts of data that often goes untapped because unlocking its full value is complex. As a technology leader, he successfully transitioned numerous research projects involving platforms, sensors, and software.

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Federal News Network

MAY 7, 2024

Lawmakers contend that is an incomplete picture of the data. Award categories also include innovation, data and technology, and category management. The projects include using AI to identify agricultural pests and ways to secure medical imaging data when AI is involved. ( Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) introduced the bill.

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GovLoop

MAY 6, 2024

With the rise of remote work and the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) generating large volumes of data in the field, agencies want to provide staff the ability to analyze and use that data in the field as well. But there’s a catch: They also need to secure that data. This is the concept of edge computing. The solution?

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Federal News Network

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When it comes to data on bid protests, the data is lacking to say the least. Dave Drabkin is a fellow at the Stevens Institute of Technology Acquisition Innovation Research Center and a former senior procurement executive for the General Services Administration. The protest process is important to manage the procurement process.

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FedInsider

AUGUST 30, 2024

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In today’s rapidly evolving public sector landscape, the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions is more critical than ever. The government’s Federal Data Strategy identifies the practices that lead to leveraging data to create value.

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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

AUGUST 22, 2024

As enterprises increasingly rely on real-time data processing and automation, edge computing has become vital to modern IT infrastructure. Latency and bandwidth sensitivity: Applications like autonomous vehicles and smart manufacturing require near-instantaneous data processing, which demands low-latency and high-bandwidth capabilities.

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Innovation Data Manufacturing Demand 90

FedScoop

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As artificial intelligence continues transforming the federal government, agencies are investing in innovative AI applications to enhance mission effectiveness, security and efficiency. In addition, Soper shares how the IRS is balancing between on-premises and cloud solutions to manage data security and costs effectively​.

Innovation 74

Innovation Efficiency Balance Data 74

AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During AWS re:Invent 2024, an Innovation Session presented by Worldwide Public Sector Vice President Dave Levy illustrated how AWS empowers customers to innovate and tackle critical challenges faster and more efficiently using cloud technology and generative artificial intelligence (AI ).

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This post explains how healthcare organizations and partners can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and scalable infrastructure for secondary usage of health data in alignment with the European Health Data Space (EHDS). This is the first of two posts describing an AWS reference architecture for EHDS.

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Data Collaboration Electronics Innovation 75

FedScoop

JUNE 20, 2024

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health will use Palantir’s AI and data software to support its data infrastructure and track the progress of its research programs under a $19 million contract being announced Thursday. And so a lot of that comes from data.” Thomson said.

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AWS Public Sector

APRIL 17, 2024

The University of Pittsburgh , the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the University of California Davis Health Cloud Innovation Center (UCDH CIC)—powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS)—and the AWS Digital Innovation (DI) team have seized on Dr. Fauci’s call-to-action to “flood the system with correct information.”

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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.

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Data Import Evaluation Balance 106

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.

Data 75

Data Government Government Procurement 75

AWS Public Sector

JULY 23, 2024

The event covered a range of topics including forging effective public-private partnerships, aligning AI governance strategies with allies, debating opportunities and challenges in the age of AI innovation, and building responsible, resilient AI systems. At its core, alliances are about data sharing,” said Myler.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

“Palantir, a leader in delivering actionable insights to government, will now leverage the power of Microsoft’s government and classified clouds and robust Azure OpenAI models to further develop AI innovations for national security missions.”

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