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CISA aims for inventory clarity with post-quantum cryptography guidance

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The cyber agency said the ACDI tools will serve the purpose of automating “the collection of the cryptographic characteristics required for the inventory,” and also be integrated with its Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program. Much of CISA’s guidance centers on the inventorying of data items that agencies will have to report.

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AI advisory committee wants law enforcement agencies to rethink use case inventory exclusions

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So the omissions of those technologies in the Department of Justice’s AI use case inventory late last year were a surprise to a group of law enforcement experts charged with advising the president and the National AI Initiative Office on such matters. “It And these inventories are supposed to guide that.”

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GovCon Expert Kim Koster Lays Out How GovCons Should Ditch the Spreadsheets & Enhance Inventory, Asset Tracking

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By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet As the public sector navigates increasingly complex acquisition and inventory policies for handling government property, inventory and asset tracking has become a challenging area for government contractors to manage.

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OMB guidance asks agencies to provide inventory of IoT assets

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The Office of Management and Budget is stepping up its oversight of Internet of Things usage throughout the federal government, calling on agencies to deliver an inventory of their “covered IoT assets” by the end of fiscal year 2024. The post OMB guidance asks agencies to provide inventory of IoT assets appeared first on FedScoop.

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GSA isn’t fully compliant with geospatial data requirements, watchdog finds

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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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Bipartisan House bill to modernize government data would extend CDO Council

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Congressional efforts to extend the Chief Data Officer Council past the end of the year got a boost Monday when a bipartisan House bill was introduced as the companion to earlier Senate legislation. The Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act ( H.R. 10151 ), introduced by Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.,

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Finding Data Catalogs Drive Agency Missions

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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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