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Q&A: GSA’s Chief AI Officer on the Future of Generative AI

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Zach Whitman, the General Services Administration’s chief AI officer and data scientist, reminds his colleagues that the GSA was one of the first agencies to adopt email and internet access for the government workplace.

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Artificial Intelligence May Augment Diplomatic Data Security

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

diplomats and data held by the department, spanning more than 260 locations in 170 countries around the world. The State Department’s law enforcement arm, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, defends the department and the foreign affairs community by applying cybersecurity, technology security and law enforcement expertise to help advance U.S.

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Dell’s NativeEdge Platform Is Simplifying Data Management at the Edge

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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Protecting Government Data Means Closing the ‘Availability Gap’

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2022

And, most likely, agencies will experience significant downtime in the process of recovering data, according to the Veeam 2022 Data Protection Trends Report. Gil Vega, CISO of Veeam, says this “availability gap” exists in both business and government enterprises.

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5 Questions to Ask About Your Hybrid Data Center’s Power

FedTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2024

Moving applications to the cloud doesn’t mean you can shut down your old data center. Applications that can’t be “lifted and shifted” will need a place to live in an onsite data center. With real estate at a premium, IT managers can save space by building new, smaller data centers to handle the few on-premises devices required.

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Agencies Need Security Strategies Before Establishing Hybrid Data Centers

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Agencies looking to establish hybrid data centers need comprehensive security strategies that set realistic time frames and are mapped to their respective budgets. A hybrid data center relies on cloud, software-defined networking and virtualization technologies to distribute applications across physical and multicloud environments.

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Why Agencies Need Backup as a Service for Data Protection

FedTech Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

In 2023, the admonition to back up your data might seem as obvious as being told to lock your door or fasten your seatbelt. While the cloud is well designed and resilient, it’s a fact that cloud providers usually shift the burden of data backups to customers that use their services.

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Virtualization, Consolidation Help Agencies Cut Back on Physical Data Centers

FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

Turn back the clock a decade or so, and you would see a far different data center landscape in the federal space than exists today. For one, there would be more data centers —many more, in fact —and they would be largely running applications on bare-metal servers. Those efforts have been so successful that data center closures…

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Document AI Saves Agencies Time and Money

FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Unlocking this data requires significant work due to the requirements for data entry, validation, and proper routing and categorization of the information. The wealth of information available to government agencies is often locked in these forms due to a lack of manpower to process and analyze them for correlations and relationships.

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How Effective Federal Data Sharing Is Supporting Citizen Services

FedTech Magazine

MARCH 1, 2023

Determining who is eligible for certain programs involves complicated, often redundant processes, worsened by the struggle of many government agencies to share data effectively. Legal issues, capacity constraints, fragmented data systems and privacy concerns all pose…

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DCaaS Gives Agencies Data Flexibility with the Help of Identity and Access Management

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Data Center as a Service is gaining traction with agencies seeking the flexibility to gradually adopt cloud services while maintaining control over critical data and infrastructure. The DCaaS market is projected to hit nearly $290 billion by 2031, marking an 18.3% increase over 2024 numbers, according to Coherent Market Insights.

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Q&A: Microsoft Copilot Should Fly to Agencies This Summer

FedTech Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

The government is awash in data that could help drive mission success, elevate constituent encounters and drive new efficiencies — if only agencies could put that information to practical use. There are incredibly large sets of data at almost any given agency,” says Jason Payne, CTO of Microsoft Federal. DISCOVER: Uncomplicate…

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TribalNet 2024: Artificial Intelligence and Data Sovereignty Take Center Stage

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence use cases and the need to establish clear policies to retain data sovereignty were prominent themes at TribalNet 2024.

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CDOs Seek Clarity Around Their AI Responsibilities

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2025

Critical gaps in guidance persist for chief data officers, particularly with regard to data governance for artificial intelligence, despite making progress on data maturity and mission goals. The overlap between the roles of CDOs and other IT leaders,

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Why Data Literacy Is a Core Capability for Federal Agencies

FedTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2023

Data has become an essential part of corporate operations, and with the rise of Big Data, organizations are generating and accumulating massive amounts of data every day. The ability to manage, analyze and extract insights from this data is critical for making informed decisions and gaining a competitive edge.

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Track Behaviorial Data to Quantify Insider Risk While Protecting Privacy

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Damaging cyberattacks — many by sophisticated adversaries ranging from organized crime groups to rival nations — continuously bombard federal agencies.

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Protecting APIs & Sensitive Data

FedInsider

MARCH 14, 2024

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In today’s interconnected digital landscape, application programming interfaces (APIs) play a pivotal role in facilitating seamless communication and data exchange between various applications and systems.

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Technology Provides Training and Data to Citizens and Federal Workers

FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

What the public sees when they use government services: updates on their packages’ travels through the mail system, the latest weather alerts, first responders jumping into hazardous situations without hesitation.

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WEST 2024: Agencies Adapt Plans for Data Security as the Amount of Information Grows

FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Defense agencies’ protocols on how to collect and use data are evolving as they realize just how much they can capture, how difficult it can be to protect in transit and that the edge might not be the place to analyze data after all. Information is combat power.

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DNA and Glass May Provide Alternative Storage Methods as Data Backlog Grows

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In 2020, the world created or replicated more than 64 zettabytes of data. The size of the datasphere has exploded. That number that is expected to increase to 175ZB by 2025, driving the need for improved storage options.

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Fact or Fallacy: 7 Tips for Cloud Migration

FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Fact: Government Agencies Struggle with Siloed Data Siloed data is a major obstacle for government agencies. Information collected over decades includes isolated and duplicate data that limits visibility across agencies, many of which operate under their own policies.

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Unpacking AI Data Poisoning

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2024

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are making their way to the public sector, whether agencies are ready or not. Generative AI made waves last year with ChatGPT boasting the fastest-growing user base in history.

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Data Center Solutions Rise to New Challenges

FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2023

Now that data has become the backbone of governance, federal agencies are beginning to invest in overhauling their data center infrastructure. As the push for data center modernization intensifies, attention is turning to hybrid cloud models and a focus on reliability, sustainability and enhanced security.

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Using Data to Fortify Network Defenses

FedInsider

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Garris develops and leads complex technical initiatives including key vulnerability and critical asset determination, policy development, investigative oversight and coordination, intelligence program implementation and data science program implementations.

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Native American Tribes Defend Their Very Heritage Against Ransomware

FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

guarding against a potential loss of data related to its history, language and culture is a huge priority. That means protecting tribal history at CPN’s Cultural Heritage Center museum and data in the Tribal Rolls Department, which handles membership, including tribal enrollment, burial insurance and tribal ID cards.

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Accelerating AI Adoption with Trusted Data

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. He also serves as a Professor of Data Science at Regis University.

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How State & Local Governments Can Secure Unstructured Data

FedInsider

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Thursday, January 18, 2024 | 2:00PM EST | 1 Hour | Training Certificate State and local governments and education produce large amounts of unstructured data in a wide range of data types. Keeping these diverse data sets safe and ensuring their high availability are essential for smooth educational and government operations.

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Federal Cybersecurity vs. Private: How Do Agencies Stack Up?

FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A recent report released by software company Splunk found that public sector organizations often lack the cybersecurity intelligence needed to respond effectively, and they struggle more than the private sector in leveraging data to detect and prevent threats.

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Kingston Puts a Secure Data Cloud in Your Pocket

FedTech Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

Kingston Technology develops hardware-encrypted USB drives that assist federal agencies in addressing real-world data security issues with a focus on mobile uses. To maintain data safety and compliance, Richard Kanadjian, global business manager of the encrypted unit at Kingston Technology, says it is…

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End-to-End Artificial Intelligence Supports Federal Mission Sets

FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Data is moving increasingly toward the edge. Gartner, for example, predicts that by 2025, more than half of enterprise-managed data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud. Agencies collect data at the edge, send it to the cloud and then perform predictive analytics.

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Q&A: The National Cancer Institute Is Serious About Data Storage and Backup

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The NCI’s IT division, where Janelle Cortner is director of the Data Management and Analysis Program, is responsible for managing and securing much of the… While scientists lead the way in these initiatives, their success is highly dependent on support from the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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MBSE Transforms and Simplifies Complex Systems Planning

FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2024

To streamline projects, keep track of data and prevent the need for rework, the agency’s teams leverage model-based systems engineering methodology. A subset of digital engineering, MBSE houses the data associated with complex systems within integrated digital models.

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It’s Time for Agencies to Get Serious About Their Hybrid Cloud Strategies

FedTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2024

Of the 150 decisionmakers surveyed between March and April, 91 percent cited operational challenges — data compatibility and downtime issues, in particular — with hindering strategic hybrid cloud adoption.

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The Hard Truths of Data Security in the Public Sector

FedInsider

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | Training Certificate The growth in volume of data being generated every year is staggering. One company has estimated that an organization’s amount of data will triple within five years, between on-premises, cloud and software-as-a-service locations. As a Cyber Leader in the U.S

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What Is Cluster Computing, and How Can It Help Federal IT?

FedTech Magazine

JULY 5, 2024

As data volumes continue to increase, federal IT leaders are considering cluster computing as a way to avoid spending money on maintaining storage infrastructure or public cloud.

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How Edge Computing and Hyperconverged Infrastructure Align

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The evolving demands of data management and processing at the edge have more agencies looking to HCI, particularly as technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning become more prevalent. Two years ago, it was primarily used for accumulating data at the edge, often for…

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Use FinOps to Track and Forecast Cloud Costs

FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Federal IT managers who move applications to cloud data centers gain a host of benefits, including cost savings — on real estate, utilities, equipment and more. IT managers may have to repatriate applications to their on-premises data centers if they can’t deliver the promised cost savings. Enter FinOps.…

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Digital Twins Gain Steam with Federal Agencies

FedTech Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has no shortage of data to crunch as it seeks to understand and monitor global environmental conditions. Its challenge, rather, involves tying all that together and getting disparate data pipelines to feed into a single system. “We

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White House Seeks Cybersecurity Help for Rural Hospitals

FedTech Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

The reasons are numerous: Healthcare data… Critical access facilities are located more than 35 miles from comparable facilities, making their continuous operation essential to residents and their need for security funding, assessments, tools and training great. The number of ransomware attacks on the U.S.’s

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Cyber Hygiene Fixes for the Overconfident Agency

FedTech Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

Cyber hygiene consists of practices and procedures that organizations use to maintain the health and security resilience of their systems, devices, networks and data. For agencies that…

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Why Predictive AI Is Essential to Federal Zero-Trust Security

FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Predictive AI can strengthen agencies cybersecurity resilience and will likely become more important than generative AI because larger data sets will be at its disposal to anticipate attacks and trends, said Defense Information Systems Agency CTO Stephen Wallace at the 2024 Rubrik Public Sector Summit in October.

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How to Launch an Advanced Analytics Pilot

FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

OPM revealed that it is building components of an enterprise data and analytics platform and piloting new data products in the data strategy it released in March, and most agencies lack the expertise to develop such a platform completely in-house. Traditionally, agencies starting pilots assemble tiger teams consisting of…

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Vertiv’s High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Enables AI

FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Agencies must ensure their IT infrastructure is up to the task of transforming how data is processed before they can begin leveraging high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence.

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Federal Officials Urge Healthcare Industry’s Adoption of FHIR for Interoperability

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

The best way to ensure electronic health record systems can share data interoperably is for industry to adopt the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard, or FHIR, say federal officials. FHIR application programming interfaces streamline health information exchange by standardizing data and eliminating the need for sharing…

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Q&A: GSA’s Chief AI Officer on the Future of Generative AI

Artificial Intelligence May Augment Diplomatic Data Security

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Dell’s NativeEdge Platform Is Simplifying Data Management at the Edge

Protecting Government Data Means Closing the ‘Availability Gap’

5 Questions to Ask About Your Hybrid Data Center’s Power

Agencies Need Security Strategies Before Establishing Hybrid Data Centers

Why Agencies Need Backup as a Service for Data Protection

Virtualization, Consolidation Help Agencies Cut Back on Physical Data Centers

Document AI Saves Agencies Time and Money

How Effective Federal Data Sharing Is Supporting Citizen Services

DCaaS Gives Agencies Data Flexibility with the Help of Identity and Access Management

Q&A: Microsoft Copilot Should Fly to Agencies This Summer

TribalNet 2024: Artificial Intelligence and Data Sovereignty Take Center Stage

CDOs Seek Clarity Around Their AI Responsibilities

Why Data Literacy Is a Core Capability for Federal Agencies

Track Behaviorial Data to Quantify Insider Risk While Protecting Privacy

Protecting APIs & Sensitive Data

Technology Provides Training and Data to Citizens and Federal Workers

WEST 2024: Agencies Adapt Plans for Data Security as the Amount of Information Grows

DNA and Glass May Provide Alternative Storage Methods as Data Backlog Grows

Fact or Fallacy: 7 Tips for Cloud Migration

Unpacking AI Data Poisoning

Data Center Solutions Rise to New Challenges

Using Data to Fortify Network Defenses

Native American Tribes Defend Their Very Heritage Against Ransomware

Accelerating AI Adoption with Trusted Data

How State & Local Governments Can Secure Unstructured Data

Federal Cybersecurity vs. Private: How Do Agencies Stack Up?

Kingston Puts a Secure Data Cloud in Your Pocket

End-to-End Artificial Intelligence Supports Federal Mission Sets

Q&A: The National Cancer Institute Is Serious About Data Storage and Backup

MBSE Transforms and Simplifies Complex Systems Planning

It’s Time for Agencies to Get Serious About Their Hybrid Cloud Strategies

The Hard Truths of Data Security in the Public Sector

What Is Cluster Computing, and How Can It Help Federal IT?

How Edge Computing and Hyperconverged Infrastructure Align

Use FinOps to Track and Forecast Cloud Costs

Digital Twins Gain Steam with Federal Agencies

White House Seeks Cybersecurity Help for Rural Hospitals

Cyber Hygiene Fixes for the Overconfident Agency

Why Predictive AI Is Essential to Federal Zero-Trust Security

How to Launch an Advanced Analytics Pilot

Vertiv’s High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Enables AI

Federal Officials Urge Healthcare Industry’s Adoption of FHIR for Interoperability

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