Justice Department

Without universal standards around data collection and formatting, merging and aggregating data from different sources is like fitting together puzzle pieces that don’t match. Critical data points may be missing or fragmented, creating gaps in data sets. This lack of interoperability can not only hinder cross-agency collaboration, but pose challenges around data analysis and forging insight-oriented solutions.

The Navy Yard shooting was a “wake up call,” in the words of one expert, for the government’s security apparatus. Ten years later, ideas like continuous vetting have come to fruition.

The Army’s deputy chief of staff for intelligence says military leaders need to understand both the value of OSINT, as well as “how carefully it has to be managed and implemented.”

After releasing a new data strategy in May, the Office of Personnel Management is looking for innovative agency ideas to take to scale.

Sudhir Hasbe, the chief product officer for Neo4j, said applying graphing technology can help agencies better understand relationships between people, processes and data.

A Labor Department report underscores how pandemic-era programs that didn’t verify the eligibility of applicants were exploited by fraudsters.

Andy Ho, the senior manager for data and analytics at EY, said as agencies continue to collect and analyze more and more data, they need to put the processes and technologies in place to ensure value.

Linda Miller and Erik Halvorson, fraud prevention experts, explain how new technology tools and data can help protect agencies from fraudsters.