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Articles by Jory Heckman

• Defense Logistics Agency to produce more automated bots

  Bots powered by robotic process automation at the Defense Logistics Agency face limits based on the amount of time a human operator stays logged into the network. But the agency plans to ramp up its…

  Automation
  2 hours ago
• TSA using evidence-based decisionmaking to justify plan to shutter 3 programs

  Having data behind which programs work and which don’t can make some tough budget decisions at TSA go a little more smoothly.

  Big Data
  April 25, 2019
• DHS leadership shakeup further delays progress on long-standing management issues

  The St. Elizabeths campus now houses senior DHS management officials, but the ongoing project still serves as a reminder that the agency faces an uphill battle when it comes to functioning like a unified agency – an issue it’s faced since its creation more than 15 years ago.

  Agency Oversight
  April 24, 2019
• 4 major takeaways from the IRS’s latest IT modernization strategy

  Despite the IRS’s repeated calls IT modernization over the past 25 years, several new elements stand out in this latest proposal.

  IT Modernization
  April 19, 2019
• OMB looks to address AI transparency, consistency in upcoming guidance

  A top White House official on artificial intelligence, following an executive order prioritizing artificial intelligence research in government, said the administration will soon release a new AI roadmap and guidance for agencies to follow.

  Artificial Intelligence
  April 19, 2019
• State Department personnel chief sees opportunities, challenges with less experienced workforce

  Carol Perez, director general of the Foreign Service and director of human resources at the State Department, said more than 50 percent of the agency’s Foreign Service and Civil Service have less than 10 years of experience with the agency. 

  Workforce
  April 17, 2019
• IARPA working on ways to protect AI training data from malicious tampering

  IARPA Director Stacey Dixon said the agency has laid the groundwork for two programs focused on ways to overcome adversarial machine learning.

  Artificial Intelligence
  April 17, 2019
• With 1 in 4 federal leases soon to expire, GSA taking ‘fresh look’ at smarter, long-term renewals

  About a quarter of all federal leases held by the General Services Administration will expire within the next two years, giving the agency a big opportunity to renegotiate for long-term leases on buildings where agencies plan on staying put — and at a lower rate.

  Leasing/Property Management
  April 12, 2019
• IRS commissioner: Aging workforce ‘lost an entire generation’ to hiring freeze

  Now that the agency defends itself against more than a billion cyber attacks a year, Commissioner Chuck Rettig urged members of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday for multi-year funds to modernize its hardware as well as its workforce, which hasn’t recovered from seven years of a hiring freeze. 

  Workforce
  April 10, 2019
• IRS commissioner looks for hiring authority to onboard IT talent in weeks, not months

  IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig has urged members of a House Appropriations subcommittee to give the agency the authority to hire short-term cyber and IT talent more quickly and pay them at a rate beyond the pay scale for career employees.

  Hiring/Retention
  April 09, 2019
• As deadline approaches, IRS projects historic volume of tax filing extensions

  Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore) said the IRS, faced with more questions and a “more complicated” filing season this year, expects to receive an unprecedented 14.6 million requests for filing extensions before the filing season deadline.

  Agency Oversight
  April 08, 2019
• Freshman congressman: Axing Office of Tech Assessment made us ‘dumber as a nation’

  Reps. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Sean Casten (D-Ill.) argue a revived Office of Technology Assessment wouldn’t overlap with the roles occupied by Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Research Service, but would instead prevent lawmakers from pursuing “dead end” technologies.

  Technology
  April 05, 2019
• Trump to nominate US Treasurer to replace McMahon as SBA head

  Jovita Carranza served as SBA’s deputy administrator for more than three years under the George W. Bush administration.

  People
  April 05, 2019
• VA launches virtual tick clinic, expands telehealth for critical areas

  The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its telehealth reach coverage to fill critical gaps in areas including mental health and primary care.

  Health IT
  April 05, 2019

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