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Articles by Jory Heckman

• ‘Unprecedented level’ of disasters strain FEMA’s recovery workforce

  The Federal Emergency Management Agency faces hiring challenges that have constrained its ability to meet its mission.

  Agency Oversight
  October 22, 2019
• Naval Research Lab brainstorms plan to tackle AI’s data-centric challenges

  For all of DoD’s aspirational projects, AI tools tend not to fare well in situations where data is spare or not structured in a way that the algorithm can’t process.

  Artificial Intelligence
  October 21, 2019
• Cummings remembered as ‘true champion’ for federal workforce

  Federal employees, members of Congress and good government governments remember the late House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman, Elijah Cummings, as a champion for the federal workforce and a staunch and vocal supporter of whistleblowers.

  Congress
  October 17, 2019
• Federal CIO Kent: AI creating more jobs than it’s taking over

  Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent, who has overseen some of the administration’s reskilling pilots, said some anxieties about automation aren’t new. 

  Automation
  October 17, 2019
• Postmaster General announces retirement as USPS seeks financial reform

  Postmaster General Megan Brennan will step down from her top job at the Postal Service early next year, the agency announced Wednesday, after spending the past five years trying to put the organization on firmer financial footing.

  People
  October 16, 2019
• IG community stresses ‘protection, redress’ role against agency misconduct

  While most IGs enjoy a reputation as neutral agency watchdogs, members of the oversight community continue to walk a careful line in staying out of political fights.

  Agency Oversight
  October 15, 2019
• USDA pilots data-driven smart farms powered by Internet of Things

  From a data collection standpoint, the pilot could be a game-changer for USDA researchers, who until now have jotted down data points in field books before entering them into a central database.

  Big Data
  October 14, 2019
• As CISA rolls out insider threat roadmap, industry experts highlight fundamentals

  Agencies and private-sector companies invest considerable resources defending themselves against external cyber threats, but insider threats pose just as great a threat to these organizations if they don’t have a strategy in place to defend against them.

  Security Strategies in Government
  October 10, 2019
• GSA takes first major step in schedules consolidation journey

  GSA completed a review of the schedule contracts and reduced about two-thirds of the number of Special Item Numbers (SINs) as part of a move to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

  Acquisition
  October 09, 2019
• OPM to launch job rotation program for cyber reskilling academy graduates

  OPM is working with the Federal CIO Council to create a job rotation program for federal employees who went through the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy.

  Hiring/Retention
  October 08, 2019
• Where does the Federal Data Strategy go from here? Evidence panel members revisit ideas

  Former Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking members say it’s time for Congress to reconsider recommendations that never got off the ground.

  Big Data
  October 04, 2019
• DHS not affected by ‘isolated’ St. E’s water outage, but GSA testing its water as precaution

  DHS’s St. Elizabeths West Campus isn’t affected by a water outage that hit a neighboring psychiatric hospital, but GSA is taking steps to test the agency water supply out of an abundance of caution.

  Facilities/Construction
  October 04, 2019
• GSA looks to usher in 5G era amid projected surge in agencies’ mobile data

  GSA officials say 5G will help bring the Internet of Things to every level of government, but that increase in smart sensors also means a greater surface area for cyber intrusions.

  IT Modernization
  October 03, 2019
• ‘How do we do better?’ Chief data officers see hiring challenges persist

  Chief data offiers face a long road ahead, not just getting their agencies to adopt the culture change of data-driven government, but also finding a workforce and the resources to carry out their new mission.

  Big Data
  October 03, 2019

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