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What is Enterprise Risk Management? What are some of the key risks facing government today? How has the managing and responding to risk evolved in U.S. federal agencies? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour – Leaders Speak on Managing Risk in Government.
June 01, 2021 -
Managing artificial and machine learning application projects is in large measure a matter of managing data connected to them. Not only curating data, but also storing it and moving it around consistent with optimal availability cost control. Therefore, it’s important for agencies to spend some effort designing the infrastructures for systems hosting AI development and training data.
May 27, 2021 -
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Elena Rios, President and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association, representing the interests of the nation’s 50,000 Latino Physicians. She discusses the devastating toll the pandemic has taken on the nation’s Hispanic population who have suffered a greater death toll and significant economic as well as mental health burdens. Dr. Rios NHMA’s efforts to improve pipelines for young Latinos to enter the medical field, and for measures to address health inequity impacting communities of color.
May 27, 2021 -
Serverless computing is having a moment. Although it’s been around for several years, recent shifts away from proprietary models toward open source have built momentum. Similarly, the standardization of containers, especially with Kubernetes, has opened up new possibilities and use cases, as well as fueled innovation.
May 26, 2021 -
April 12, 2021 on ForYourBenefit, host Bob Leins, CPA® and co-host Tammy Flanagan, Senior Benefits Director at NITP, Inc., welcome Kim Weaver, Director, External Affairs, and Jim Courtney, Director of the Office of Communications and Education, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
May 25, 2021 -
In this exclusive executive briefing, IT practitioners describe how agencies are doubling down on digital transformation efforts.
May 24, 2021 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Why you probably don’t need a QR Code-reading app. And we learn about the inventor of the cassette tape.
May 24, 2021 -
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Walensky defends the science behind lifting mask restrictions for vaccinated Americans, examines the ongoing research on vaccine efficacy against emerging COVID variants and possibility of a need for booster shots. She also outlines efforts underway by the CDC and the Biden Administration to leverage provisions in the American Recovery Act to address health inequity by strengthening the nation’s public health infrastructure.
May 24, 2021 -
How the agency curates, grows, stores and manages its data will determine how effective it will be at deploying AI/ML applications, according to Gary Hix, the chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal.
May 21, 2021 -
Juliana Vida, the chief technical advisor for public sector at Splunk, said for agencies to successfully and securely move to the cloud they must collect, use and understand their data. She said many times that comes down to using the right security framework.
May 21, 2021 -
On FEDtalk this week, join us for a discussion on scientific integrity. Acting Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (REE) and Acting Chief Scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young provides a keynote address on scientific integrity to open the show.
May 20, 2021 -
In this exclusive executive briefing, health IT practitioners discuss digital medical delivery, concentration on the military domain.
May 20, 2021 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. Introducing another kind of cryptocurrency, one that does not involve energy-intensive mining. And we analyze the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack.
May 17, 2021 -
What are the strategic priorities of the U.S. Census Bureau? How is Census improving its data collection and data products? What is the Census Bureau doing to innovate and make a difference? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Ron Jarmin, Acting director at the U.S. Census Bureau.
May 17, 2021 -
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO. They discuss the world’s lack of readiness and supply chain infrastructure to confront the pandemic. She says the lessons learned from this collective ‘trauma’ is sparking new efforts to build more robust surveillance and response systems for emerging pathogens, the concerning new variant out of India, and the need to accelerate global vaccinations to stop the continued spread of the pandemic.
May 14, 2021