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Cloud Smart is about putting data “where it is of most value and also where it’s most accessible and usable from a performance perspective,” Krejcik said during an interview on Innovation in Government, a show sponsored by Carahsoft. Manage your data, manage your workload.
April 02, 2021 -
Federal News Network collaborated with Scott Edwards, CEO of Summit 7, to create an FAQ to help guide higher education institutions in their CMMC compliance journey.
April 02, 2021 -
As federal agencies mature in the way they use commercial cloud computing services, among the discoveries are new ways of going hybrid, or using government-owned data centers in conjunction with cloud services. Among these discoveries,…
March 31, 2021 -
On FEDtalk this week, join us for a discussion on the ways in which data is driving the future of work within and with the federal workforce.
March 29, 2021 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Jim Russ. Sponsored by Stratford University. We explain non-fungible tokens - again. And we meet the co-founder of Adobe Systems and the creator of the PDF.
March 29, 2021 -
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the way local governments operate and deliver public services? What are local governments doing differently in the aftermath of the pandemic?
March 29, 2021 -
This week Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. Dr. Topol calls drug maker AstraZeneca’s recent controversial under-reporting of complete safety data to US regulators for its COVID-19 vaccine ‘disturbing’ and ‘unprecedented’ in his clinical trial career. He calls the rapid development of highly successful and effective COVID vaccines one of biomedicine’s greatest achievements and predicts the pandemic crisis will pave the way for more remarkable scientific breakthroughs, and a greater opportunity for the growth of personalized medicine via smartphones.
March 25, 2021 -
Allotment loans provide an option for federal government employees who have bad credit to get a loan with favorable terms.
March 24, 2021 -
COVID-19 has pushed digital transformation to the forefront across the federal government over the past year.
March 23, 2021 -
Among the most ubiquitous of federal agency activities are investigations. The term brings to mind law enforcement agencies, of course, such as the FBI or the IRS criminal division. Thought of more broadly, investigations also include oversight activities by inspectors general or the Government Accountability Office, program examinations by analysts or congressional staffers, and casework by agencies as diverse as the Merit Systems Protection Board or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
March 22, 2021 -
Has our discomfort with uncertainty given rise to forecasting industries that profit off our “prediction addiction.”? Why election predictions, polls, and surveys won't tell us who will win? To what extent are predictions really just hypothesis that need to be challenged? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Margaret Heffernan author of Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future.
March 22, 2021 -
You don’t have to look far to find examples of how climate change-driven extreme weather can damage the federal infrastructure.
March 22, 2021 -
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Michael Osterholm, renowned pandemic expert and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota. A recent advisor to President Biden’s transition team, Dr. Osterholm warns of another COVID-19 surge on the horizon as the more contagious UK variant, which is causing more lockdowns across Europe, is becoming the dominant strain in the US. He says vaccination rates must be accelerated, and that more equitable distribution of vaccines around the world will be the only way to get the pandemic fully under control.
March 19, 2021 -
While zero trust helps agencies secure their networks against outside adversaries, insider risk can still be a major problem, and many data loss prevention strategies leave gaps and do not effectively address insider risk.
March 18, 2021 -
In 2019, LLS faced the challenge many organizations struggle to address; the business was rapidly becoming more digital and the technology supporting the mission had reached the end of its useful life.
March 18, 2021