NASA runs on software, as do many federal agencies. Rockets are what they are known for, sure, but controlling them and interpreting data, even handling human resources and finances all require software. Currently, NASA is in development of over 1,000 software features leveraging agile.
Host Dave Wennergren speaks with four more outstanding federal technology leaders who recently received ACT-IAC 2022 Executive Leadership Awards.
Can robots teach themselves new tricks? In theory they can, according to researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. In a new white paper, they lay out how robots, like people, can learn by using a curriculum and a learning agenda.
Robin Crisp, an IT officer in the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Business Application Services at the Labor Department, said the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program started digital signatures with two forms and now plans to expand to other programs.
Agencies are also considering new FOIA tools that leverage automation and machine learning, while a "FOIA wizard" is in the works.
Digital services and modernization are pillars of the Biden administration's management agenda. These efforts don't just matter to federal agencies, though, business is thoroughly behind efforts to streamline government services.
With an AI-based, GPU-driven solution, organizations and governments will be able to collaborate while being armed with a proactive approach to defend from future attacks and protect America’s most sensitive data.
The new system is expected to roll out with 99 deployments at 123 sites worldwide over the next three years.
TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP's "Traveler Verification Service" to check the identity of travelers at airports.
A new group convened to study strategic technology competition issues facing the United States is urging policymakers to establish a “new public-private model” for marshaling U.S. resources in the emerging tech race with China.
NARA is looking at expanding the "Capstone" email retention approach to text messages, chat and other digital forms of communications.
Kurt DelBene, the assistant secretary for the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer at VA, said he is adding more rigor to the process to get systems and application on the network.
Spy agencies are ramping up partnerships with the commercial space industry and using artificial intelligence to help sort through all the data.
CFTC’s mission is to watch out for manipulation of financial markets, and supervised machine learning can help.
Many agencies are unlikely to hit an end-of-year deadline for transitioning away from paper records.