Big Data

Mike Moritzkat and Bill Downer with Seagate Government Solutions join host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how their company is using innovation to assist the federal government in storing massive amounts of data. February 12, 2019

Amid a push to make government data more accessible, the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service is moving away from structured data silos in favor of an open “data lake” approach.

A rare, joint memo from three military service secretaries directs acquisition officials to build open architectures into all new programs.

The OPEN Government Data Act requires agencies to appoint a chief data officer to help them develop a comprehensive data inventory the public can access. 

While agency IT officials recognize the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and OPEN Government Data Act present opportunities to get more value out of their data, they also see challenges in preparing the workforce to manage all that data.

The Census Bureau will join a growing number of agencies in offering a bug bounty program as it ramps up security preparations for the 2020 population count. 

Ron Jarmin, the Census Bureau’s deputy director, said the agency looks to build a set of digital tools to help the private sector and the public make better use of its treasure trove of data. 

What can you do to land a federal IT job? Find out when Joshua Meredith, assistant dean of Analytics, Technology & Security MPS Programs at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk. January 29, 2019

Michael Friedrich, chief architect at Cyxtera Technologies – Federal, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how authentication is being using to protect high value data sets from cyber attacks. January 21, 2019

Robert Shea and Robert Hahn, members of the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, offer six ideas for agencies to begin taking advantage of new evidence-based policymaking law.

Army CIO Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford said moving to a hybrid cloud is part of how the service is reducing data centers and making data accessible.

Smartphones and other “cool” gadgets may have killed off what came before them, but now they are starting to show their age.

Dr. Steve Bennett, director of the Global Government Practice at SAS, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss data analytics and how innovation is making it easier for businesses and the federal government to analyze data. January 15, 2019

The Air Force is creating a maintainer training program to follow in the footsteps of the Pilot Training Next program, now in it’s second stint.