Big Data

Federal News Radio, Commvault and Pure Storage together with highly knowledgeable federal IT practitioners convened a panel discussion to explore the latest thinking in data backup and recovery.

Brian Ahier, president of Advanced Health Information Exchange Resources, joined host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss healthcare IT, open data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. December 11, 2018

OMB released a new draft data center policy where cost savings is taking a back seat to optimization and operational realities.

With the Office of Management and Budget soon to release the draft version of its federal data strategy, forward-thinking agency program offices see opportunities to leverage their data to get a better sense of how much performance they get out of each dollar in their budgets.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has had the notion to go digital for many years, but at a certain point the agency moved away from building one giant system first and opted to integrate its existing systems in smaller pieces.

One year from Monday is the date by which agencies must manage all their permanent records electronically and send them to the National Archives and Records Administration in an electronic format.

Tyler Morris, the director of product management for Iron Mountain Government Solutions, explains how agencies improve records management and office space management at the same time.

Agencies have more guidance now on how they should comply with President Donald Trump’s May executive orders on collective bargaining. Hear this and more stories in today’s Federal Newscast.

Michael Hoefer, chief of the office of performance and quality at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, talks data optimization and winning a silver medal.

Ronen Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager, Data Integration and Cloud Integration at Informatica, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to explain how his company can help federal agencies manage their data. November 20, 2018

Chris Townsend, vice president, Sales and Operations, Federal at Symantec, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss a wide variety of cybersecurity issues including how to improve information sharing among agencies, and tips on who to map out a cyber strategy to agency needs. November 12, 2018.

Ken Rogers, the State Department’s acting deputy chief information officer of business management and planning, said the agency’s IT modernization strategy is bookended by two related goals – leveraging data as a strategic asset and building the IT workforce of the future.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) asked the Defense Department for information on how it will fix derelict homes on bases in his home state, this after a news report detailed serious hazards in military housing nationwide.

Pennsylvania’s Human Services Department is working with schools, a federal grant and data analytics to identify students at risk of suicide.