Big Data
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Harrison Smith, the director of the Enterprise Digitization Office at the IRS, said the tax agency is preparing for the influx of new funding by identifying small, but impactful modernization projects.
June 12, 2023 -
For the second year, the State Department has recognized employees who enable better use of data in the art of diplomacy. Data for diplomacy is both an awards program and a part of the department's modernization plan. This year's group award went to people in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations for their work in a program called the Conflict Observatory.
June 07, 2023 -
Scott Simpson, the digital transformation lead in the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer at DHS, said about 200 contracting officers are testing three AI capabilities to see how they more easily can help them find possible contractors to bid on solicitations.
June 06, 2023 -
A primary benefit for edge computing is reducing the dependency on networks, a costly element both in terms of bandwidth and time. By moving the compute closer to the data, analysis can be performed on location, allowing just the results to be transmitted back across the network.
May 26, 2023 -
DoD introduced a new plan to modernize records keeping and make it more accessible as agencies move away from paper records.
May 23, 2023 -
To ensure value out of artificial intelligence, first understand what AI actually is, versus a buzzword make popular by emergent generative applications. That’s according to Jay Meil, chief data scientist and managing director for artificial intelligence at SAIC.
May 22, 2023 -
Bureaus and offices across the State Department are looking for data scientists to join the federal workforce and lead its emerging "data science for diplomacy" initiatives.
May 12, 2023 -
What’s “explainable AI,” and why is it desirable? In this discussion with experts from ThunderCat Technology and Dell Technologies, learn the answers and find out why it’s critical to create the right teams and processes to take advantage of AI/ML.
May 10, 2023 -
Dataiku’s Doug Bryan has a “more the merrier” approach to promulgating the use of AI. He talks with The Federal Drive’s Tom Temin about why making user-friendly AI capabilities available to the masses will improve adoption and also drive decent ROI.
May 10, 2023 -
As agencies seek to push data to the edge, it’s important to understand that “edge” involves a range of elements that must be managed and secured, explains Dell Technologies’ Kelsey Monaghan. Learn more about what that means for agencies.
May 09, 2023 -
Moving to the cloud requires a plan for securing data, which falls to the agency, while infrastructure cyber falls to the provider. We talk with experts from Commvault and AWS to uncover the best strategies to make this happen successfully.
May 09, 2023 -
Success in using data well to drive decisions and solve problems hinges on establishing a data culture that embraces all users, says Alation’s Scott Woestman. He shares three steps to make that happen with The Federal Drive’s Tom Temin.
May 09, 2023 -
The fourth report in a year about the Transactional Data Reporting pilot continues to ring the same negative notes from the inspector general while GSA officials continue to push back against that tune.
May 08, 2023 -
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency picked a systems integrator for a computer vision project. The integrator, CACI, started to develop a proprietary function that a commercial company already offered. You can guess what happened.
May 03, 2023 -
It's called Kestrel, but it's not a falcon catching mice. It's the newest Energy Department supercomputer. Kestrel just arrived at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
May 01, 2023
