Big Data
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants to see updated agency implementation plans, as well as a plan to ensure the law continues its implementation through the election season.
May 31, 2016 -
The government is sitting on a treasure trove of HR data that it does not typically use. There are so many possibilities to use the data to produce actionable information that would help agencies do better hiring, get better performance, and use their resources more wisely.
May 26, 2016 -
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sent a letter to OMB Director Shaun Donovan asking for information on how the agency is going to adjust its pilot program so it meets DATA Act requirements ahead of the May 2017 implementation.
May 17, 2016 -
Agency IT leaders bemoan restrictions with policy and the rapid speed of the Internet of Things environment as major barriers to deploying new commercial IoT devices in the field.
May 17, 2016 Rusty Pickens, senior advisor for Digital Platforms for Public Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how to use collaboration to integrate complex IT systems. May 17, 2016
May 16, 2016-
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is the latest federal agency to establish a permanent presence in Silicon Valley. Agencies are feeling the need to be closer to the innovators in order to feed off their energy, get involved in partnerships and stay on top of the cutting edge of innovation.
May 11, 2016 -
Federal leaders in cybersecurity are finding themselves in the position of trying to guess what the next big thing is going to be and how to prepare for it.
May 11, 2016 -
Federal agencies like the Internal Revenue Service are finding that they must balance an increase in the amount of data they have to secure while providing safe access when that information is needed.
May 10, 2016 -
The department's Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) now has the ability to give access to users based on their job functions and attributes, not merely the person's name or employee number. Donna Roy, executive director of the Information Sharing Environment Office at DHS, said that capability is helping the department build trusted identity exchanges.
May 10, 2016 -
A big data palooza for the health care field has just kicked off here in Washington. For what to expect, Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked Niall Brennan, chairman of the Health Data Palooza and chief data officer at the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.
May 09, 2016 -
A new report by the federal chief technology officer highlights the power of big data while also emphasizing the need to consider its ethical implications.
May 09, 2016 -
The Commerce Department wants to train all of its employees in the next two years on digital data tools. It's part of the agency's goal to make the vast amounts of data it collects more accessible to the public.
May 06, 2016 -
Agencies are swimming in data, and they're looking for ways to sift through the noise and identify the most important pieces of information to help them make meaningful decisions more quickly and accurately.
May 05, 2016 -
The DATA Act will make it easier for the federal government to prepare for the future and help citizens, but before it can do that, agencies need help in meeting the May 2017 implementation deadline.
April 26, 2016 -
Federal agencies are experimenting with different ways of incorporating mobile data into their missions: some are trying to protect citizens' data, while others are recruiting volunteers to collect and share more.
April 26, 2016
