Big Data

• Greg Godbout & Robin Thottungal: Data can help federal decision-making

  Data has become the life blood of decision-making at many federal agencies. Greg Godbout is one of the leaders in federal data adoption. Now the chief technology officer at the Environmental Protection Agency, he's helping decision-making at both the federal and state levels. Federal Drive with Tom Temin interviewed Godbout and the agency's chief data scientist, Robin Thottungal, for an update on data initiatives. Godbout explained how data innovation can keep federal executives from making bad decisions on what they don't really know.

  Federal Drive

  December 01, 2015
• Digging deeper into FITARA

  Clark Campbell, vice president of Public Sector at BDNA, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how how his company can help federal agencies achieve the goals of FITARA. December 1, 2015

  Federal Tech Talk

  November 30, 2015
• Army suicide prevention takes on new, data-driven form

  Predictive analytics are changing the way the Army thinks about its training and programs to combat suicide — and other adverse factors that might impact a soldier's readiness. The service wrapped up a five-year study, called Army STARRS, this past summer.

  Army

  November 30, 2015
• The implications of “Cloud First” & “Shared First”

  Davis Johnson, vice president, head of US Public Sector, Riverbed, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company can help federal IT professions deploy new services. November 23, 2015

  On DoD Podcasts

  November 23, 2015
• With new threats, law enforcement agencies look for more collaboration

  Leaders within the Justice Department said law enforcement agencies are too focused on the information systems — and not enough on the threat data itself and how it can be shared — to solve problems and respond to crises.

  Technology

  November 19, 2015
• Using math and big data to save lives – maybe

  The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command stumbled onto some surprising findings when using big data to save on fuel costs.

  Defense

  November 19, 2015
• Major change proposed to how agencies track vendors

  The Federal Acquisition Regulations Council issued a proposed rule asking for input on how to move the government away from using the proprietary standard or number for uniquely identifying entities receiving federal awards provided for decades by Dun & Bradstreet.

  Acquisition Policy

  November 19, 2015
• Ian Kalin: Commerce opens government’s vast stores of data

  Agencies have no trouble generating data. But what good is it? The Commerce Department is launching a data service to make its vast stores of information more useful to decision makers. Ian Kalin is the chief data officer at the Commerce. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the new service.

  Federal Drive

  November 18, 2015
• Commerce wants better usability for federal data

  The Department of Commerce's recently launched data service aims to bring the nation’s top data scientists and software engineers together to build tools that leverage the federal government's wealth of databases.

  Technology

  November 17, 2015
• Sriram Vishwanath: Predictive analytics can benefit health care

  Anticipating what procedures and medicines work and don't work before illness or injury treatment starts can save lives. It can also reduce pain and suffering and lower the cost of health care. Sriram Vishwanath is a professor at the University of Texas, Austin in the Cockrell School of Engineering and co-founder and CEO of Accordion Health. He tells Federal News Radio’s Lauren Larson on Federal Drive with Tom Temin how health care providers are beginning to understand all of the benefits predictive analytics can bring.

  Federal Drive

  November 17, 2015
• Improving transparency through FITARA

  Cask LLC Director Mark Larson and AFEI President David Cheseborough will discuss how FITARA is helping agencies improve transparency and the efficiency of federal IT projects. November 17, 2016

  Federal Tech Talk

  November 16, 2015
• Federal data center consolidation 2.0

  Faisal Iqbal, public sector chief technology officer for Citrix, offers four steps to improving data center performance and obtain real savings.

  Commentary

  November 13, 2015
• DoD needs to expand initiatives to harness Internet of things

  The Defense Department could be saving money and increasing efficiency with the Internet of Things, it just needs to broaden some of its ideas, states a new report.

  Technology

  November 12, 2015
• Big data: What’s the next step?

  Tableau Software's Jerry Valerio and Trippie Group CEO Keith Trippie join host John Gilroy to discuss data management, data storage, and visualization. November 10, 2015

  Federal Tech Talk

  November 09, 2015