Open Data/Transparency

• After a long-term study, evidence-based decisions need trustworthy data

  Trust underpins evidence-based innovation, but all parties still need to agree on their definition of trustworthiness.

  Open Data/Transparency

  June 16, 2022
• New VA portals provide simplicity, transparency to vendor interactions

  In addition to providing a one-stop shop for contractors, VA is trying to build a culture of transparency on the IT side, in order to make it easier for vendors to integrate solutions.

  Shared Services

  June 13, 2022
• FOIA advisers recommend independent review into how DHS handles immigration record requests

  DHS gets the most FOIA requests out of any federal agency, and most of them are related to immigration records.

  Agency Oversight

  June 09, 2022
• Study looking at how agencies make their crucial legal documents publicly available

  The Administrative Conference of the United States is concerned with how federal agencies carry out laws, so it launched a study to examine disclosure rules of agency legal activities.

  Open Data/Transparency

  June 03, 2022
• AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency

  Data requirements to ensure lack of bias in AI and transparency and how it works are not part of the standard license agreements.

  Artificial Intelligence

  May 18, 2022
• Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service settles another lawsuit stemming from the 2020 presidential election.

  Federal Newscast

  May 16, 2022
• What good is all of the criminal justice data put out by the Justice Department if no one uses it?

  Each year, the Justice Department churns out lots of data about criminal justice. Recently it launched an initiative to prod state and local governments to use the data more effectively to make policy and budget decisions.

  Big Data

  March 25, 2022
• A lot of what USAID does relies on this geographer

  Geographic information is crucial to agency missions almost everywhere. And it's especially true for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

  Open Data/Transparency

  March 25, 2022
• Innovation for IRS customer experience hangs on cost effectiveness

  Harrison Smith, co-director of the IRS Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office, said the agency must help industry partners understand what they want to accomplish.

  IT Modernization

  March 02, 2022
• Don’t throw out your 8 mm movies, the Library of Congress may want them

  Mike Mashon might have one of the coolest jobs in the federal government. He's head of the Moving Image section at the Library of Congress.

  Technology

  February 24, 2022
• DHS privacy chief aims to promote ‘privacy enhancing technologies’

  DHS's privacy chief wants to make privacy less of an afterthought by designing systems with technologies to protect the confidentiality and integrity of information in the first place.

  Agency Oversight

  February 17, 2022
• Library of Congress expanded online content in response to the pandemic

  The Library of Congress is busy building an online collection of open access e-books, which accelerated when the pandemic hit.

  Open Data/Transparency

  February 14, 2022
• IRS walks away from facial recognition to access online tools after backlash

  The IRS will transition away from using facial recognition technology to help taxpayers create online accounts with the agency.

  IT Modernization

  February 07, 2022
• New database aims to get a better understanding of suicide within law enforcement

  In today's Federal Newscast, the FBI is shining a brighter light on the mental health of law enforcement officers.

  Federal Newscast

  January 07, 2022