Open Data/Transparency

• Yes, Virginia, federal agencies can be agile

  Census had to dance around pandemic, but it will have gotten the job done.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  December 15, 2020
• Mapping out a transparent approach for the Biden administration

  Every new administration promises transparency and accountability. Typically they say it shortly after entering the Oval Office after the inauguration parade.

  Workforce

  December 10, 2020
• Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

  In today's Federal Newscast, a report by the MITRE Corporation found 16 key concerns with the quality and accuracy of data available to the PRAC.

  Federal Newscast

  November 30, 2020
• Agencies improving in CX but need to worry less about digital – more about human design

  Speakers at a virtual summit this week detailed how the pandemic gave their agencies a chance to make long-talked about improvements to customer experience.

  Technology

  November 20, 2020
• VHA cuts FOIA backlog in half, thanks to telework infrastructure

  Michael Sarich, FOIA director for the Veterans Health Administration, said “FOIA programs are going to be fine if our people are fine."

  IT Modernization

  November 10, 2020
• This is not your father’s artificial intelligence

  This week on Federal Tech Talk, Arash Rahnama, head of Applied AI Research at Modzy, joins host John Gilroy to talk about artificial intelligence, data security, data filtering, and federal IT.

  Federal Tech Talk

  November 09, 2020
• Some agencies not fulfilling open data reporting requirements

  The Open Government Data Act calls on agencies to make their data publicly available, and for OMB to track it. Some of it isn't happening says the Government Accountability Office.

  Open Data/Transparency

  October 21, 2020
• DoD to establish data commandments based on new strategy

  The Defense Department finalized its first-ever data strategy focused on eight guiding principles and seven goals to bring some standardization and governance to how the services and agencies manage information.

  Defense News

  October 09, 2020
• PRAC builds data transparency to create ‘citizen watchdogs’ for pandemic fraud

  The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee oversees a bailout about three times as large as what Congress spent on the 2008 recession, but also benefits from advances in data analytics tools that weren’t available to auditors more than a decade ago.

  Agency Oversight

  October 01, 2020
• House Modernization Committee issues last round of recommendations

  The House Modernization Committee has passed its final round of recommendations before its term expires at the end of this session of Congress. The committee has introduced 97 recommendations over the past 20 months.

  Congress

  September 28, 2020
• Federal CDOs still lack clarity around responsibilities, report finds

  Most federal chief data officers have experience with their organizations, but that doesn't always mean they know where they stand.

  Big Data

  September 25, 2020
• The trick to writing good public comments on federal regulations

  Writing effective comments on proposed federal regulations is an art form. Steptoe & Johnson law firm partner Matt Kulkin had some advice.

  Open Data/Transparency

  September 18, 2020
• Fighting COVID-19 with supercomputers

  A month ago three departments — Energy, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs — established what they call the COVID-19 Insights Partnership. It brings together a lot of health data

  Technology

  August 31, 2020
• Millennium Challenge Corporation earns high marks on transparency scorecard

  The Millennium Challenge Corporation invests U.S. foreign aid into developing nations, but not without a detailed paper trail of where the money’s going.

  Agency Oversight

  August 19, 2020