Open Data/Transparency
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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Howard Shelanski defended his office against claims from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members that OIRA doesn't do enough to communicate with other agencies and with the general public.
March 16, 2016 -
18F released a draft RFQ and a draft of the agency's transparency policy it plans to include for its agile BPA. The announcement was made on the second day of Sunshine Week, which highlights the importance of open government.
March 15, 2016 -
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott released a draft open source software policy with a goal of reducing duplicative purchases and taking advantage of industry best practices by sharing reusable source code.
March 10, 2016 -
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is scheduled to certify the Automated Indicator Sharing initiative on March 16, which provides a central location for cyber data and a way to share it across agencies and industry.
March 09, 2016 -
A report from the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture Federal Services found that data, governance, communication and engagement, and workforce management are the biggest challenges for government agencies trying to improve customer service.
February 23, 2016 -
Marc Groman, chief privacy officer for the Office of Management and Budget, revealed the progress made toward updating how the federal government handles privacy and civil liberties as President Barack Obama signs a new executive order.
February 09, 2016 Don Anderson, assistant director for Analysis for the U.S. Air Force, joins host John Gilroy and explains how data management and data visualization can save your agency money. February 2, 2016
February 01, 2016-
The First Responder Network Authority issued its Request for Proposals for the nationwide public safety broadband network this week. The network will be the first of its kind dedicated to public safety.
January 15, 2016 -
Customs and Border Protection has been testing body-worn video cameras for its officers, and has passed along the lessons it's learned to other agencies.
January 05, 2016 -
The DHS Privacy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Unmanned Aircraft Systems Working Group, which wrote the best practices, acknowledged that not all suggestions will apply to every agency.
January 04, 2016 -
NIST last summer launched what it calls reference data challenge. It was seeking a new app that could provide access at least one of six NIST data sets in a move toward open data. The challenge just concluded. Heather Evans is a challenge manager at NIST. She talked with Federal News Radio’s Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the those results and what the agency has planned.
November 24, 2015 -
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.
November 19, 2015 -
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
November 16, 2015 -
Kshemendra Paul, the program manager of the Information Sharing Environment, said the organization’s annual report to Congress demonstrates a maturing and sustainable set of frameworks and policies.
November 12, 2015 -
The Director of National Intelligence released a new transparency plan that will facilitate the publication of some intelligence documents.
October 27, 2015
