Open Data/Transparency
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Also in today's Federal Newscast, USDA is facing more congressional backlash for its plans to relocate two research bureaus to Kansas City, and the DoD Inspector General says former Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White misused her subordinates’ time.
July 19, 2019 -
It’s been a significant year already for the rise of federal chief data officers and the government’s push toward better data governance.
June 11, 2019 -
The Justice Department’s prediction that fiscal 2018 would be a record year for Freedom of Information Act requests came true.
June 07, 2019 -
Federal CIO Suzette Kent said in an exclusive interview that new federal data strategy helps build a mature, healthy and secure data sharing foundation.
June 04, 2019 -
As public interest in government documents rises, DOJ's Office of Information Policy is looking at artificial intelligence to help reduce additional burdens on FOIA staffs governmentwide.
May 03, 2019 -
NOAA's broad spectrum of data formats across more than 90 business systems requires regular check on authorization and cyber health.
April 23, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers appears to have been stolen from websites affiliated with alumni of the FBI’s National Academy.
April 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a version of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act is introduced into the Senate.
April 15, 2019 -
Mark Groman, former senior White House advisor for privacy, tells CyberChat he believes incentives for data security have so far been wrong
April 12, 2019 -
Sound decision making, including federal, is supposed to take evidence based on data into account. The Data Coalition has a new CEO: Nick Hart
April 12, 2019 -
Andrea Norris, the chief information officer at the National Institutes of Health, said her agency is investing heavily in people, tools and cloud services to take more advantage of data.
February 22, 2019 -
The military press obtained what the Navy wanted to remain hidden. But should the big report, put together by a rear admiral, have been kept secret?
February 18, 2019 -
Improving cybersecurity across federal agencies requires staying on top of new and evolving threats. Now, the MITRE Corporation has a new public tool to further that mission.
February 12, 2019 -
Amid a push to make government data more accessible, the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Fiscal Service is moving away from structured data silos in favor of an open "data lake" approach.
February 11, 2019 -
Roger Waldron examines GSA’s unique opportunity to leverage e-commerce to increase best value deliverables, foster economic growth and expand federal customers' access to commercial solutions.
February 08, 2019
