Technology
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The Office of Management and Budget requires agencies now to use data to make decisions about how they spend money and prioritize budget requests. The tools for making those decisions are getting easier and faster for agencies to use. Justin Brown, an IT engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss some of the data analytic solutions he's using and what kind results they yield.
October 22, 2015 -
The crowdsourcing model is coming in full force to the discussion about the future of federal information technology and management. ACT-IAC calls it crowd-versations. Tony Bardo, industry chair for ACT-IAC's Executive Leadership Conference and assistant vice president of government solutions at Hughes, offers his insight on In Depth with Francis Rose.
October 22, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget is updating the underlying policy for how the government buys, uses, and manages information technology. It’s known as Circular A-130. The last time OMB updated it was in 2000. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the changes and why you should care.
October 22, 2015 -
Data problems continue to haunt the Obama administration's efforts to tame the government's property portfolio. But they are not the same problems of yesteryear.
October 22, 2015 -
The Internal Revenue Service is taking the lead on government and industry information sharing. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced a new partnership with 20 tax industry groups and 34 states. They've identified 20 new data components that will help the IRS detect and stop identity and refund fraud this coming tax filing season. Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko has more about the IRS's role in this new information sharing agreement.
October 21, 2015 -
A big concern for government buyers is the integrity of parts, mainly integrated circuits, sold by electronics manufacturers and distributors. The requirement to ensure supply-chain security was written into the last couple of defense authorization bills. Vince Crisler is a partner at Fortalice Solutions and the CEO of Dark Cubed. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on how to implement supply-chain cybersecurity.
October 21, 2015 -
The White House issued the draft version of Circular A-130 updating the 15-year-old policy, specifically with a host of new definitions and requirements for protecting networks and systems.
October 21, 2015 -
The IRS and 20 tax industry organizations will share 20 new data sets with each other during the next tax filing season.
October 20, 2015
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