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How the DEA made the move away from the pre-COVID office life to telework was aided by already having the foundation in place.
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The 1,600 employees of the National Science Foundation started working from home in March – a familiar story to so many across the country. But NSF might have been a little more prepared to make the switch.
If federal agencies were constantly on guard the past several years, as cyber-attacks grew in intensity and effectiveness, the past several months of the pandemic, has dumped fuel on that fire of fear and paranoia.
Protection of mobile devices is more important than ever. More than securing devices and mobile workforce per se, it’s important to think of this effort as helping secure the agency enterprise itself.
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Air Force working to transform with new 10 x 10 vision
The Department of the Air Force needs to work on several areas to meet its modernization and transformation goals, including improving data quality and accessibility, complying with set DoD standards, retiring legacy systems and thinking about how it can improve to meet its future needs.
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NASA wants to be your new favorite streaming app
NASA is taking a page from big time TV streaming services as it revamps its multimedia offerings. This month, the agency relaunched its longstanding NASA TV service, which is now called “NASA plus.” There is a new mobile app to go with it.
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The quantum battle for the Indo-Pacific theater: Intersections of technology and territory
Quantum technologies have the potential to revolutionize various fields, from communication and cryptography to material science, financial modeling, drug development, logistics, navigation and more. However, both the U.S. and China recognize the significance of quantum in enabling new military capabilities such as advanced sensing and imaging technologies, quantum radar, and quantum cyber-attacks.
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New DHS supply chain center aims to head off future crises
DHS’s new Supply Chain Resilience Center will aim to marshal stakeholders to help avoid the type of shortages and bottlenecks that roiled the country during COVID-19.
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Turning the White House AI EO into action
The White House executive order on artificial intelligence gathered into one place all the concerns and cautions floating around for years. How to protect privacy in training data. How to avoid algorithmic bias. For more on how agencies can improve their AI game, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the founder of the FAIR Institute, Nick Sanna.
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Average security-clearance-processing speed, hits a speed bump
The federal government’s made huge progress in reducing security clearance processing times over the last several years. But there are some early signs of backsliding. As Federal News Network reported last week, the latest data shows top secret investigations took an average of 115 days in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 – up from 84 days during the same period last year.
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OMB sees data-driven decision-making as key for better customer service in government
The Biden administration, in its push to improve customer experiences across government, is using data to pinpoint where those services aren’t meeting expectations.
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DoD’s Replicator program must be repeatable to be successful
While the Defense Department’s Replicator program will be successful if it is able to get 2,000 drones within two years, speakers at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology said that the program will be more successful if this is not a one-time thing. DoD must replicate this initiative in the future whether it is with new drones or another technology to help move beyond the valley of death.
