Here’s an excerpt from a Federal News Network-moderated panel at the Data Foundation’s govDatax Summit. You’ll hear from Oliver Wise, chief data officer at the Commerce Department and Eileen Vidrine, the chief data and AI…
November 15, 2023
Agency leaders outline the challenges and opportunities of AI. Department of Homeland Security’s Undersecretary for Policy Rob Silvers says DHS IS looking to become one of the “early and aggressive adopters” of AI tools. Col.…
November 1, 2023
This episode features a Federal News Network-moderated panel at AFCEA NOVA’s Navy IT Day earlier this month. We hear from Deputy Data Officer at the Office of Chief of Naval Operations Nathan Hagan and Acting…
October 18, 2023
Gil Alterovitz, director of the VA’s National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) highlights some of the key takeaways from the VA’s recent summit on AI in health care.
October 4, 2023
The Postal Regulatory Commission plans to build up its data capabilities. But it’s not getting everything it asked for in its fiscal 2024 budget request, now that the Postal Service approves its budget, not Congress.…
September 20, 2023
Eric Stein, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Global Information, is looking at ways to use emerging technology to improve FOIA processing governmentwide
September 6, 2023
A panel of agency CDOs and data experts go deep on the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in the federal government. Federal News Network moderated this discussion at an ATARC AI summit earlier this…
August 23, 2023
Several agencies behind the Joint Financial Management and Improvement Program (JFMIP) are releasing a Payment Integrity Plan this fall. For a preview, we hear from the Treasury Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy and…
August 9, 2023
The intelligence community has a new data strategy. The 2023-2025 IC Data Strategy lays out the steps all 18 intelligence agencies will take to develop a more data-savvy workforce, and set the groundwork for the IC to…
August 2, 2023
The State Department’s former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a career diplomat with more than 30 years of experience, touts the success of the department building out its data expertise to better address…
July 12, 2023
The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is on a mission to train more than 3,000 military and civilian professionals in data analytics and AI skills. David Pearson, the director of DAU’s Engineering and Technology Center, and…
June 14, 2023
Bureaus and offices across the State Department are looking for data scientists to join the federal workforce and lead its emerging “data science for diplomacy” initiatives. Farakh Khan, division director for the communications, culture and training…
May 17, 2023
On this episode, we present a Federal News Network-moderated panel of agency chief data officers at ATARC’s GITEC Summit in Annapolis, Maryland. The panel includes: -Capt. Brian Erickson -Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Coast…
May 3, 2023
The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT raises new questions about how to regulate it. At a recent ATARC panel, hear from Chakib Chraibi, chief data scientist at the National Technical Information Service, Scott…
April 19, 2023
