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FILE - A worker at the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections works to process absentee ballots at the State Farm Arena Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Atlanta. Texas has become the latest state where Republicans have rolled back access to voting methods that soared in popularity during last year’s pandemic presidential election. Among the most consistent targets of Republican lawmakers this year have been mail-in and early in-person voting, after many states expanded those options to make voting in the presidential election safer amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

USPS regulator hiring chief data officer to optimize performance

Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Michael Kubayanda told senators that the board would work with the CDO to make more USPS performance data more readily…

Agency Oversight

Moscow - Sep 12, 2021: Vaccinated young woman showing COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card, healthy person in mask after getting corona virus vaccine. Coronavirus vaccine shot and immunization mandate.

Legal challenge to vaccine mandate for private employers fast-tracked in court

Federal Newscast

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Agencies haven’t figured out how to budget for Biden’s cybersecurity EO

Cybersecurity

Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)

State, Commerce data strategies underpin broader agency goals

Big Data

Army

Army hopes Big Data Platform enables deeper analysis across bigger datasets

Technology

How agencies can gain rapid business insights

Commentary

The evolution of Decision Intelligence

Off the Shelf

Who is a CDO’s boss? Survey finds mixed role in agency hierarchy

Big Data

Fake invoices cost complicit contractor $50M

A defense contractor that created fake invoices, pays the government $50 million. OPM has elevated is office of diversity and inclusion. And, if given…

Federal Newscast

OIG investigations face challenge of both too little and too much data

Steven Burke, of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, said one of the ways to overcome those challenges is with good business…