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From IT to workforce to CX, agencies must justify their investments decisions in 2024

Fiscal 2024 budget guidance from the Office of Management and Budget tells agencies to invest in rebuilding the workforce, the move toward zero trust and…

Budget

Library of Congress

Commerce Department headquarters building, Washington D.C.

Agencies advised to think ahead when working PMA goals into strategic plans

Management

How agencies are actually using data and data science to evaluate programs

Management

Advisory panel outlines how agencies can meet ‘open data by default’ goal

Big Data

Wikipedia

EPA’s Evidence Act officer honored for using data in program evaluation

People

Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, reopens in a limited capacity in Washington, Monday, May 10, 2021. Fencing remains in place around the park which will allow the Secret Service to temporarily close the park as they deem necessary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Secure Data Service takes shape as advisory committee drafts report to OMB

Agency Oversight

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OMB memo elevates evidence-building as ‘need-to-have,’ evaluation experts say

Agency Oversight

OMB memo tells agencies to back up future budget requests with evidence

Agency Oversight

Biden memo enhances independence of federal scientists from political appointees

Agency Oversight

Federal CDOs still lack clarity around responsibilities, report finds

Big Data

FILE- In this July 8, 2020 file photo, Eric Antosh has a nasal swab taken by a nurse at a COVID-19 testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York broke a COVID-19 testing record Friday, July 31, 2020, by conducting 82,737 tests, the highest number ever conducted in a single day in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday in a written statement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers hope to secure more funding for NIH’s coronavirus efforts

Federal Newscast

Government cyber incidents continue downward trend

In today’s Federal Newscast, the number of cybersecurity incidents across government is down for a second straight year.

Federal Newscast

A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

HUD ‘moving quickly’ with data-driven analysis to spend $3B in pandemic funding

New pulse survey data from the Census Bureau will supplement other sources that HUD has relied on for years to allocate more than $3 billion in CARES Act…

Big Data

Next 10 years of federal data decision-making outlined in WH strategy

Big Data

According to Nick Hart, CEO of the Data Coalition, the new Federal Data Strategy “will fundamentally change the way government uses data.”