Tim Persons

For the military, the constant insertion of new technologies into weapons and other systems is important to maintaining a competitive edge.

The opportunities for federal financial managers to use RPA and other emerging technologies is great, but they also must overcome these and other challenges to take full advantage of this latest technology innovation.

One of the biggest opportunities to bring a data-centric culture to DoD is modernizing its Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS).

Through big-data tools, the Department of Health and Human Services; top watchdog has an upper hand bringing bogus health care claims to court.

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What if artificial intelligence could predict when agency employees feel like quitting before they’re out the door? The Naval Research Laboratory is looking at using AI tools to comb through data from exit surveys and flag common workplace issues.

Immature technologies can sink an otherwise carefully planned program. That’s why the Government Accountability Office is preparing a guide to help program and acquisition people evaluate the maturity of technology before they get stuck with it. Dr. Tim Persons, chief scientist at GAO, talked about the new guide on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Congress, as an institution, doesn’t appear to have the technological skills and knowledge to ask the right questions when it comes to increasingly complex agency IT programs. The congressionally-chartered Office of Technology Assessment was defunded in the mid-1990s and former staffers say its absence is sorely felt today. Many people say the time is right for a reboot of the OTA. This article is part of the Federal News Radio special report, A New Era in Technology.