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Conversations with the people who are making data work better for government. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman speaks with federal chief data officers and other experts who are helping agencies use data to improve efficiency and maximize performance.
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 month. You'll hear from: -Brien Lorenze, chief data officer, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee -Heather Martin, acting director, Office of Plans, Programs, and Strategies, Directorate for Data and Digital Innovation, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency -Damian Kostiuk, deputy CDO, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services -Chakib Chraibi, chief data scientist, National Technical Information Service
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 Financial Transparency Renata Miskell.
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 use artificial intelligence tools. For an update on the early implementation of the strategy and how the new document came together, I sat down with Lori Wade, the IC’s chief data officer, along with my colleague and host of Inside the IC, Justin Doubleday.
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 DEIA and workforce issues.
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 Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda discuss the future of training in the defense community.
Data and evidence are increasingly driving decisions across the federal government. That’s based on nearly a decade of scorecards issued by the nonprofit Results for America. For insights into the latest scorecard, Vice President for Federal Policy at Results for America Nichole Dunn joins us with more.
A panel of federal data experts at ATARC's Data and AI Summit tell Federal News Network how data maturity efforts at their agencies have sped up the "time to market" getting the right data to the right people at the right time.
Chris Cleary, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, and Retired Col. Michael Anderson, chief strategist for Informatica Public Sector, say the data pillar of an agency’s zero trust strategy should serve as the foundation for progress in other key areas.
To empower data insights at the tactical level, Department of the Navy Chief Data Officer Tom Sasala says the service is making long-term investments in its Jupiter enterprise data and analytics platform.
Amb. Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the State Department’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, discusses how disaggregated workforce data is key to the department's five-year goals to improve diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Army Chief Data Officer Dr. David Markowitz outlines the Army's near-term goals for data analysis and artificial intelligence readiness.
A double feature this week: Lynne Parker, former Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, also former director of the White House’s National AI Initiative Office, sits down for an exit interview. Then Nick Hart, Data Foundation president and fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration, talks about NAPA's latest report on using death data to fight improper payments.
Check out our article on this interview: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2022/08/deputy-us-cto-lynne-parker-leading-federal-ai-expert-leaving-government/
The National Science Foundation is kicking off a pilot to test a long-awaited service expected to streamline federal data sharing in and out of government, now that the CHIPS and Science Act is law. Former U.S. Chief Statistician Nancy Potok, now a member board at the Data Foundation, talks about the NSDS will function.
Check out our article on this interview: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2022/09/national-secure-data-service-comes-into-focus-through-semiconductor-bill/
David Spirk, former chief data officer at the Defense Department, now a member of the Fortem Technologies Government Advisory Board, explains how data drives AI-readiness for DOD.
The Labor Department is seeking feedback on its first-ever Enterprise Data Strategy, a three-year roadmap focused on getting more value from the wealth of data it produces. For more on what the data strategy means for the agency, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with DOL’s Chief Data Officer Scott Gibbons and Chief Innovation Officer Chike Aguh.
Dr. Molini Patel of the Bureau of Medical Services won one of the State Department's first-ever Data for Diplomacy Awards for her work managing data related to COVID-19 and air quality at 80 posts around the world.
Fighting increasingly dangerous wildfires falls on federal, state and local government agencies. But the Federal Chief Data Officers Council is piloting ways to use interagency data to reduce the spread and severity of wildfires. Chief Data Officer for Wildland Fire Roshelle Pederson gives an update on this pilot,
Former HHS Chief AI Officer Oki Mek says the department has an inventory of at least 100 AI use cases across the department. But data challenges keep the agency from taking the next step on many of these concepts.
Nancy Morgan spent the last three years as the intelligence community's chief data officer. In that time, the amount of information both collected and produced by intelligence agencies has grown exponentially. The IC is now rewriting its 2017 data strategy to help guide spy agencies in all aspects of how they use an ever growing amount of data. Morgan retired at the end of April, but first, she sat down with Federal News Network's Jory Heckman and Justin Doubleday to discuss the IC's evolving data strategy, and why she thinks data isn't just a field for highly trained data scientists.
Joel Nantais, the State Department's chief data scientist, says the agency's hiring initiative reflects an increasing need for data scientists and builds off the success of other recent federal hiring pilots.
The Postal Service is creating a dashboard that tracks on-time delivery data nationwide. Russ Rappel Schmid, the chief data officer for the Postal Regulatory Commission, says he's looking to partner with USPS and its inspector general's office on this project.
The Chief Data Officers Council includes nearly 90 members across the federal government. CDO Council Chairman and Office of Personnel Management CDO Ted Kaouk says a CDO playbook is helping standardize some elements of the job.