Digital Government

Lawmakers propose extending pandemic analytics center beyond 2025 sunset

Oversight officials say that the Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence needs to survive past the looming sunset date, unlike a similar analytics center used to oversee stimulus spending that shuttered in 2015.

  • By Natalie Alms
Digital Government

Enhanced analytics can make tech export controls more effective, experts say

Export controls designed to limit Beijing’s access to sensitive U.S. technologies can be strengthened further if officials leverage AI and data science to identify gaps and weaknesses.

  • By Edward Graham
Artificial Intelligence

IBM, NASA Will Use AI to Improve Climate Change Research

The research will use IBM’s artificial intelligence technology and NASA’s Earth and geospatial science data for easier and faster research.

  • By Kirsten Errick
Digital Government

How a Social Worker Became the Defense Logistics Agency's First Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Under her leadership the agency is ‘just starting’ to really understand what it means to apply data as a strategic asset.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Digital Government

Better Data Would Help Federal Response to Missing Indigenous Women, Watchdog Says

The Government Accountability Office recommends improving database access and management, as well as better communication, to help resolve cases of missing and murdered Native American and Alaskan women.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Ideas

How AI and Data Can Increase Resilience in the New Era of the Pandemic 

While we can’t stop crises from happening, we can find ways to use data to anticipate impact and help with recovery.

  • By Suzette Kent and Mark Herrington
Ideas

Artificial Intelligence is Good at Less Exciting Military Roles Too

Maintenance is critical in the military, and this is a good example of how AI can be used right now to help improve operations.

  • By John Breeden II
Ideas

Data Science Education Lacks a Much-Needed Focus on Ethics

Undergraduate students need to learn the responsible use of data science as well as the nuts and bolts.

  • By Jeffrey C. Oliver and Torbet McNeil, The Conversation
Ideas

'Noisy' Data Can Worsen Credit Inequality

“We’re working with data that’s flawed for all sorts of historical reasons,” a researcher said.

  • By Edmund L. Andrews, Futurity
Emerging Tech

California Lawmakers Call for NOAA-Led Research Testbeds to Study and Stop Wildfires

The legislation would commit $15 million to such a pursuit in fiscal 2022.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Digital Government

How FAA’s Latest Challenge Looped in Data Newbies

In addition to creating new visualizations about national airspace, the agency encouraged employees who don’t work with data or in IT to give its tools a spin.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Digital Government

Agencies Are Making ‘Uneven’ Progress Meeting Evidence Act Mandates, GAO Says

Many federal managers reported having the necessary staff, skills and tools to collect and analyze performance data, but the results varied widely across government.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Digital Government

Coast Guard Deploys COVID-19 Data Visualization Tools to Manage Workforce, Operational Readiness

The suite of tools is developed and run by big data company Palantir.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Emerging Tech

NASA Turns to Edge Computing to Protect ISS Astronauts from Contamination

A microbiologist said the emerging technology will be vital to the space agency’s future exploration.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Artificial Intelligence

Firm Offers Tips on Eliminating Bias and Other Risks When Deploying Analytics Models

Government leaders are “appropriately” wary of implementing models they don’t understand, a senior expert explained.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Ideas

Avoid These 5 Common Data Pitfalls to Maximize the Impact of an Analytics Program 

Leveraging data is incredibly hard.

  • By Michael Stonebraker
Digital Government

Feds Offer Tips to Better Leverage Agency Data

Making better use of agency data is not as simple as flipping a switch.

  • By Frank Konkel
Modernization

HHS Puts Up $80M to Increase Number and Diversity of Health IT Workforce

The four-year effort will focus on improving data collection—especially around race and ethnicity—and training a more diverse health informatics and technology workforce.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Ideas

Bringing Tech Innovation to Wildfires: 4 Recommendations for Smarter Firefighting as Megafires Menace the U.S.

Managing the threat can start with better coordination and leveraging of technology for detecting and tracking the fires that matter.

  • By Natasha Stavros, The Conversation
Ideas

Addressing the DOD ‘Disconnected Data’ Battlefield Challenge

Modern-day commanders do not suffer from an information vacuum.

  • By Col. Wade Johnston
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