Preparing Your Agency for AI and Automation

This event qualifies for 3 CPEs

After decades in development, artificial intelligence is now transforming government in both high-profile and largely hidden ways. Cloud-based computer resources, rapidly advancing algorithms and the explosion of available data are allowing agencies to pursue everything from automated citizen services to mission-centric machine learning.

The White House has made cognitive technologies a cornerstone of its annual research and development priorities, and a bipartisan group in Congress is pushing agencies to do more with AI. But while a growing number of agencies are moving past the hype and into production, the path to practical AI applications is still a winding one.

This FCW Workshop will help map the latest AI developments, the lessons learned by federal early adopters and the challenges that must still be addressed.

Topics to be discussed include:

AI’s ability to automate low-value work
Public sector’s AI investment outlook
Governance questions around implementing AI
Talent and workforce considerations
Citizen-facing AI
Cybersecurity applications (and AI-powered threats)

Speaker and Presenter Information

Dr. Justin Li

Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow,

Data Analytics Technology Center

Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

Ranjeev Mittu

Branch Head, Information Management and Decision Architectures Branch

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Timothy M. Persons, Ph.D.

Chief Scientist and Managing Director

Government Accountability Office

Robyn Rees

DIS IT Budget Lead, IT Governance & Strategy Advisor

National Science Foundation

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), City Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC, Federal Government, FDA