Two years after the White House issued an executive order creating a national strategy for artificial intelligence, agencies are moving past pilot projects and are looking for the next level of AI in government. Although some of the most visible projects are at NASA, DOD and IRS, many agencies are working on developing AI projects that support services, improve mission effectiveness and decision making and automate repetitive tasks. There is a...

Actionable Insights Using AI/ML The Federal Data Strategy states that artificial intelligence (AI) provides an extraordinary opportunity for federal agencies to reshape enterprise-level data strategies to achieve mission outcomes. As Presidential Executive Orders put more emphasis on the wide implementation of AI within the government, agencies accelerated AI adoption, integrating the technology into their operations to automate processes, imp...

Whether it's delivering better care for veterans, transforming internal business processes to make federal employees more effective and efficient, or improving the citizen experience on federal websites, digital government aims to enable better government. New tools and technologies are an essential part of these efforts, but the true transformation takes place in the analog world -- rethinking business processes, changing the workplace cultur...

We are incredibly excited to announce that the Winter Simulation conference is going virtual for 2020. This virtual-only format will allow us to safely serve our attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its widespread impact without any clear timeline for when it will be safe for large groups to be together, the decision to go virtual was made keeping everyone’s safety as the top priority. In a vi...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 11/16-11/20/2020 AI Week, presented by Scoop News Group, will be the nation’s largest gathering around artificial intelligence, focused on its potential to transform and disrupt public sector organizations and tangential industries like transportation, health care, banking and much more. During AI Week, leaders from governm...

FedTalks, the largest annual gathering of C-suite leaders from tech, gov and academia is turning 11 this year and will be bigger than ever. This year FedTalks will be a digital experience featuring talks from the biggest names in tech around the country. As the flagship event of National AI Week - a weeklong annual festival hosted by FedScoop from November 16-20, FedTalks will showcase influential leaders for daily lightning talks, keynotes, a...

The Federal Data Strategy's action plan was reworked in response to the COVID-19 crisis, while state and local governments are simultaneously expanding health data initiatives and looking for more cost-effective data solutions. Add in the growing importance of data-intensive cyber threat detection and the broad potential of AI and automation, and it becomes clear: Agencies' data challenges are evolving rapidly, and a solid data strategy is mis...

Emerging technologies offer the promise of better, faster, cheaper processing and problem solving, but they also bring the possibility of bias, security breaches and new privacy issues. Most agencies are experimenting on a small scale and testing out standards on privacy and security. Workforce also has been a concern as emerging tech matures—both to ensure displaced workers are reskilled and to make certain the job classifications are a...

An event co-presented by ATARC and NASA with panels focusing on the following conversations: -The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning -Moving Toward Model-Based Everything -Process Transformation (PTx) -The Importance of Culture & Workforce -Data -Collaboration

Join USGIF for its annual GEOINTegration Summit (now virtual), a multi-day event focused on professional self-discovery and personal branding, with new geospatial opportunities for collaborations. While innovation has always been at the heart of geospatial intelligence, technological evolution and disruptive events bring numerous challenges, but also unprecedented opportunities to transform the productivity, capacity, and capability of the geo...