The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, enacted into law last December, allocates funds to sustain federal government operations throughout the 2023 fiscal year. But what, exactly, is in the 4,155-page Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023? What does $1.7 trillion buy? At a high level, the annual allocation increases military spending ($858 billion) and outlays for domestic programs ($772.5 billion). At the program level, the bill supports...

Government CXOs and industry technology leaders know that modernizing by adopting emerging technology is critical to organizational success. Agencies are embracing innovative approaches and technologies to improve operational effectiveness and deliver big data insights at scale through the use of multi-cloud environments, DevSecOps, low-code/no-code platforms and AI/ML. However, now more than ever, the focus of modernization efforts are on the...

Next Steps: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the government must be positioned to anticipate and prevent problems rather than just react to them. A comprehensive and secure data strategy has been instrumental in helping agencies to spur innovation, deliver on their mission, and better serve the public. Throughout 2020, agencies implemented Federal Data Strategy action plans with a focus on data governan...

Innovative Uses of Federal Data: Challenges, Successes Data is a critical component many agencies can utilize to anticipate and analyze problems that could impede operations and delivery of government services. By applying key aspects of The Federal Data Strategy, many government agencies were positioned to better curate, use, and share operational data as agencies were asked to disperse funds for the economy and collaborate with industry to u...

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...

A skilled workforce. Transformation technologies. Secure and effective information sharing. These are the drivers of modernization in the law enforcement and public safety (LEAPS) community. This is modernization in the fullest sense of the word - the development of technologies, policies and processes that address long-standing obstacles, eliminate inefficiencies, and accelerate the delivery of mission services. With its 11th annual LEAPS Tec...

A data analytics initiative is not just about the data. It’s about putting in place the technology, policies, and processes needed to leverage the full benefits of an analytics program. It’s about removing the barriers to identifying and sharing potentially valuable data streams. And it’s about understanding the organizational and cultural challenges of institutionalizing analytics as a discipline. This event will bring toget...

The growing data pool created by citizens sharing information in their daily lives through sensors, open data initiatives and the proliferation of the Internet of Things positions government agencies to deliver improved services and mission outcomes. The Data Symposium is focused on how government data enhances the life of the citizen. Highlights: With more than 130,000 data sets, learn out how the government currently uses data and the plans...

Effective Data UsageAccording to recent estimates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. By the year 2020 it’s widely estimated there will be 40 zettabytes of data and government agencies will own much of it. This data comes from everywhere including sensors used to gather climate information, public safety and emergency management organizations, healthcare systems and more. The value of making this data open and available...

Leveraging Data as an Enterprise AssetThere is no lack of data in government and the challenges of managing data, how to leverage it and make good organizational decisions about it are increasingly on the minds of government leaders everywhere. Government leaders are continually asking themselves how they can use data efficiently, maximize the value of data, and leverage data on demand to better serve their mission – especially in the ar...