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...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. The Digital Transformation Journey The June AFCEA Breakfast will serve as a bookend to the three chapters of Security, Automation and Modernization. To conclude the conversations, agency leaders will discuss how innovations in workforce, strategy, and policy in each of these areas must work together to support successful transforma...