Artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing, iterative software development, wireless networking, and data management all offer federal agencies an edge in their digital transformations, as well as their abilities to forge better services and address missions. Along with those technologies, however, come many challenges that require constant recalibration of plans and capabilities. The last two years forced agencies to adapt to e...

Implementing the widespread use of AI can be challenging with funding and training resources. Once the first stages of implementation have gone underway, an agency needs to tackle the problems with the ethical use of AI and ML. AI has the power to elevate the citizen experience, using predictions and recommendations, while reducing a major burden on governments. But, how does an agency ensure the ethical standards are there? How can we confirm...

Join the August 2022 Enterprise Data & AI featured guest speaker Jerry Gupta, Senior Vice President, Personal and Commercial Insurance Research and Development at Swiss Re and his presentation‘Model Maintenance: Hidden Costs of Data Science’ on Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 11:30 AM - 1 PM ET! Data Analytics is considered the fourth phase of industrialization. Not surprisingly, organizations are rushing to build up and accelera...

The U.S. military is focused on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its strategic decision-making, from analyzing intelligence, to enhancing weapon systems platforms such as aircraft and ships that do not require human operators, to providing recommendations on the battlefield. But the United States is not alone in seeking to harness AI for military purposes. Other nations, such as China, are seeking to do the same – a 21st cen...

ATARC’s AI and Data Policy Working Group intends to investigate the policy implications of AI personhood for the US Federal government. We believe the topic will become critically important as technology advances, public awareness grows, and the limitations of current policies become apparent. Our goal is to help federal policy makers develop and implement policies in this area that conserve American values while enabling the development...

For states and localities looking to automate repetitious work, reduce paper-based tasks and streamline processes, artificial intelligence (AI) holds a lot of promise. The National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) in their recent report on AI and machine learning drew upon a Deloitte assessment that categorized the benefits of automation into four groups: relieve, split up, replace, and augment. The challenge for state and local agencies is...

“Infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars.” That quote by Army General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, summarizes why logistics is so important to the military. Today the U.S. military faces even greater logistics challenges, as technology amplifies warfighters’ force execution but adds complications to the vast array of supplies needed to support them.The modern warfighter m...

The July 2022 AI in Government event featured guest speaker is Stuart Wagner, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the US Air Force and US Space Force and his presentation ‘DevSecOps forgot about the data – Leveraging hackathons to force risk assessments of classified operational data’ Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 11:30 AM - 1 PM ET! In this session, Stuart Wagner, the Department of the Air Force’s Chief Digital Tran...

The role of Chief Information Security Officer is important making security is front and center in protecting organizations in a post SolarWinds and Log4j world. As the need to share information between different agencies with both connected and disconnected applications increases, agencies need to think beyond DevSecOps and Zero Trust. Existing approaches to building software and the use of automation need to be reevaluated. The Department of...

Cognilytica is hosting Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer, Managing Partners at Cognilytica and their presentation ‘The Top Reasons for AI Project Failure - and What you can Do about it’ on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 10 AM ET! Artificial intelligence and advanced data projects are gaining rapid traction. However, with all this interest and hype in AI, only a small percentage of AI projects are actually seeing success. Why are so many...