Frank Dimina, vice president of public sector at Splunk, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that providing government employees and citizens access to data through the concept of data democracy could help agencies improve customer experience and regain public trust.
Read More »Intel’s David Hoffman: Government, Industry Should Collaborate on National AI Strategy
David Hoffman, associate general counsel and global privacy officer at Intel, has said government and industry should work together on a national strategy that would advance the adoption of artificial intelligence. Hoffman wrote in a FedScoop article published Tuesday the national AI strategy should address four areas and one is to foster AI innovation across government and industry.
Read More »Tyler Technologies Supports OPEN Government Data Act Compliance With Tech
Tyler Technologies offers a suite of technology products and services designed to help agencies comply with a newly passed bill mandating the public availability of machine-readable government data.
Read More »Report Shows Growing Use of Open Data Across Govt, Industry
A new report by Data Foundation and Grant Thornton highlights the growing use of open data across the government and the private sector that has been helping officials in the decision making for the management of their resources.
Read More »Deloitte Study Details Challenges to DATA Act Implementation; Dave Mader Quoted
A new study by Deloitte and the Data Foundation predicts the federal government may face challenges in implementing a law to establish an open data set to improve federal spending transparency, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The study states the implementation of the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of …
Read More »Grant Thornton-Data Foundation Survey: 82% of Govt, Industry Leaders Cite Progress in Data Standardization
A new survey by Grant Thornton and Data Foundation has found that approximately 82 percent of government and industry leaders said the standardization of information to facilitate open data adoption had improved in the previous year. Data Foundation and Grant Thornton said Thursday they interviewed at least 20 government and …
Read More »DLT, Hortonworks Forge Open-Source Analytics Tech Partnership; Shaun Bierweiler Comments
DLT Solutions and Hortonworks have teamed up to expand the adoption of open source-based analytics platforms designed to help federal agencies and other public sector institutions perform data analysis and management operations. DLT said Wednesday it will collaborate with Hortonworks to provide open data platforms that will work to provide actionable …
Read More »NTIS Names Booz Allen a Partner in Federal Data Analysis JV Program
The Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service has named Booz Allen Hamilton one of the 35 primary partners for a joint venture initiative that seeks to help federal agencies access, collect, use and analyze federal data and information services. Booz Allen said Monday it will compete with other private firms, …
Read More »AWS to Support Govt Service Modernization Efforts in Chile, Honduras
Amazon Web Services has entered into agreements with the administrations of Chile and Honduras to support the two countries’ efforts to modernize government services. The company said Wednesday it will support Honduras and Chile’s open data initiatives and update various internal systems in a push to facilitate transparency and efficiency in citizen services. …
Read More »ICF Selected to Pursue Data Projects With Commerce Dept’s National Tech Information Service
The Commerce Department‘s National Technology Information Service has selected ICF as one of 35 industry and research partners eligible to pursue opportunities to support the agency’s data projects across the federal government. ICF said Tuesday it will work alongside data science and data analytics companies and research groups to help NTIS …
Read More »Tableau, Commerce Dept to Collaborate on Economic Data Visualization Effort
The Commerce Department has partnered with business analytics software company Tableau for a data transparency project that seeks to help the general public access, examine and visualize economic data. Tableau said Wednesday it will integrate the company’s public data analysis tool and public dashboard with Enigma‘s operational data management and intelligence platform as …
Read More »Data.world, Defense Dept Launch Military Open Data Website
Public benefit corporation data.world and the Defense Department have partnered to launch an open data website that works to provide searchable, machine-readable and downloadable military datasets. Data.World said Thursday that DoD’s Defense Digital Service worked with data owners across the U.S. military to create the new Data.mil platform. The new website is designed to facilitate collaboration, …
Read More »InfoReliance Receives AWS Govt Competency Certification in 8 Customer Markets
InfoReliance has received Amazon Web Services‘ AWS Government Competency certification in eight customer markets for compliance with AWS standards in workload and application deployment on the Amazon cloud platform. Fairfax, Virginia-based InfoReliance said Friday it utilizes best practices and lessons from various industries to support accelerated AWS adoption for customers. InfoReliance is an AWS audited managed service …
Read More »Esri Demos Open-Data Model for ArcGIS Mapping Platform; Jack Dangermond Comments
Esri showcased an open data-based ArcGIS geographic information system at a digital technology event that was held Monday at the White House. The Expanding Opportunity with Open Data: A White House Demonstration event featured digital tools intended to help government agencies and the general public to access information about job openings or other opportunities …
Read More »Microsoft, USDA Pick 7 Award Recipients for Food Data Analysis Online Tool Design Competition
Microsoft and the Agriculture Department have selected seven winners of a competition for the development of online applications that aim to help improve the U.S. food system’s resiliency to climate change. The USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge required participants to design new tools that work to analyze the agency’s open data on …
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