DoD CIO developing guidance for securing AI systems, data

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Defense Department is laying the foundation for securing artificial intelligence systems and data within the department. David McKeown, DoD’s chief information security officer, said his team developed a Risk Management Framework control overlay focused on what to look for in an AI (more…)

Leveraging Inspectors General to Make Evidence-Based Decisions

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, February 1, 2024 Ken Lish This is an excerpt of Chapter 13 from our new book Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance. The fundamental duties of executives across the federal government are to make informed and (more…)

New cloud category sinks FITARA scores

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Federal agency scores plummeted on the 17th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard. The reason for the drop in grades: Continued struggles to implement best practices for moving workloads and services to the cloud. The scorecard, released by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), (more…)

The role of technology in public participation in the regulatory process.

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Susan Dudley AI could help individuals shape their public comments into a format most useful to agencies. Blog Co-Author: Sarah Hay, Policy Analyst, GW Regulatory Studies Center In our blog post last week, we provided highlights of our (more…)

Future of Payment Integrity within the U.S. Federal Government

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Renata Miskell This is an excerpt of Chapter 12 from our new book Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance Paying the right person, in the right amount, at the right time—from Social Security (more…)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Agencies Need to Enhance Oversight of Ransomware Practices and Assess Federal Support

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Ransomware—software that makes data and systems unusable unless ransom payments are made—is having increasingly devastating impacts. For example, the Department of the Treasury reported that the total value of U.S. ransomware-related incidents reached $886 million in 2021, a 68 percent increase (more…)

NIST focuses on data, testing to ensure efficacy of AI-powered identity systems

This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to make sure identity systems, which increasingly leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning, are trained on good data and continuously tested to prove out their efficacy. But a NIST official says a key challenge is (more…)

What does “accountability” mean for government experts?

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Monday, January 29, 2024 Donald Kettl I had a really insightful colleague who used to say that “accountability” wasn’t a thing but a relationship. The question, he said, was “who was accountable to whom, for what—and how?” That’s the puzzle hiding at (more…)

EXPERTS IN GOVERNMENT: A Conversation with Prof. Don Kettl.

This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date:  Monday, January 29, 2024 Don Kettl How do we balance the age-old battles between expertise and accountability in government? What is the role of experts in governance? Why have the challenges of bureaucratic capacity and control become far greater in (more…)