This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, January 19, 2024 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership for the week ending January 19, 2024 CISA mandates agencies close 2 cyber vulnerabilities immediately. Agencies have until the end of Monday to close two major cybersecurity (more…)
Paula Ganga, PhD, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Duke Kunshan University
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Duke Kunshan University and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University Duke Kunshan University and Stanford University United States As a comparative political economy scholar, Paula Ganga uses her knowledge of advanced statistical methodologies, seven languages and (more…)
Quantum Technology Challenge: What Role for the Government?
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, January 18, 2024 Paula Ganga PhD This is an excerpt of Chapter 9 from our new book Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance. Quantum technology has the potential to reshape the economic and social landscape of (more…)
Government needs to regulate facial recognition tech, says National Academies
This post first appeared on Next Gov. Read the original article. A facial recognition risk management framework, new legislation and more are among the recommendations in a new report requested by the FBI and DHS.
Design Principles for Responsible Use of AI to Enhance Customer Experience Using Public Procurement
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Ana Maria Dimand Kayla Schwoerer Andrea Patrucco Ilia Murtazashvili This chapter proposes two ways that public procurement processes can improve customer experience (CX) through artificial intelligence (AI) and presents seven design principles to guide the procurement of AI (more…)
What sections 9 and 10 of the executive order on AI mean for government contractors
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. While the EO contains many mandates that will impact commercial entities, sections 9 and 10 of the EO, related to protecting privacy (more…)
Finding Value in the Unexpected: A Conversation with Margaret Heffernan
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Monday, January 15, 2024 Margaret Heffernan Why are most humans uncomfortable with uncertainty and prediction addition? Does technological progress make predicting the future easier? If we can’t predict the future, how can we prepare for it? Why are the human (more…)
AI Literacy: A Prerequisite for the Future of AI and Automation in Government
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, January 11, 2024 Ignacio F. Cruz This is an excerpt of Chapter 7 from our new book Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on Resiliency, Innovation, and Performance. We turn from resiliency to the topic of innovation. The next nine chapters (more…)
Ignacio F. Cruz, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Northwestern University
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Assistant Professor, School of Communication Northwestern University United States Ignacio Fernandez Cruz is an Assistant Professor of Communication in the School of Communication at Northwestern University. Dr. Cruz’s expertise sits at the intersection of new ways of organizing, sociotechnical practices that intertwine (more…)
Government Performance Resolutions Announced for the New Year
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, January 11, 2024 John Kamensky The Office of Management and Budget released a new set of performance-related promises by federal agencies in advance of the New Year. It also refreshed its one-stop performance-tracking website, providing users new tools to interactively explore (more…)