This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Biden administration is setting a higher bar for how federal agencies oversee artificial intelligence and automation tools, and how they implement them in their own operations. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a blueprint for a “Bill of (more…)
Ransomware: Federal Agencies Provide Useful Assistance but Can Improve Collaboration
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Ransomware is a form of malicious software designed to encrypt files on a device and render data and systems unusable. Malicious actors then demand ransom payments in exchange for restoring access to the locked data and systems. A ransomware attack is (more…)
More than 100 Lawmakers Urge the Biden Administration To Extend Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waivers
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Although the Education Department has proposed regulations to make permanent many provisions of a temporary waiver program aimed at making the popular program easier to navigate, those rules won’t take effect until next year.
Unstable Ground
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska’s Arctic.
Reflections on Public Service – A Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour with Dave Zvenyach, former Director, GSA’s Technology Transformation Services
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Broadcast Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 Dave Zvenyach What does the director of GSA’s TTS do? What are the best ways we can reimagine the delivery of digital government services? What has been the impact of innovation across the federal government? Join (more…)
Weekly Roundup September 26-30, 2022
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Friday, September 30, 2022 Michael J. Keegan Articles & insights in public management & leadership that we have found of interest for the week ending September 30, 2022. Fall Agency Priority Goal Updates. Read about agencies’ progress toward more than 80 APGs or (more…)
Recovery Tips in the Wake of Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Fiona
This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. Across the Caribbean, Florida, and up the Eastern seaboard to Atlantic Canada, communities are facing devastation from a recent—and ongoing—spate of mid-season hurricanes. After making landfall in Western Florida yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane, Hurricane Ian has been cutting a path of (more…)
Recovery Tips in the Wake of Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Fiona
This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. Across the Caribbean, Florida, and up the Eastern seaboard to Atlantic Canada, communities are facing devastation from a recent—and ongoing—spate of mid-season hurricanes. After making landfall in Western Florida yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane, Hurricane Ian has been cutting a path of (more…)
Cybersecurity Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Program
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service Program provides participating institutions of higher education with scholarships to students in approved IT and cybersecurity fields of study. As a condition of receiving scholarships, students are required to enter agreements to work in qualifying full-time (more…)
Cybersecurity Workforce: Actions Needed to Improve Cybercorps Scholarship for Service Program
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service Program provides participating institutions of higher education with scholarships to students in approved IT and cybersecurity fields of study. As a condition of receiving scholarships, students are required to enter agreements to work in qualifying full-time (more…)