All About Data

The State Department's former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a career diplomat with more than 30 years of experience, touts the success of the department building out its data expertise to better address DEIA and workforce issues.

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The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is on a mission to train more than 3,000 military and civilian professionals in data analytics and AI skills. David Pearson, the director of DAU's Engineering and Technology Center, and Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda discuss the future of training in the defense community.

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The Office of Personnel Management's latest data strategy is focused on developing a federal workforce that’s proficient in data and analytics skills across all agencies. OPM Chief Data Officer and Deputy Director for Human Capital Data Management Ted Kaouk talks about the strategy and his role as CDO Council chairman.

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Bureaus and offices across the State Department are looking for data scientists to join the federal workforce and lead its emerging “data science for diplomacy” initiatives. Farakh Khan, division director for the communications, culture and training team at the State Department’s Center for Analytics, has the details.

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On this episode, we present a Federal News Network-moderated panel of agency chief data officers at ATARC’s GITEC Summit in Annapolis, Maryland.  The panel includes:

-Capt. Brian Erickson -Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Coast Guard

-Luke Douglas - Chief Data Officer, Peace Corps

-Elizabeth Puchek - Chief Data Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

-Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Beach - Command Data Officer, Program Executive of Integrated Warfare System, Department of Navy

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The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT raises new questions about how to regulate it. At a recent ATARC panel, hear from Chakib Chraibi, chief data scientist at the National Technical Information Service, Scott Beliveau, chief of Advanced Enterprise Analytics at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Suman Shukla, the data management section head of the Product Management Division of the U.S. Copyright Office.

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Rachel Wang, the State Department's first chief data officer at the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, outlines priorities for her new office, as the department is launching CDO offices across all its bureaus.

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The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service is looking to modernize the way the federal government does business — and giving agencies a status update on its goals through the end of the decade. Bureau Commissioner Tim Gribben outlines the bureau's latest progress on its data initiatives.

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The Defense Department is looking at a 2025 deadline to make better use of artificial intelligence. To meet that goal, the Air Force and Space Force are looking to upskill airmen and guardians to better understand and work with this emerging tech. The Department of the Air Force is also working with the private sector and academia on projects to better use of DOD data needed to power AI algorithms. For more on all of this Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the department’s Chief Data and AI Officer, Eileen Vidrine.

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Agencies are swinging for the fences with high-impact use cases for AI. Bonnie Evangelista, the Tradewind execution lead within the Defense Department's Chief Digital and AI Office, talks about how DoD is using artificial intelligence to help it write contracts. Later, Meikle Paschal, program manager for RPA at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, talks about USCIS's plans to roll out un-attended bots.

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