(Getty Images) Cloud driving ‘sea change’ in federal data utility, says State’s cloud director Senior leaders are getting their hands on more data, thanks to the cloud, and as they do, they're getting hooked. Aug 17, 2021 By Billy Mitchell
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck (center), commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, tours a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II Oct. 28, 2020, during a visit to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released) Northern Command using data platform to better detect incoming threats Northern Command wants to use tech that already exists to leverage data for homeland defense under the JADC2 concept of operations. Aug 17, 2021 By Jackson Barnett
A NASA ground station in Antarctica for tracking and communicating with satellites in space. (Getty Images) NASA’s cloud push is motivated by data constraints The agency is moving satellite ground stations to its DAPHNE service and wants TMF funds for a FISMA High enclave. Aug 17, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) Dataset demands and remote leadership among top challenges for CDOs during pandemic Advisers describe new difficulties faced by CDOs over the last 18 months. Aug 17, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones
(Getty Images) Education Department is getting ‘smarter’ about hiring, training data scientists The department is crafting its first data-focused workforce plan with an emphasis on professional development. Jul 16, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
Tom Sasala at the 2017 Digital Transformation Summit. (FedScoop) Navy CDO Sasala says service has a ‘massive’ data duplication problem The service has missed a six-month target to create an inventory of its data. Jun 24, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) Federal CDO Council preparing 10 data science training program use cases The use cases are intended to help other agencies bolster their data workforces. May 4, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir