DHS touts AI work and pilots a year after executive order
The White House also took a moment to document its progress on goals related to the tech.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA Financial Systems Assistant Administrator on leaning into generative AI
Christopher Kraft describes the development of a proprietary generative AI tool used to draft reviewable responses to budget questions and provided greater mission efficiencies.
FEMA employees brought government devices abroad without authorization, including to China and Iraq, document shows
FEMA appears to have missed a December goal to address concerns related to government devices being taken abroad without authorization.
Homeland Security adds facial comparison, machine learning uses to AI inventory
Inventory now includes a facial comparison tool being used by the Transportation Security Agency and Customs and Border Protection.
Fixing disaster relief may mean updating DisasterAssistance.gov
FEMA says a legacy system is scheduled to be decommissioned at the end of the next fiscal year, among other technical changes coming to the website.
White House reveals two new ‘life experience’ CX projects
The projects focus on improving citizens' access to Medicare and disaster assistance.
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FEMA’s Chris Kraft explores the evolution of automation from back-office to mission-centric activities
FedScoop speaks with FEMA at the UiPath Together Summit 2023.
Charles Armstrong joins FEMA as chief information officer
He has three decades of tech experience in IT operations including seven years as CIO of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
FEMA, FCC warn emergency alert system vulnerable to hacking
FEMA issued an advisory to broadcasters after learning the exploit may be demonstrated at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas.
ATARC announces 2 labs to spur government adoption of modern credentials
The trade body has set up two public-private labs that will demonstrate six mobile device authentication use cases.