robotic process automation (RPA) Archives

MARCH 15, 2023 — State Department Chief Information Officer Kelly Fletcher speaks at ITModTalks, hosted by FedScoop, in Washington D.C.

State Department using RPA to slash financial statement processing time, says CIO Kelly Fletcher

Kelly Fletcher says the department has used automation to cut the reporting time from two months to two days.

Mar 15, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

WASHINGTON D.C., Sept. 20 – Department of Labor emerging tech chief Krista Kinnard accepts the emerging leader award at the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America awards. (Image credit: Partnership for Public Service / Joshua Roberts.)

DOL emerging tech chief says engaging staff, identifying pain points key to process automation

Sammies emerging leader award-winner Krista Kinnard discusses best practices for using technology to streamline back-office processes at federal agencies.

Sep 21, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

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Air Force aims to alleviate ‘pain points’ through robotic process automation

Robotic process automation is showing promise to help unburden defense officials from tedious administrative tasks.

Jun 14, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Defense Logistics Agency has ‘secret sauce’ for deploying software bots

Bots — many of which are unattended — are resulting in notable savings for the agency.

May 13, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE — (Department of Homeland Security / Flickr)

ICE issues $340M SWIFT development contract

The Scalable Ways to Implement Flexible Tasks contract spans Platform as a Service, collaborative services, visualization and hyperautomation.

Mar 11, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

ICE agile development contract slated for mid-January

The SWIFT contract will cover support for existing and prospective apps within a new Center of Excellence.

Dec 28, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

One of USDA’s new automations will help the U.S. Forest Service pay invoices faster while fighting wildfires like this one near Fawnskin, California in 2007. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

USDA set to grow its ‘strategic’ RPA program in fiscal 2022

The department has 66 automations in production with 29 more on the way, after establishing an operations and maintenance service a year ago.

Nov 9, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Dynamic information sharing depends on deploying the right automation

Automation enables IT systems to adapt at the ‘speed of need.’ But making automation work with complex security and mission needs requires experienced partners prepared to take…

Jun 23, 2021 By Rob Smallwood

AI-supported ‘superteams’ key to future of federal workforce: Deloitte

The consultancy advocates the creation of new team structures that give technology the status of a staff member.

Jun 3, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Army financial management — Joint Service members and civilians participate in Exercise Diamond Saber at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on June 26, 2019. It’s the Army’s only large-scale financial management exercise. (U.S. Army / Russell Gamache)

DOD takes automation a step further with machine learning

RPAs are getting a boost from machine learning in the DOD to help link up unmatched financial data.

May 11, 2021 By Jackson Barnett