Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Agencies can’t stop buying duplicate IT services
Only two of seven agencies the Government Accountability Office reviewed fully implemented IT category management.
CISOs are streamlining agency technology adoption during the pandemic
The Infrastructure Optimization Center of Excellence is helping CISO shops develop the skills to expedite acquisition while still ensuring security.
USDA appointed assistant chief data officers to lead agency analytics
Some agencies are still grappling with where to put the CDO role, but who they report to matters less than their ability to be business change agents, according to data experts on an SNG Live panel.
GSA improving how it applies Centers of Excellence to agency problems
Early partnerships proved instrumental in honing the initiative's ability to achieve business objectives, but don't expect a playbook.
Federal data science reskilling program coming soon, Roat says
Maria Roat said a new data science training program is launching later this month.
Telework boom expanded an existing headache: keeping track of software licenses
More mobile devices, more updates to apps — agencies like the USDA and the Air Force are confronting how to keep track of what software is on what machine, and why.
