Department of the Interior
Interior made a flight reporting app to better manage its 750 drones
Aviation managers can review mission analytics to redeploy the fleet and determine which pilots and sUAS to activate for certain tasks.
National airspace should be redesigned around drones, Interior official says
Mark Bathrik also explained why the Department of the Interior works with UAS vendors on security instead of simply banning noncompliant products.
Challenges to a modern federal payroll system abound
NewPay will replace legacy systems used by multiple agencies like the Interior Business Center's and require a degree of collaboration seldom seen in government, according to human resources experts.
It’s OK for government to joke around on social media sometimes, comms leaders say
Social media is a place where agencies can engage "as real people" and show empathy.
Bipartisan law pushes use of drones for fighting wildfires
The new law directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to develop a research and testing program to explore the use of drones in fire management.
Interior finds new tech chief in former Alaska CIO
Bill Vajda will fill the role left empty when Sylvia Burns departed the agency in September.
