Recent Government Initiatives on Public Sector AI Solutions In recent years, governments across the globe have recognized the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and have embarked on initiatives to harness this technology to drive innovation and serve their citizens more effectively. These government-led efforts have had a profound impact on the development and adoption […]
The Evolution of AI and LLMs Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) have come a long way since their inception in the 1950s. From the pioneering research of English mathematician and logician Alan Turing to the recent breakthroughs achieved by models like GPT-3/GPT-4, AI has undeniably transformed industries and revolutionized human-computer interactions. But […]
AI is the next revolutionary technology that will accelerate the mission of the Department of Defense. Newly boundless in its applications, “AI” joins “cyber” and “cloud” as the most important information technologies that have arrived in the last 25 years. In July 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) marked the one-year anniversary of the Chief […]
By now, almost everyone across the tech landscape has heard of the Zero Trust (ZT) security model, which assumes that every device, application, or user attempting to access a network is not to be trusted (see NIST definitions below). But as models go, the idea is easier than the execution. To provide guidance to federal […]
The evolution of healthcare has come a long way since local physicians made house calls and homespun remedies were formulated using items from the kitchen spice rack. Today’s healthcare is driven as much by the promise of emerging technologies centered on data processing and advanced analytics as by developing new and specialized drugs. This has […]
Every day in the US thousands of legitimate prescriptions for the opioid class of pharmaceuticals are written to mitigate acute pain during post-operation recovery, chronic back and neck pain, and a host of other cases where patients experience moderate-to-severe discomfort. While many of these drugs provide pain relief, the potential for misuse and outright abuse […]
Have you ever considered how much data a single person generates in a day? Every web document, scanned document, email, social media post, and media download? One estimate states that “on average, people will produce 463 exabytes of data per day by 2025.” Now consider that the federal government has approximately 2.8 million civilian employees […]
How Agencies Can Gain the Cyber Edge with Smart Data Solutions For the vast majority of US citizens, the front lines of conflict are witnessed from thousands of miles away on the nightly news. But for government agencies, these physical conflicts are the tip of the iceberg as cyberattacks persist as an underlying constant, inflicting […]
It’s no secret that IT modernization is a top priority for the US federal government. A quick trip in the congressional time machine to revisit 2017’s Modernizing Government Technology Act surfaces some of the most salient points regarding agencies’ challenges: The federal government spends nearly 75% of its annual information technology funding on operating and […]
Information technology has been at the heart of governments around the world, enabling them to deliver vital citizen services, such as healthcare, transportation, employment, and national security. All of these functions rest on technology and share a valuable commodity: data. Data is produced and consumed in ever-increasing amounts and therefore must be protected. After all, […]
