MITRE

Federal ‘neurodiversity’ initiatives slowly getting off the ground

NGA’s neurodiversity pilot has been an outlier. But other federal agencies are starting to take steps to embrace neurodiverse talent.

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Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 27: Innovations in the Federal Market – Part 1

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workforce

Better data, training, hiring processes are key to cyber workforce strategy, groups say

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GSA, CISA turning to AI tools, standards to help secure federal supply chains

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CDO Council gets tips on how to recruit talent, share data across agencies

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(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Attempted poisoning of Tampa’s water is a signal – we must act

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(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety via AP)In this frame grab from video provided by the  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), taken in 2015, a vehicle closes in on a Strikeable Surrogate Vehicle (SSV) at the IIHS Vehicle Research Center in Ruckersville, Va. Federal regulators and the auto industry are taking a more lenient approach than safety advocates would like to phasing in automatic braking systems for passenger cars, according to the official records of their closed-door negotiations. Systems that automatically apply brakes to prevent or mitigate collisions, rather than waiting for the driver to act, are the most important safety technology available today that’s not already required in cars. (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety via AP)

MITRE, NHTSA expanding partnership with more transportation data sets

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Experts hope next administration will take advantage of data-driven innovations

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Nonprofit’s new Center for Data Driven Policy tries to forecast impacts

To explain what that is and how the center can help, Mitre’s Vice President for Strategic Engagement and Partnership James Cook, and its Director of Engagements…

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FITARA

Education pushes back, OPM opens up during FITARA hearing

A panel of former federal technology executives offered the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations suggestions for improving…

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CIO reporting, working capital funds remain outliers in agency IT modernization progress

The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on government operations released the 10th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard and no agency received a “F” or “D” grade for the first time.

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