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April 20, 2018 By AMK

GSA is giving a bird’s-eye-view of emerging government tech

Keeping up with emerging technology in government can make you feel like the lame kid in high school: When there’s a party, you don’t usually hear about it.

A new initiative at the General Services Administration aims to loop any interested feds in on the latest efforts to roll out artificial intelligence, blockchain and other emerging technologies across government.

Last week, GSA announced plans for EmergingTech Check, a monthly report on current and new emerging tech programs, pilots and resources across the government. The report will include updates for ongoing programs, detail the challenges teams are facing and highlight the evolving needs of each project, according to Justin Herman, who heads the Emerging Citizen Technology Office at GSA.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/04/gsa-giving-birds-eye-view-emerging-government-tech/147373/

January 17, 2018 By AMK

Can AI help simplify federal acquisition?

For all the mystery still surrounding the future of artificial intelligence, some early governmental uses could help federal workers and contractors navigate acquisition regulations to make federal purchasing less complex.

A new joint report from the Partnership for Public Service and the IBM Center for the Business of Government pointed to a pilot program currently deployed by the Air Force as a test case for making contracting quicker and more efficient.

Strategic, widespread use of AI “could save government up to 1.2 billion work hours and $41.1 billion annually,” the report estimated.

Because of the density and complexity of the current federal acquisition process, “people tend to go for what they know will work rather than where is there opportunity for innovation, saving time and saving money,” said Mallory Bulman, the vice president of research and evaluation at the Partnership.

Keep reading this article at: https://fcw.com/articles/2018/01/09/ai-partnership-procurement-gunter.aspx

November 2, 2017 By AMK

GSA launches guide for tech-curious agencies

The General Services Administration launched a collaborative resource for agencies researching how technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain could improve government services.

The U.S. Emerging Citizen Technology Atlas, publicly launched last week, aims to “demystify new technologies that have the potential to dramatically improve services for citizens, cut through the hype and get to the bottom of practical applications,” according to a GSA blog.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2017/10/gsa-launches-guide-tech-curious-agencies/142057

March 30, 2016 By AMK

Pentagon’s procurement system is so broken they are calling on Watson

IBM’s Watson, the computational genius that has bested Jeopardy champions, published a cookbook and even been unleashed in the fight against cancer, now has what is perhaps its greatest challenge — taking on the morass of federal procurement process.

For years, government agencies have tried to find ways to make the purchasing process more efficient. But now the Air Force has come to the conclusion that humans cannot on their own manage the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 1,897 pages of the densest prose on the planet. The only way to navigate a stifling bureaucracy that virtually everyone agrees it is broken, is to turn to the power of the machine.

The Air Force is currently working with two vendors, both of which have chosen Watson, IBM’s cognitive learning computer, to develop programs that would harness artificial intelligence to help businesses and government acquisitions officials work through the mind-numbing system.

The idea is to create a “bureaucracy buster, or let’s call it a decoder,” said Camron Gorguinpour, a senior official in the Air Force’s acquisitions office.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-pentagons-procurement-system-is-so-broken-they-are-calling-on-watson/2016/03/18/a6891158-ec6a-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html

Keeping up with emerging technology in government can make you feel like the lame kid in high school: When there’s a party, you don’t usually hear about it.

For all the mystery still surrounding the future of artificial intelligence, some early governmental uses could help federal workers and contractors navigate acquisition regulations to make federal purchasing less complex.

The General Services Administration launched a collaborative resource for agencies researching how technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain could improve government services.

IBM’s Watson, the computational genius that has bested Jeopardy champions, published a cookbook and even been unleashed in the fight against cancer, now has what is perhaps its greatest challenge — taking on the morass of federal procurement process.

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