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🏆 We're thrilled to unveil the 2024 #FedScoop50 winners! These leaders have not only pioneered innovative solutions in federal tech, but they've also set new benchmarks across the industry. Their efforts in driving digital transformation are shaping the future of government IT. Celebrate their remarkable achievements and discover the visionaries advancing our nation's tech frontiers! See this year's winners: https://lnkd.in/ex3P9fH5

👏 A huge round of applause for VP, Public Sector Solutions Engineering, Bobby New, CISSP, ITIL, for being selected as a winner in the 2024 FedScoop 50 Awards in the Industry Leadership category! 🌟 This recognition in the #FedScoop50 highlights Bobby’s remarkable achievements and innovations on #TeamTreallix impacting the federal government. https://bit.ly/3BMBCNM

A group of House Science Republicans asked NIST to share its findings on digital identity and facial recognition. https://lnkd.in/ekXQfCqF

Federal officials are citing several common barriers to carrying out the Biden administration’s directives on artificial intelligence, including preparedness and resource issues, according to recent compliance plans shared by agencies with the White House. A FedScoop analysis of 29 of those documents found that data readiness and access to quality data, a dearth of knowledge about AI and talent with specific expertise, and finite funding levels were among the most common challenges that agencies reported. Agencies also disclosed obstacles when it comes to their IT infrastructure, limitations in government-ready tools, and testing and evaluation challenges, among other issues. https://lnkd.in/eKbdFSHv

Honored to be named a 2024 #FedScoop50 winner!💖 Grateful for this recognition of our work in federal IT innovation. HUGE thanks to my team and partners who made this possible. Looking forward to celebrating! 🙏FedScoop https://lnkd.in/gFGvTUGY

The Energy Department could be a key force in counteracting the “profit motive” driving America’s leading artificial intelligence companies, the agency’s second-in-command said in an interview. DOE Deputy Secretary David Turk told FedScoop that top AI firms aren’t motivated to pursue all the use cases most likely to benefit the public, leaving the U.S. government — which maintains a powerful network of national labs now developing artificial intelligence infrastructure of their own — to play an especially critical role. https://lnkd.in/eznzVTGQ

A Senate bill that would task the National Science Foundation with overseeing a multimillion-dollar competition on artificial intelligence innovations now has a House companion from the leaders of the chamber’s AI task force. The AI Grand Challenges Act from Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Ted Lieu, D-Calif., announced in a press release Wednesday, pairs with the May bill from Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., in calling on the NSF director to create and administer contests that incentivize researchers and entrepreneurs in AI research and innovations. https://lnkd.in/eJ694D7h

Another great recognition of the innovative and impactful Direct File program - just one example of how IRS modernization is delivering improved customer service to taxpayers.

Budget constraints on research and development are limiting science and technology efforts across the federal landscape, according to a quadrennial White House report released this week and a top Biden administration official. The Quadrennial Science and Technology Review Report, unveiled Monday, noted that federal agencies are working to manage current funding for federally funded R&D, but the administration is in a position where it must “continue advocating for robust” levels. During an American Enterprise Institute event Tuesday, OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar echoed concerns about the current state of funding for federal R&D, as well as its infrastructure and impact on global competition for the nation. The government has to “do some fixing” to make sure that “we’ve got facilities and infrastructure that work,” she said. https://lnkd.in/g4aSDZSv

The Department of Health and Human Services is working on a new strategic plan for the use of artificial intelligence across the entire breadth of its mission, the department’s top AI official said Tuesday. Micky Tripathi — HHS’s acting chief AI officer and its assistant secretary for technology policy — said at the NVIDIA AI Summit in Washington, D.C., that the AI strategic plan should arrive sometime in January and that it will span “the entire, you know, sort of breadth of what the department covers.” https://lnkd.in/gW6G4Df4