On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Department of Labor is working through over 200 pitches to its innovation incubator program.

The new U.S. Digital Corps fellows will begin their assignments at 13 agencies later this June. Karen Britton, vice president of communications and marketing and chief digital officer at LMI and former White House chief information officer, discusses how agencies can best leverage the impact of these fellows.

The executive director of the Technology Modernization Fund says the TMF Board will award all the money in the fund by the end of the fiscal year. Irving Dennis, former chief financial officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, explains a CFO’s role in developing proposals for things like the TMF. 

Federal agencies may be taking more risk in contracting than they need to. Tim DiNapoli, managing director for contracting and national security acquisition issues at the Government Accountability Office, breaks down GAO’s findings from a recent report on time-and-material contracts and how agencies can use contracts more cost-effectively.  

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Putting together a TMF proposal; Using T&M contracts better ; Leveraging impact of digital fellows

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GSA’s Login.gov will pilot facial recognition

Google's Leigh Palmer on the need for transparency in public sector AI

Today we have a special interview recorded from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, which last week was home of Google Cloud Next 2024. While there, I had the tremendous opportunity to speak at length with Karen Dahut, Google Public Sector CEO.

During our conversation, we covered a lot of ground, taking in all of the announcements from Next, reflecting on the upcoming two-year birthday of Google Public Sector and what’s been accomplished in that time, how generative AI is permeating the public sector, and what’s ahead.

This is one of many interviews captured at Google Next, so make sure to tune into the others released throughout this week.

Google’s Karen Dahut on the biggest opportunities for AI in the public sector

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OPM’s tech-friendly director steps down

And, inside the debate on banning ransomware payments

OPM’s tech-friendly director steps down

Google's Chris Hein at Next '24

Yesterday, Scoop News Group produced the U I Path on tour public sector event at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel kicked off the event talking about how automation has enhanced his agency's operations.

Danny Werfel on How Automation has Enhanced his Agency's Operations.

AITalks, the premier event where top government leaders, tech innovators, and industry experts converge to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in the public sector space. 

During the daylong event, you heard about cutting-edge AI applications revolutionizing government operations — from cybersecurity to citizen services — practical insights on building a culture of AI adoption and overcoming implementation challenges, and how government agencies are mitigating unfolding risks associated with the nascent technology.

AI Week 2024 has Come and Gone

GSA wants to be the leader in Federal Generative AI

If you were unable to make it to last week’s AITalks, you truly missed out on a special day. The first-ever event featured the top leaders in AI from across the public sector. However, we have a special treat today if you didn’t make it.

I hosted a dynamic panel on the role of the federal chief AI officer with two of the first federal CAIOs appointed in the role, as well as a top industry AI executive who’s working with federal agencies as they appoint and institute the CAIO role. It was my pleasure to be joined by Zach Whitman, CAIO and chief data scientist for GSA; Vinay Singh, chief financial officer and CAIO for HUD, and Dave Vennergrund, VP of AI & data Insights for GDIT.

Let’s go now to that conversation at the first-ever AITalks.

The role of the federal chief AI officer

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