The belief in the value of extracting critical data and insights from the scads of publicly available information to both validate and enhance more traditional intelligence gathering has been gaining traction for a few years in IC circles.

Federal News Network interviewed agencies, associations and institutions about how they are integrating open source intelligence into national security strategy.

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There is robotics process automation to address “low-value” or menial tasks. There is predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide decision makers with near real-time information. Underlying all of these tools is the data.

Federal News Network surveyed five agencies about their approach to squeezing more out of their data to protect taxpayer money.

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But many are pushing toward phase two that brings more modern, cloud-ready applications out of the data center and onto a commercial offering.

Federal News Network surveyed five agencies to detail the current and future impact of SaaS across their mission areas.

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While agencies have realized that there is no one approach to managing the ever-growing set of risks, they have found there are some common themes and factors that make up a valuable program.

Data, for example, underlies almost every part of enterprise risk management.

Federal News Network surveyed six agencies about their approach to risk management, including the use of cloud services, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and other technologies.

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Threat detection is a constantly evolving challenge for all government agencies, and will continue to morph in the future.

Federal News Network surveyed four agencies about their cyber threat detection habits. This ebook highlights the thought and effort that top government officials put into finding network intruders and keeping them out of vital networks.

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The gaps in the data mean mission and technology executives struggle to do budget forecasting and planning, which then could lead to not having the money to meet immediate needs or during critical times of the year.

This strategic guidance survey details how CIOs at ITA, LoC and other agencies are maximizing their investments to make sure resources are aligned to mission goals. In the end, that’s what managing IT as a business is all about—ensuring the mission has what it needs to be successful.

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That’s why Federal News Network reached out to specific DoD IT leaders – for this Defense Department Strategic IT Survey – with precise questions about how they are transforming their systems and applications into cloud-enabled assets.

In this exclusive executive survey, learn from the following federal executives about defense networks and cloud strategy:

• John Hale, Chief, Cloud Portfolio Office, Defense Information Systems Agency
• Kurt Wendelken, CIO and Assistant Commander for Supply Chain Technology/Systems Integration, Naval Supply Systems Command
• Bill Marion, Deputy CIO, Air Force
• Patrick J. Dulin, Acting Director, Information Operations/Chief Information Officer, Defense Logistics Agency
• Lt. Gen. Bruce T. Crawford, Army CIO/G-6
• Ray Coleman, CIO, Defense Contract Management Agency
• Maj. Nikolaus Ziegler, Military Deputy, Emerging Technology (EM) Directorate, Defense Information Systems Agency
• Terry Carpenter, Program Executive Officer National Background Investigation System, Defense Information Systems Agency

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Part of our executive survey series, the 8th annual CHCO survey reports CHCOs, deputy CHCOs and other senior HR managers said improving the technology they can use and the access to the data in those systems is both a top priority and among their biggest needs.

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Federal News Radio conducted an exclusive DoD data management survey to understand the shortcomings, frustrations and even some successes that exist today when it comes to data protection, data sharing and analyzing data.

Part of our executive survey series, the 2018 DoD data management survey dives into the state of data management in DoD today.

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