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Kirsten Moncada, OPM’s chief privacy officer, says the rise of AI tools will create more work for privacy officials across the government.

The Agriculture Department is on a mission to make its workforce more data savvy. That’s a key focus of its Data Science Training Program and its new department-wide data strategy. For more, we hear from USDA’s Deputy Chief Data Officer Fredy Diaz and the CDO for the Food and Nutrition Service Chris Rottler.

 

Commerce Chief Data Officer Oliver Wise says the department expects to release the strategy in fall 2024, which will focus on five “cross-bureau” priority areas for data maturity.

NASA's Artemis mission will bring U.S. astronauts back to the moon's surface more than 50 years after its last trip, the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. The agency expects a crewed moon landing mission will occur in 2025. NASA Chief Data Officer David Salvagnini said the Artemis mission depends on the agency's wealth of scientific data — including data from the Apollo missions more than a half-century ago.

Here's an excerpt from a Federal News Network-moderated panel at the Data Foundation’s govDatax Summit. You'll hear from Oliver Wise, chief data officer at the Commerce Department and Eileen Vidrine, the chief data and AI Officer at the Department of the Air Force.

Agency leaders outline the challenges and opportunities of AI. Department of Homeland Security's Undersecretary for Policy Rob Silvers says DHS IS looking to become one of the “early and aggressive adopters” of AI tools. Col. John Agnello, the director of information advantage, for the Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence says the service is looking at the potential of AI to make critical decisions “better, faster, cheaper.”