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CFTC eyes natural language processing to standardize data, improve customer experience

Commodity Futures Trading Commission employees need standardized data to effectively oversee product markets.

Mar 16, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

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GSA leads rise in automation projects governmentwide

The Federal RPA Community of Practice is behind much of the increase, despite RPA being but one type of automation.

May 11, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

USCIS automating pre-processing of immigration cases

New tools will dissect supporting evidence, making it easier for adjudicators to make decisions to award people benefits like green cards.

Apr 15, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

DARPA’s new Toolbox Initiative offers non-production licenses for the latest and greatest tech to performers, like chips and processors.

Navy automates supply chain analysis for microelectronics

The new supply chain risk assessment tool automates much of the document collection that used to be manual for Navy analysts.

Jul 16, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

The acting director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Nand Mulchandani, briefs reporters about DoD’s recent initiatives with artificial intelligence, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

The vast majority of JAIC’s money is going toward warfighting

The JAIC is spending more money on its warfighting mission initiative than it's five others combine in fiscal 2020.

Jul 8, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

AI for everybody: JAIC unveils more initiatives to DOD bolster business systems

The JAIC released six new lines of effort that fall under its business transformation initiative to help reform the DOD's back-office tasks.

May 18, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

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USPTO expands use of machine learning with $50M contract

The Patent and Trademark Office plans to pilot tools that will expedite applications and requests, predict fraudulent transactions and reduce backlogs.

May 11, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

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‘CEOs are stepping up’ free-of-charge. How the tech industry is helping government during COVID-19

The tech sector is "stepping up" to help the government as it struggles with the unprecedented demand of responding to the COVID crisis and the consequent teleworking.

Mar 30, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

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VA’s AI Tech Sprint yields a tool for matching patients with clinical trials, and more

The application was built by a group of local high school students.

Jan 10, 2020 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

DOT agencies adding data leadership while simplifying regulations

The department is using natural language processing to analyze its regulations and measure their complexity for lawyers to refactor.

Dec 18, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir