The cybersecurity challenge exemplifies how global threats have evolved and how governments must combat them. For all the complexity of the Cold War, the United States defense officials knew the nations that posed the biggest threat. The world is much different today. As General Michael Hayden (ret.), former Director of the National Security
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One of our country's oldest institutions, the U.S. Census Bureau, is at the forefront of modern government efforts. Those efforts are numerous and disparate, from general directives to do more with less, to digitization and consolidation initiatives, to the “Cloud First” mandate, and the pushes for agile and open source development.
Despite an increase in the availability of data in the federal government over the past few years, data and analytics could be doing even more for federal agencies. A strategic approach to managing and analyzing the data is needed. And, like many technology challenges – that’s a people problem. A
The SAS Government Leadership Summit is now behind us and I couldn’t be more pleased with the content delivered by the great line-up of panelists and speakers. We knew that uncovering inefficiencies, fighting fraud and improper payments, and the importance of analytics would be recurring themes. But an unexpected thread
SAS is the underwriter of a MeriTalk study released today that focuses on “The Federal Efficiency Opportunity”. The study uncovered meaningful insights into how federal managers and professionals are trying to meet their goals while facing enormous budget cuts. The study was done after President Obama’s Deficit Commission suggested in
More than a year ago, SAS made a strategic decision to strengthen our focus on the U.S. intelligence community (IC) by forming a new business unit (SAS Federal, LLC). Since then, the explosion of data in the IC has only grown and the threats to national security continue to evolve