The 2024 Makpar Core Value Awards Winners Shining Bright
Makpar’s award-winning culture is all about providing abundant support and opportunities to help all employees grow and reach their fullest potential. A key part of what makes Makpar special are the quarterly all-hands meetings, which provide time to share updates and a chance to celebrate the company’s successes. The recent Makpar Summer 2024 All-Hands reinforced […]
PODCAST: Addressing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Security Challenges for Government
In the following Makpar Fed Mission Success podcast interview, Makpar’s team of data security experts provide a deep-dive perspective on data security and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the government arena. With the rise of AI in the federal arena, there are many questions and concerns around security – especially when it comes to protecting data […]
IRS Commissioner, CTO and Direct File Dominate the FedScoop 50 Awards 2024
Now in its 13th year, the FedScoop 50 honors the most impactful leaders in the federal government who strive each day to leverage technology to transform government. A key theme for this year’s award was enhancing the digital experience for high-impact government services, which is laying the blueprint for how the federal government can best […]
Being Comfortable with Failure in Government AI Development
In the government arena, connecting new innovations, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, into agency workflows has become a key priority. However, many government CIOs don’t have an AI budget through the rest of FY2024 to bring these efforts to life. However, through the use of Technology Modernization Funds (TMF), and the development of AI maturity […]
AI Infrastructure and Cybersecurity for Government
During the recent “AI for Government Summit: Taking the Lead in a New Era” event, hosted by FedInsider, government and industry leaders addressed two key issues: modernizing datacenters through AI and cybersecurity and AI. In addition to our usual summary blog posts from important government IT events, Makpar is offering the following infographic that further […]
DoD/VA and Gov Health IT Summit 2024: Enhancing Patient Care; Supporting At-Risk Veterans; and Deploying the Federal EHR
When it comes to federal health IT, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) both have a critical mission to deliver quality care for Veterans and active-duty service members, and their families. Each year the DoD/VA and Gov Health IT Summit offers a “town-hall style” gathering that allows senior government […]
The Future of AI in Government
In our ongoing series of content, we have been taking a critical look at the current and future state of artificial intelligence (AI) and government. As we have highlighted before, federal agencies are only really in the nascent phase of leveraging AI – mostly for streamlining processes, general pilots, career pathing and data curation. However, […]
Congratulations to Fed 100 Winner: Karen Howard,Executive Director, Head of Office of Online Services at the IRS
Hosted by GovExec, the Fed 100 represents government and industry leaders who have gone above and beyond to make the government run better. The 2024 Fed 100 exemplified this through major achievements in cybersecurity, customer experience, service delivery and Artificial Intelligence (AI). GovExec recently published its detailed summaries of the accomplishments of each 2024 Fed […]
Q&A: The Power of Shift Left and Artificial Intelligence for Government IT Development
When it comes to government IT development, the concept of Shift Left continues to rise to the top as a key method to increase efficiencies in software development. It is the practice of moving testing, quality, and performance evaluation early in the development process, often before any code is written. Shift Left helps IT teams […]
How Largest Federal Agencies Are Using AI (For Now)
As we all know, the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dominating the federal news cycle – and rightly so, as it presents a massive paradigm shift in government IT. However, it may be surprising to many that government agencies are just beginning to embrace AI for such things as streamlining processes, general pilots, career […]