The Fed Mission Success Round Up: IRS Modernization Efforts to Boost Revenue; DHS Launches AI Corps; and Improving Section 508 Assessments
Welcome to the Fed Mission Success News Round Up brought to you by Makpar. Each week, we will provide a summary of actionable news and insights to help aid in overall mission success for Federal agency IT decision-makers and influencers.
Modernization Efforts Will Bring Billions in New Revenue to IRS, Analysis Finds
The IRS’s revenue is estimated to jump by as much as $561 billion over the next decade thanks to IT and customer service modernization and other Inflation Reduction Act funding measures for the tax agency, a new Treasury Department analysis found.
Defense Innovation Unit Looks to Scale Up in New Phase
The Pentagon’s hub for accelerating the adoption of commercial technologies for battlefield use is entering “a new phase” of work that will focus on quickly addressing gaps in the U.S. military’s capabilities, according to the head of the unit.
DHS Launches Hiring Push for New AI Corps
The Homeland Security Department wants to bring on 50 new artificial intelligence experts this year as part of a hiring sprint. The hires will form a new AI Corps for the department that will work on AI projects across the agency.
How Risky is ChatGPT? Depends Which Federal Agency You Ask
From exploratory pilots to temporary bans on the technology, most major federal agencies have now taken some kind of action on the use of tools like ChatGPT, according to a recent FedScoop analysis.
GSA Expects to ‘Improve and Evolve’ on Section 508 Assessments
The General Services Administration and the U.S. Access Board are looking ahead to this year’s government-wide Section 508 assessment after the inaugural GSA assessment showed widespread non-compliance with digital accessibility requirements.
National Archives Tees Up New Rules for UFO Records
New records management provisions included in the recently enacted 2024 defense policy bill require federal agencies to organize and tag records related to what the government calls "unidentified anomalous phenomena" or UAPs.