The Fed Mission Success Round Up: NSF Launches AI Resource Pilot; Bill to Digitize Paper Tax Return Forms; and TMF Gets a New Executive Director
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.
NSF Launches AI Resource Pilot to Spur US Innovation
The National Science Foundation recently launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot, marking the federal government’s first step in working to democratize widespread access to key components of artificial intelligence technologies.
Bipartisan Senate Bill Aims to More Easily Digitize Paper Tax Return Forms
As the IRS’s digitization efforts amid tax season continue, a bipartisan pair of senators are pushing for another technological change aimed at easing the processing of returns through the use 2D barcodes.
IRS Launches Push to Enhance its Communications
The IRS is cleaning up the notices it sends to taxpayers as part of what the agency has dubbed the Simple Notice Initiative, it announced last week. The tax agency sends about 170 million notices annually. Already, it has redesigned 31 notices for this tax season over the last year.
TMF Gets a New Executive Director, Issues Three More Awards
The General Services Administration’s Technology Modernization Fund has a new deputy executive director, Larry Bafundo, who is also filling in as the fund’s acting executive director.
VA’s IT Shop Looks to Staff Up on AI Experts, Deliver ‘Seamless’ Digital Services to Veterans in 2024
The Department of Veterans Affairs is delivering health care and benefits to a record number of veterans. Now it’s calling on its IT shop is planning to update the digital services many veterans rely on to receive VA health care and benefits.
DoD’s New Memo Puts Stricter Requirements on Cloud Providers
A new memo from the Defense Department clarifies who is accountable for ensuring the security of cloud services at the FedRAMP moderate level.
NTIA Wants ‘The Whole Lifecycle Of Accountability’ to Assess AI Systems, Agency Head Says
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is looking at how to create an auditing process to hold artificial intelligence systems accountable, as part of an effort to promote safe and ethical uses of the emerging technologies.