The Buzz with ACT-IAC

This year, ACT-IAC's Imagine Nation ELC was our largest conference ever, with more than 1200 in-person attendees! We also had more sessions than ever, and The Buzz is excited to bring a selection of …

This week, the Buzz is partnering with ACT-IAC's Federal Insights Exchange (FIE). The FIE program hosts short-form conversations between industry and agency leaders to share success stories, challeng…

Among America's Indigenous communities, the legacy of settler colonialism has left deep scars. As they confront disparities in health outcomes, economic development, and political attention, Tribal g…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is a small government agency with an important charge - to research and communicate to the public the personal safety risks of the everyday products that…

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so this week we present a session from ACT-IAC's 2023 Cybersecurity Summit.

TSA CIO Yemi Oshinnaiye kicked off our summit with a broad-ranging discussion of h…

This week, The Buzz presents a session from ELC 2014.

Mikey Dickerson initially came to the federal government on a temporary basis as part of the team assigned to rescue the unfortunate Healthcare.go…

This week, The Buzz presents a session from our first ever Future Evolution of the Workforce Forum.

For decades, the Government has competed with private industry for talent by offering what were gene…

Last month marked the 1-year anniversary of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. The somewhat simple name belies the breadth and scope of this enormous piece of legislation.

Among other change…

This week, The Buzz presents a session from our 2023 Resilient Infrastructure Summit.

DoD, DHS, and the State Department have long recognized that resilient infrastructure’s impacts - including sea l…

As detailed in the President's Management Agenda and Executive Order 14058, a major priority of the current administration has been to improve government service delivery to the American public. The …

As August comes to a close, The Buzz is here to get you up to speed on the top stories in the federal technology sector from this summer, as well as share what ACT-IAC has coming up in the fall. 

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This week, The Buzz presents a session from our 2023 Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference.

In this panel discussion, representatives from government and industry discuss how hyperautomation i…

This past July, a series of severe floods devastated central Vermont. After more than a decade of drought, early 2023 brought a series of 12 "atmospheric rivers" to California, dumping trillions of g…

If you have a gas car, you never really need to double-check which gas station you go to when you fill up. Every gas station in North America is compatible with every personal vehicle. This standardi…

Over the past few weeks, we've seen a host of state governments triumphantly announcing the arrival of federal funds - usually over $1 billion apiece - to expand broadband access, particularly to rur…

In December 2022, scientists at the National Ignition Facility, of NIF, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory did something that had never happened before on Earth – controlled fusion ignition.

Wh…

While "the Future of Work" has become a popular topic in the post-pandemic era, the conversation has largely focused on how white-collar workers are adapting and reacting to a workplace and labor mar…

This week, The Buzz presents a session from our 2023 Health Innovation Summit.

Government partnerships across civilian and military healthcare agencies are critical for health life cycle delivery. In …

This episode of The Buzz is best experienced with headphones.

With the generative AI hype cycle reaching a fever pitch, now may be a good time to step back and consider some of the potential downsides…

This week, The Buzz presents a keynote session from ACT-IAC's 2023 Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference.

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) supports the entire DoD community by providing …