The Environmental Protection Agency and the federal government is tasked with prioritizing environmental justice across the U.S. To accomplish this, the EPA recently created a new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) at the top level of the agency, putting the subject on the same level as water quality, air quality, etc. [...]

Watch Now! Creating a Data Culture to Deliver on Mission The public and private sectors share a symbiotic relationship; one that is necessary to enable effective operations, workforce development, and technological modernization. However, well-intentioned efforts to collaborate across Government, Industry, and Academic communities tend to [...]

Since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, there has been an increased focus on improving our country’s infrastructure, and in particular, the functions deemed critical for the continued operation of our Nation. Maximus recently teamed up with leaders across government and academia to discuss the advanced technologies that are moving the needle in [...]

Watch Now! On December 6, 2022, the ACT-IAC IoT Working Group (under the Emerging Technology COI) presented a fully virtual workshop with blockbuster Speakers who shared some Federal Government Success Stories in utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT).

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) intends to modernize, secure, and transform our nation's most critical sectors, e.g., the Transportation, Energy, Water/Wastewater, Manufacturing, Food and Agriculture, Communications, Manufacturing, Dams, Defense Industrial Base, to name a few. In short, the very things we depend on for our livelihood.....for our humanity. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines these [...]

The pandemic turned remote work from a trend to a necessity and ultimately to a new normal. According to Pew Research from January 2022, 59% of workers that could work remotely were doing so full-time. Coupled with the explosion of smartphone ownership (up in the U.S. from 35% in 2011 to 85% in 2021) and a crystallized [...]

I've had 48 hours to reflect on a session that I moderated at the American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council's "Imagine Nation ELC 22" in Hershey, PA, on October 24th, reviewing my mental and physical notes. 💡 So much information, so much insight, and so much opportunity to, as I like to say, “move [...]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce has appointed 16 experts for the new Internet of Things Advisory Board (IoTAB), to advise the Internet of Things Federal Working Group. The advisory board includes a wide range of stakeholders outside of the federal government with expertise relating to the Internet of Things (IoT). Read [...]

Watch Now! The Internet of Things (IoT), combined with myriad virtual service offering, are enabling organizational scalability in our post-pandemic world. Furthermore, the technologies underpinning this ubiquitously connected landscape serve to enhance an information-driven analytics lifecycle approach in terms of how data is generated, collected, processed, [...]

The pandemic exacerbated a trend towards remote work. Mobile device proliferation has created an unprecedented cybersecurity challenge for all private and public sector organizations. Until recently, these organizations relied upon current “state of the art” technologies - VPN, etc. - to create perimeter protection for critical data. But literally overnight, that perimeter [...]