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The Federal Emergency Management Agency might undergo a major change to its IT operations if President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security unit is confirmed. Cameron Hamilton, Trump’s pick to lead FEMA, told Senate lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing some of the tools and technology that FEMA uses are a bit antiquated and that if he’s confirmed, he’s planning to do a significant IT overhaul of the entire agency for better accountability. Hamilton would be the first permanent leader of FEMA in Trump’s second term.
The Environmental Protection Agency has run artificial intelligence pilots on “everything,” but its chief information officer only wants subject matter experts to be using the technology at a high level. CIO Carter Farmer said last week that while the agency has piloted AI to review public comments and analyze large scientific datasets, he still wants experts to review outputs. Farmed explained: “Something we tell our staff quite regularly is if you’re not an expert in the subject matter you’re using AI for, you probably shouldn’t be using AI because it can be very convincingly wrong. If you’re not an expert at that, validating those outputs is very hard.”
Links
• Trump’s pick to lead FEMA plans IT overhaul via FedScoop: fedscoop.com/dhs-fema-administrator-nominee-hearing-it-overhaul
• EPA piloting AI on ‘everything,’ but experts still needed for highest levels via FedScoop: fedscoop.com/epa-ai-pilots-carter-farmer-cio
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency might undergo a major change to its IT operations if President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security unit is confirmed. Cameron Hamilton, Trump’s pick to lead FEMA, told Senate lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing some of the tools and technology that FEMA uses are a bit antiquated and that if he’s confirmed, he’s planning to do a significant IT overhaul of the entire agency for better accountability. Hamilton would be the first permanent leader of FEMA in Trump’s second term.
The Environmental Protection Agency has run artificial intelligence pilots on “everything,” but its chief information officer only wants subject matter experts to be using the technology at a high level. CIO Carter Farmer said last week that while the agency has piloted AI to review public comments and analyze large scientific datasets, he still wants experts to review outputs. Farmed explained: “Something we tell our staff quite regularly is if you’re not an expert in the subject matter you’re using AI for, you probably shouldn’t be using AI because it can be very convincingly wrong. If you’re not an expert at that, validating those outputs is very hard.”
Links
• Trump’s pick to lead FEMA plans IT overhaul via FedScoop: fedscoop.com/dhs-fema-administrator-nominee-hearing-it-overhaul
• EPA piloting AI on ‘everything,’ but experts still needed for highest levels via FedScoop: fedscoop.com/epa-ai-pilots-carter-farmer-cio
#federal #government #technology #news #technews #governmentnews #dhs #homelandsecurity #female #trumpnominee #trumpadministration #kristinoem #informationtechnology #govtech #usgovernment #hearing #epa #environmentalprotection #aitechnology #ai #artificialintelligence #aitechnology #ainews #aistrategy
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We discuss the latest news and trends facing government leaders on such topics as technology, management and workforce. The program will explore headlines of the day as well as in depth discussions with top executives in both government and industry.
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