{"id":17966,"date":"2019-03-04T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/04\/trump-administration-to-focus-on-data-as-an-it-enabler\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:37:39","slug":"trump-administration-to-focus-on-data-as-an-it-enabler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2019\/03\/04\/trump-administration-to-focus-on-data-as-an-it-enabler\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration to focus on data as an IT enabler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The federal government will need to ensure that it has reliable, accessible data sources in order to pursue more modern technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the federal chief information officer, Suzette Kent, the Trump administration will use 2019 to publish a federal data policy that enables such advancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year you heard me talking a lot about updating policies. The reason we did that was to get rid of the barriers and unlock the ability for agencies to aggressively pursue the path that we\u2019ve been talking about,\u201d said Kent at the March 4 ServiceNow Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year we\u2019re going to continue to push our federal data strategy. To be able to push these automated technologies, we have to have high-quality data, and we have to have mechanisms for sharing that data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t