A Deloitte article says government agencies seeking to generate insights from unstructured data to facilitate the decision-making process and policy analysis could use artificial intelligence in the form of natural language processing. NLP has seven technical capabilities that could help agencies identify patterns, analyze public opinion and categorize topics, according to the article published Wednesday.

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Deloitte‘s consulting business has received a potential five-year, $23M contract from the U.S. Navy to build a training virtual environment for the service’s enterprise shipboard network. The scope of work covers the development of a cloud-based virtual environment for the service’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services system, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Other tasks […] More

Deloitte and Dcode have announced the conclusion of a seven-week program to help six space industry startups market their technology platforms to U.S. government agencies. More than 100 government and industry leaders took part in the Space 2.0 Accelerator program in Washington, D.C., to help connect the U.S. Air Force, NASA and other agencies to […] More

A new study by Deloitte and the Data Foundation predicts the federal government may face challenges in implementing a law to establish an open data set to improve federal spending transparency, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The study states the implementation of the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 faces technical and cultural […] More

Deloitte has received contracts to provide a cloud-based enterprise information technology platform for the integration of new modules into the Medicaid systems being used in Montana, Ohio, Virginia and Wyoming. The company said Tuesday it will help state agencies implement the HealthInteractive Platform to address system modularity and interoperability requirements. The platform is based on IBM‘s Cloud technology that uses […] More

Glenn Davidson, former executive director of enterprise services at the Commerce Department, has joined the government and public services practice of Deloitte’s consulting business as human capital transformation executive. He will work with federal and state government clients to help them transform their agencies’ workforce strategy, human resource operations and employee experience, Deloitte said Monday. Sean Morris, […] More

A new Deloitte survey has found that federal agencies have made great strides in efforts to meet the objectives of the President’s Management Agenda. “What makes this PMA stand out from its predecessors is its recognition that the reform activities it highlights transcend a president’s term in office to focus on long-term achievements,” Dave Mader, civilian sector chief […] More

Deloitte has launched a new service aimed at helping customers leverage drones for business applications and understand the risks involved when utilizing said technologies. The company said Wednesday its new Deloitte US Global Drone Solutions offering is made to assist clients in forming drone strategies for data collection and integration into business activities including analytics, […] More

Deloitte and Attest have partnered to help government customers provide blockchain-based digital identity applications for protecting personal data of citizens. Attest offers two digital identity applications that support the security and consent management of sensitive data, Deloitte said Monday. Attest Wallet secures personal data shared with private sector firms and government entities, while Attest Enterprise […] More

A new partnership between MapR Technologies and Deloitte Consulting aims to jointly deliver modernized services in the areas of artificial intelligence, internet of things, analytics, big data and cloud. MapR said Tuesday that its MapR Data Platform would provide the partnership with data processing services to help customers mitigate risks and drive costs down. Geneva […] More

Deloitte and Dcode have partnered to support startups in marketing their information security and space-related offerings to the public sector. Deloitte said Monday it will help Dcode form and train a group of six to 10 space-focused firms on how to handle business processes with the government for eight weeks, all in an effort to […] More

The U.S. government has initiated several efforts this year to advance the use of artificial intelligence and other cognitive technology platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. Those include the formation of a new select committee to coordinate AI research initiatives, the Defense Department’s call for a […] More