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US government enters the race for AI talent

CIO

US government agencies have ramped up their efforts to hire AI talent, filling newly created chief AI officer positions and aggressively seeking out AI-related skills. OPM also supports agencies in adopting innovative hiring strategies such as pooled hiring and subject matter expert involvement in assessments, she adds.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO

As such, he views API governance as the lever by which this value is assessed and refined. Good governance is the telemetry on that investment, from which operational and tactical plans can be adjusted and focused to achieve strategic objectives,” he says.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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The potential for generative AI in government and public services

CIO

Governments and public service agencies understand the enormous potential of generative AI. Recent research by McGuire Research Services for Avanade, shows 82% of government employees are using AI on a daily or weekly basis, while 84% of organisations plan to increase their IT investments by up to 24% to take advantage of AI.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs.

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Governance and Fighting the Curse of Complexity

CIO

The road other is paved with disciplined IT and business governance. Password strategies. Governance and the Process Side of Simplification So, if integrative tools are only part of the answer, what else can IT and security leaders do? Plain and simple, all IT purchases should be approved by an IT governance group.

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What is GRC? The rising importance of governance, risk, and compliance

CIO

The need to manage risk, adhere to regulations, and establish processes to govern those tasks has been part of running an organization as long as there have been businesses to run. Governance is who does what, how, and based on what data,” says Tilcia Toledo, senior managing director with FTI Consulting. What is GRC?

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10 Keys to AI Success in 2021

Capitalizing on the incredible potential of AI means having a coherent AI strategy that you can operationalize within your existing processes. The importance of governance in ensuring consistency in the modeling process. But it’s not always easy for organizations to do. AI storytelling in communicating value to your organization.