(Washington, D.C., November 2, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Chief Executive Officer (CXO) Dashboard Project has been recognized by FedScoop Magazine as the Federal Government’s Innovation of the Year for creating the first comprehensive suite of administrative data dashboards. In addition, USDA’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) Gary Washington has been recognized for USDA's Information Technology (IT) modernization strategy with the Federal Leadership Award.
Each year Fed Scoop Magazine recognizes outstanding achievements across the federal government. Since being sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue has made it USDA’s goal to become the most effective, most efficient, and most customer-focused department in the entire federal government.
“No doubt, data-driven decisions lead to more effective outcomes for the USDA, our customers, and the American public as a whole. I am proud of our entire office of the CIO for their focus on IT modernizations and for demonstrating dynamic, innovative organizational leadership,” said Secretary Perdue. “These FedScoop Awards give the USDA family additional validation that we are well on the way to becoming the best managed agency in the entire Federal government.”
Background:
Recently, USDA’s Chief Data Officer, Ted Kaouk interviewed with Government Matters about the CXO Dashboard Project. You may click HERE or on the image below to watch the interview.
Over the course of FY18, USDA created over 120 dashboard views that provide USDA leadership with information for decision making on USDA’S seven main administrative functions: IT, human resources (HR), finance, property and fleet, contracting and procurement, homeland security and operations. What’s most innovative about the dashboards is their ability to bring together a multitude of data sources into a single USDA analytics platform. With it, leaders are reducing the time and effort it takes to unlock key insights and make better decisions. The information they need is living in one place and providing them with a single, trusted version of the truth.
USDA is already reaping the benefits of easily accessible data made possible by the CXO dashboards. Manual processes that increase the probability of error and risk are being reduced or eliminated. Historical data and current trends are being combined to enable leaders to identity areas of risk and opportunity. The dashboard project is also serving as a catalyst for creating a more comprehensive approach to data management across the Department, which is now focused on improving data integrity and availability for all USDA stakeholders.
USDA’s CIO Gary Washington has years of experience at USDA, having previously served as CIO for USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. His impressive resume includes the Office of Management and Budget, the Food and Drug Administration, and private industry. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Gary is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Strayer University in Washington, D.C.
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In my last article, I mentioned we were looking for ideas for 2019 programming at #O1PLATFORMS. Please Continue.
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Collin Chandler has always been an artist at heart. As a child, he could walk to the Cleveland Museum of Art, where he spent many hours in the company of Monet, Rembrandt, Picasso, Wyeth and the anonymous artisans of ancient Greece, Rome, Asia, Africa, Pacifica. That's All?
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Nov 2: WSU Chamber Orchestra Concert
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Nov 3: When Johnny Comes Marching Home - All Ages Concert
Nov 3: O-Town Throwdown
Nov 5: Joshy Soul and the Cool
Nov 8: Money, Marketing and Connection
Nov 8: Saddlestrings Cowboy Band Concert, Music at the Rails
Nov 9: Union Station Secret Art Show
Nov 10: When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 21+ at Alleged
Nove 14: Jazz at the Station with WSU Jazz Combos
November 16: Cowboy Christmas
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Episode 7 of the Nine Rails Arts Podcast celebrates Día de los Muertos with our first bilingual podcast! Ogden City Diversity Affairs Officer, Viviana Felix, interpreted our conversation with Maria Salgado of WSU Ballet Folklórico and Leon Araujo, owner of local café Coffee Links about the upcoming Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos. I Need More!
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COPELAND
Share New Song "Pope"
New Album Coming Early 2019
November 2, 2018 - Today, Copeland has returned with the release of their new song "Pope" which is available now to stream on Spotify and Apple Music or to purchase via iTunes. The song is taken from the band's upcoming new album to be released early 2019. Listen to the song now here: copeland.lnk.to/popePR
"Pope" reminds the listener of where Copeland came from. The lyrics, overall, are purposefully abstract. "I try to keep things a little cloudy," Aaron Marsh explains. "I don't like to be extremely literal in my lyrics. I want people to attach their own meanings and let the lyrics meet them where they are."
Songs from the new album show the band continuing to explore musical genres, pulling various stylistic influences like electronic and symphonic, taking each sound and style to its logical extreme.
Details surrounding the band's upcoming album will be announced soon.
This world is not real.
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Copeland consists of Aaron Marsh, Bryan Laurenson and Stephen Laurenson. The band, which originally formed in Lakeland, Florida in 2001, has unveiled six albums, spanning from their 2003's debut Beneath Medicine Tree to 2016's Ixora. They have toured with the likes of Brand New, Paramore, Goo Goo Dolls, Bob Mould, Switchfoot, Motion City Soundtrack and more.
