The Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group, convened senior federal health leaders for a panel and roundtable conversation on the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, to improve agency operations and public health service delivery.   Leaders of public sector health organizations valued privacy, equity and accuracy well before...

Recently, the federal government has issued guidance, frameworks and an executive order tied to the management of artificial intelligence risks.   Enterprise Risk Management, or ERM, supports the strategic and operational responsibilities of agency leaders in meeting these standards. In January, the Partnership for Public Service hosted an event with Deloitte & Touche LLP on this...

The Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with the IBM Center for the Business of Government, convened federal service delivery leaders for a roundtable conversation on ethical artificial intelligence and benefits delivery.   During the conversation, we heard from a range of leaders on how they are approaching the possibilities and challenges AI presents for government....

This year’s Senior Executive Leadership Summit addressed, along with other leadership topics, a complex subject that provides countless opportunities for our government: artificial intelligence.  During one breakout session, “Generative AI: Making it Real,” speakers highlighted the importance of educating federal workers at all levels on what AI is and how to use it properly—for example,...

What comes to mind when you think of artificial intelligence? AI often conjures images of sleek robots, high-tech computers or vast networks of interconnected code. But what about the humans at the center of it all?   The Biden administration recently issued an AI executive order which seeks to establish guidelines and guardrails for the government’s...

On Sept. 26, in anticipation of President Biden’s executive order on the use of artificial intelligence in government, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte held a virtual working session that examined how agencies can use enterprise risk management, or ERM, to safely and securely harness AI to work more effectively.    The session featured panelists...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly permeating the world around us, and our government cannot get left behind.    The Partnership for Public Service developed its AI Federal Leadership Program to educate members of the Senior Executive Service and GS-15 employees on developing and executing a vision for AI in their agencies.   The program, with support from...

Government agencies at the federal, state and local levels have an obligation to provide cost-effective, trustworthy and equitable public services to all possible customers. Artificial intelligence tools have the potential to help agencies meet this responsibility by enhancing the efficiency and ease of public service delivery.   However, as laid out in the Partnership’s recent report,...

When COVID-19 began spreading across the world, scientists and doctors had to analyze a flood of new information about the unknown virus. The rapid influx of new data about the disease provided the perfect dataset to one community of researchers: medical imaging specialists interested in the growing field of artificial intelligence. In August 2020, the...