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Those disciplines and robust practices are not just for a small point in time or a small project, they’re the way that we get change done as we go forward,” Kent said at an event hosted by the National Academy of Public Administration on Wednesday.</p> <p>The list of successes under the PMA is indeed long – the ongoing effort to establish the GEAR Center, the upcoming Federal Data Strategy, the first Centers of Excellence, and the launch of the Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy were all touted as successes by Kent, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Margaret Weichert, and General Services Administration Administrator Emily Murphy. 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performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">AWSALB</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">7 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gat</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 minute</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-analytics" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-analytics" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="analytics" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Analytics </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-analytics" aria-label="analytics" data-id="checkbox-analytics" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-analytics" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">analytics</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-analytics" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="analytics"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">AnalyticsSyncHistory</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Linkedin set this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CONSENT</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">ln_or</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Linkedin sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website for internal analytics.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">pardot</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">past</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The pardot cookie is set while the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user. The cookie indicates an active session and is not used for tracking.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">UID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Scorecard Research sets this cookie for browser behaviour research.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">vuid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_ga</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_ga_*</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gcl_au</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__gads</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 24 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google sets this cookie under the DoubleClick domain, tracks the number of times users see an advert, measures the campaign's success, and calculates its revenue. 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These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">anj</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">AppNexus sets the anj cookie that contains data stating whether a cookie ID is synced with partners.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">bcookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">bscookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">GoogleAdServingTest</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google sets this cookie to determine what ads have been shown to the website visitor.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">IDE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 24 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">li_sugr</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">LinkedIn sets this cookie to collect user behaviour data to optimise the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">muc_ads</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Twitter sets this cookie to collect user behaviour and interaction data to optimize the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">personalization_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">test_cookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">15 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">uuid2</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">3 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The uuid2 cookie is set by AppNexus and records information that helps differentiate between devices and browsers. This information is used to pick out ads delivered by the platform and assess the ad performance and its attribute payment.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">YSC</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt-remote-connected-devices</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt-remote-device-id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt.innertube::nextId</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt.innertube::requests</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_mkto_trk</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie, provided by Marketo, has information (such as a unique user ID) that is used to track the user's site usage. The cookies set by Marketo are readable only by Marketo.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">__gpi</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 24 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Ads Service uses this cookie to collect information about from multiple websites for retargeting ads.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-others" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-others" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-others" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="others" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Others </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-others" aria-label="others" data-id="checkbox-others" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-others" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-others" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-others" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">others</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-others" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-others" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="others"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">AB</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description is currently not available.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td 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