GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts
278 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe GovCIO Media & Research podcast network comprises GovCast, CyberCast and HealthCast featuring conversations with key leaders on timely issues impacting the federal IT landscape. Topics include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, IT modernization, data analytics, workforce development and more. New episodes release each Tuesday.
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Season 6 Episode 34 - This Nonprofit Tackles National Security Challenges Through an Innovation Ecosystem
November 21, 2023 17:20 - 19 minutes - 28 MBPart of tackling defense and national security challenges requires engaging academia, developing the workforce, and bringing in the next commercial technical capability or process. That’s the aim of the Technology Advancement Center, a nonprofit innovating around some of the Pentagon’s toughest cybersecurity and technology challenges. CEO Gregg Smith, a longstanding technology leader, discusses how the organization fits into some of the Defense Department’s newest strategies such as those ...
Season 6 Episode 33 - OPM is Tackling Modernization Challenges From All Angles
November 15, 2023 17:09 - 18 minutes - 26.3 MBEvery agency and every office is in a different place in their modernization journey. At the Office of Personnel Management, this path has been full of challenges that Deputy CIO Melvin Brown has worked to solve through a four pillar approach in people, process, technology and learning. Around its workforce challenges, Brown has reinvigorated an intern program to get more early-career technologists into the office and also deployed hybrid-work environment to widen the hiring net. Brown d...
Season 6 Episode 32 - The Federal Government’s Plan for Managing Artificial Intelligence
November 07, 2023 19:09 - 18 minutes - 26.8 MBPresident Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence tasks agencies with driving the safe, secure and trustworthy development of AI. The order notes that the technology, if harnessed properly, has the potential to transform privacy, cybersecurity and health care. Biden said that the order is "the most significant action any government anywhere in the world has ever taken on AI safety, security and trust." GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune, Staff Writer/Re...
Season 6 Episode 31 - GSA is Turning Tech Ideas into Action at 10x
October 31, 2023 19:55 - 25 minutes - 36.4 MBGood ideas can come from anywhere, including the millions of public servants in the federal workforce. The General Services Administration's 10x program invests in ideas from civil servants to improve government technology and better serve the public. Sites and projects like code.gov, login.gov and the U.S. Web Design System started from ideas funded through 10x. Unique to 10x is its venture capitalist-style funding model to steward these ideas, including applying lean development princi...
Season 6 Episode 30 - Software Development at NASA Reaching New Heights
October 24, 2023 17:53 - 25 minutes - 36.4 MBBehind large agencies like NASA is a backbone of technologists and shared services that enable the organization to seamlessly conduct its numerous missions that include those such as the high-profile Artemis and Moon to Mars. Shenandoah Speers, associate CIO of applications at NASA, has been on a mission of his own over the past five years to bring in scaled Agile frameworks that speed up its software development cycles and bridge the data among NASA’s systems. We caught up with Speers a...
Season 6 Episode 29 - Protecting the Healthcare Ecosystem from Cybersecurity Threats
October 17, 2023 15:49 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBThe Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the Department of Health and Human Services leads the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for all disasters and public health emergencies. After spending more than a decade at the Government Accountability Office, Brian Mazanec is taking on a new challenge as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director, Office of Security, Intelligence, and Information Management at ASPR. In the newly-appointed position, Br...
Season 6 Episode 28 - The White House Lays Out Its Digital Customer Experience Guidance
October 10, 2023 20:41 - 19 minutes - 27.5 MBLast month, the Office of Management and Budget released a guidance on digital customer experience. The policy guidance sets policy recommendations for agencies to make digital government services "easy to use, trustworthy and accessible." The White House's corresponding fact sheet lays out successes, challenges and the future of digital government as it evolves. GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune, Staff Writer/Researcher Jayla Whitfield and Staff Writer/Researcher An...
Season 6 Episode 27 - Breaking Down the Pentagon’s Unclassified Cyber Strategy
October 03, 2023 17:23 - 16 minutes - 23.6 MBThe Defense Department recently released an unclassified summary of its 2023 cybersecurity strategy. The previously classified document was submitted to Congress in May. The document outlines updates to the department’s plan to “operationalize the priorities” in cyberspace. GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune and Staff Writer/Researcher Anastasia Obis discuss what is inside the plan and what it means for the future of DOD’s cyber posture.
Season 6 Episode 26 - New Directorate Will Transform Air Force Digital
September 26, 2023 13:42 - 34 minutes - 48.6 MBThe Air Force Research Laboratory, the hub of innovation for the Department of the Air Force, has created a new directorate that will improve business processes to enable faster research and better decision-making. Leading this Digital Capabilities Directorate is the newly-appointed Alexis Bonnell, who concurrently serves as AFRL’s first CIO. She is now charged with making the digital dominance the service is working to achieve a reality. A longstanding federal and industry technology le...
Season 6 Episode 25 - Technology is Key to U.S. Mint's Innovation
September 19, 2023 18:44 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBThe U.S Mint is the primary manufacturer of coinage in America. In 2019, the Mint produced more than 12 billion coins. As the sole producer of coinage, the Mint also creates additional markets to improve profitability. Chief Information Officer Francis O’Hearn overseas an IT budget of nearly $60 million and breaks down how his previous leadership roles have prepared him to succeed at the Mint. While O’Hearn understands the importance of emerging technology like artificial intelligence, he sa...
Season 6 Episode 24 - Navy Eyes AI, Hypersonics in Future Space Technology and Research
September 12, 2023 18:23 - 53 minutes - 74.8 MBThe U.S. Navy has a keen interest on the space domain. This is where key technologies like spacecraft and ground-and-control stations play an integral part in passing on intelligence and other information about the world to U.S. military services globally. The Naval Research Laboratory’s Naval Center for Space Technology is one of four research directorates, and the focal point and integrator for the lab’s technology development used in space systems. Director Steven Meier breaks down some...
Season 6 Episode 23 - This Stanford Professor’s Lessons Can Help Pentagon’s National Security Priorities
September 05, 2023 18:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBThe leader behind Defense Department programs like “Hacking for Defense” returns to GovCast to break down the principles behind how large organizations can innovate at speed. This speed is often cited as being the critical pace needed at the Pentagon to stay ahead of the adversary across key issues in cybersecurity, IT modernization, data sharing and more. Steve Blank co-founded the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, which teaches the next generati...
Season 6 Episode 22 - Celebrating Five Years of GovCast
August 29, 2023 19:05 - 33 minutes - 46.8 MBGovCast turns 5! The first episode published Aug. 29, 2018, featured a wide-ranging discussion with Jose Arrieta, who at the time served as the Department of Health and Human Services assistant deputy secretary. In the five years since, GovCast has hosted many leaders across the federal government, academia and industry to discuss everything from modernization to health IT to artificial intelligence in government. To mark the podcast’s five-year anniversary, GovCIO Media & Research’s Ale...
Season 6 Episode 21 - The ABCs of Government IT
August 22, 2023 19:47 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBGovernment IT has so many specific words and phrases that it can seem like its own language. In a special GovCast, Production Lead Alexander Bulova acts as a quiz show host to test Staff Writer/Researcher Anastasia Obis and Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune on government IT jargon on the different phrases and words everyone needs to know to keep current on government IT news.
Season 6 Episode 20 - CBP Grows AI Uses Amid Cloud, Cyber Modernization
August 15, 2023 17:29 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Assistant Commissioner and CIO Sonny Bhagowalia is a longstanding leader in federal government and industry. By trade, his roots are in engineering — which has largely shaped how he views technology’s and especially artificial intelligence’s impact across various government missions. With technology being pervasive in “everything we do,” Bhagowalia breaks down where he sees AI helping the agency counter cyber threats, tag video and image data automa...
Season 6 Episode 19 - DOD’s DIU Realignment Charts Path for Tech Innovation, Partnerships
August 08, 2023 17:02 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBThe latest reorganization of the Defense Innovation Unit is bringing together innovation arms under one umbrella at the Defense Department. Among these efforts includes a shift at the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) led by Cheryl Ingstad — a longstanding leader who led initiatives in artificial intelligence innovation in the public and private sectors. In her new role as deputy director of digital platforms and developer ecosystem at DIU, Ingstad is focused on bridging the “val...
Season 6 Episode 18 - Leaders Unpack AI Challenges, Uses in Federal IT
August 01, 2023 18:24 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBThere’s been quite a bit of development around AI in the federal government over the past year. We take a look back at how various federal leaders from different agencies are grappling with its challenges and benefits to agency missions. Tune in for more insights featuring: Taka Ariga, Chief Data Scientist, GAO Frank Indiviglio, CTO, NOAA Keith Sonderling, Commissioner, EEOC Elham Tabassi, Chief of Staff, Information Technology Laboratory, NIST Dan Folliard, CDO, SOCOM
Season 6 Episode 17 - Outgoing Navy Intel Director Reflects on the Challenges of Future Warfare
July 25, 2023 21:00 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBVice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler is wrapping up his last months as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and director of Naval intelligence. He joins us to talk about the challenges that lie ahead of the Navy and the Defense Department at large in the cyber domain, as well as the importance of radio frequency spectrum to maintaining the Navy's information and intelligence dominance. Plus he reflects on the lessons learned from his current position and what’s next for him.
Season 6 Episode 16 - How AI, Edge Computing Support Weather Forecasting at NOAA
July 18, 2023 17:26 - 37 minutes - 52.7 MBArtificial intelligence is making big waves at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration when it comes to providing forecasters with more accurate weather data and climate modeling. NOAA CTO Frank Indiviglio said in addition to AI, the agency has been modernizing its edge-computing capabilities by sending devices equipped with sensors into the ocean to collect critical hurricane data. Indiviglio also highlighted NOAA's Open Data Dissemination Program, which is making it easier for ...
Season 6 Episode 15 - FBI Eyes Evolving Tech to Combat ‘Cybercrime as a Service’
July 11, 2023 11:48 - 20 minutes - 29.1 MBThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s Criminal and Cyber Division in its Washington Field Office is putting itself in a position to better tackle the new cyber attack landscape that is growing evermore sophisticated with the widespread use of things like wearables and social media that threat actors are exploiting. This includes emerging threats like “cybercrime as a service.” The office’s Special Agent in Charge Wayne Jacobs, whose career as a law enforcement agent includes tackling v...
Season 6 Episode 14 - How Zero Trust, ICAM Enable Interoperability at Air Force
June 27, 2023 16:03 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBThe Department of the Air Force recently released its zero trust and ICAM implementation roadmap, and now it is laser-focused on implementing different pillars of zero trust. While the technology is there, the amount of execution and coordination is enormous as the service works toward fully implementing zero trust by 2027. Air Force CTO Jay Bonci briefs how the service is planning to get to that goal, the relationship between zero trust and initiatives such as JWCC and JADC2, as well as his...
Season 6 Episode 13 – EEOC Eyes Making AI Tools Fair in the Workplace
June 20, 2023 17:07 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBWith artificial intelligence growing in popularity, there also is a growing interest in regulating AI to both protect American rights and ensure the technology is used and deployed fairly. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has an inherent interest in shaping policies and enforcing laws to ensure the American workplace remains fair for all. Commissioner Keith Sonderling, a lawyer by trade, discusses the legal and federal interests behind how the agency is focused on AI, including wh...
Season 6 Episode 12 - Navy CTO Reflects on IT Modernization Progress
June 13, 2023 14:09 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBAs Don Yeske is wrapping up his last days as the Navy’s acting chief technology officer, he joins us to talk about how the Navy is working to transform its legacy global network systems to be able to move information securely anywhere in the world. Plus, he reflects on the lessons learned from his current position as he is preparing to step into a new position at the Department of Homeland Security.
Season 6 Episode 11 - New Acquisition Framework Makes NASA’s Procurement Process Thrive
June 06, 2023 19:24 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBNASA's Acquisition Innovation Launchpad (NAIL) is helping the agency make major progress in its procurement process by amplifying innovation and creating agile acquisition practices to get technology in more quickly. Technology at the agency means potential to support major space exploration programs like Artemis and Juno. Karla Smith Jackson, NASA’s senior procurement executive and deputy chief acquisition officer, said NAIL, which was modeled after the Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) at t...
Air Force CIO Reflects on Defense Tech in Exit Interview
June 02, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBAs the Air Force bids goodbye to CIO Lauren Knausenberger, she joined us for a live podcast recording to discuss her perspectives on how she built an agile team that is primed to tackle the service’s most pressing priorities around cybersecurity, software development, data sharing and more. Plus, she provides tips and tricks for succeeding in the defense industry, the highs and lows of her time at the Air Force, and how she’s positioned the Air Force tech shop to continue its momentum.
Season 6 Episode 10 - Education Department Improves Customer Experience Through Digital Services
May 24, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes - 27.6 MBCustomer service continues to be a key focus for the Department of Education. As part of its Strategic Plan, the agency has fully executed the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act to provide millions of customers with ease of access to digital services. Tune in to this special update from Education CIO Luis Lopez about the progress made on digital services and other IT and cybersecurity priorities, including the implementation of zero trust architecture.
Season 6 Episode 9 - DHS IT Modernization Centers Around Cloud, CTO Reorganization and Cyber Talent
May 10, 2023 17:37 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBCloud Smart is one of several initiatives underway to boost IT modernization at the Department of Homeland Security. This approach is not only helping DHS better manage and access data, it's also empowering the workforce to make decisions in their environments at a faster pace. DHS CTO David Larrimore has created a Chief Technology Officer Council that will restructure the CTO role to be more grounded in federal IT management. DHS has also leveraged the Cyber Talent Management System to hir...
Season 6 Episode 8 - New DHS Research CISO Unpacks Top Priorities
April 26, 2023 16:33 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) welcomed a new head of information security in 2023. With over 25 years of experience in enterprise-level digital transformation across federal government, CISO Michele Thomas highlights some of the lessons learned throughout her career, what led her to the agency and how she plans to better secure critical information and systems, as well as advance her unit’s security strategy.
Season 6 Episode 7 - A Look Back at the Women Tech Leaders Summit
April 17, 2023 21:56 - 28 minutes - 40.3 MBWomen tech leaders across government and industry gathered at GovCIO Media & Research’s annual Women Tech Leaders Summit to discuss how to recruit more women for government tech jobs, market the government mission and government job perks more effectively, and inspire the next generation of women tech leaders through mentorship. This special episode dives into speaker insights from the Defense Department, VA, HHS, FBI and more.
Season 6 Episode 6 - How Data and Justice Meet to Tackle War Crimes in Ukraine
April 11, 2023 18:41 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBA State Department-supported effort is bringing together powerful geospatial and satellite data visualization tools to document and assess the impacts of Russia’s war on Ukraine. At the heart of the data behind this effort is Susan Wolfinbarger, team lead for State’s Location-based Observations for Conflict Analysis, Trends, and Evidence (LOCATE) in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Wolfinbarger details how her interests in geography led to her researching human rights a...
Ethical AI Miniseries - Unpacking NIST’s New AI Risk Management Framework
March 30, 2023 18:32 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MBAt the beginning of the year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) along with an AI RMF Playbook and an AI RMF Roadmap to guide the future of artificial intelligence development. Chief of Staff of the agency’s Information Technology Laboratory Elham Tabassi explains the framework’s collaborative development and how it incorporates trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use and evaluation of AI produ...
Season 6 Episode 5 - SOCOM’s ‘Data Readiness’ Plans for AI, Cyber
March 15, 2023 18:49 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBData touches every aspect of IT, which makes the chief data officer a jack-of-all-trades. SOCOM CDO Dan Folliard is laser-focused on getting SOCOM data-ready for advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). He also discusses how data readiness improves an organization’s overall cybersecurity posture.
Ethical AI Miniseries: Energy Lab Leader Sees AI as a 'Disruptor' For Climate and Social Change
March 10, 2023 19:29 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBIn part two of this interview, National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Science-based AI/ML Institute (SAMI) Technical Director Kelly Rose discusses the foundational resources and workflows she’s creating to enable access and partnerships for tech and AI tools. She details how open-source principles and security protocols will be key enablers to responsible AI for environmental missions in the research community.
Ethical AI Miniseries: How this Energy Lab is Unlocking the ‘Big Picture’ with Responsible AI
March 03, 2023 16:40 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBThe National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Science-based Ai/ML Institute (SAMI) is accelerating applied technology development for clean, efficient and affordable energy production. SAMI Technical Director Kelly Rose breaks down how the institute is using responsible AI in support of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) environmental and social justice strategic objectives. Rose explains how NETL is democratizing access to data through the FAIR data principles and the Energy Data eXchang...
AFCEA West Talks: Information Key to Marine Corps DNA
February 21, 2023 15:54 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBThe Marine Corps is undertaking largescale modernization of its technical capabilities. As Deputy Commandant for Information Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy puts it, all capabilities cannot be executed without tech especially in an ever-changing environment. Glavy discusses the efforts around computing at the edge, the foundational standpoint of information ahead of the upcoming Marine Corps Warfighting Publication-8 and what all this means for cyberspace operations.
Live from AFCEA West: Digital Tools are Modernizing CX for DISA, DOD Cloud
February 16, 2023 14:58 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBDISA’s Hosting and Compute Center (HaCC) is addressing challenges to various cloud capabilities across the Defense Department. Part of this means enhancing the overall customer experience of acquisition and breaking down silos across teams. HaCC Customer Experience Lead Kayne Kreitzer talks everything CX, including the tools that are helping the community navigate the challenging environment of cloud computing and acquisition such as the Account Tracking and Automation Tool (ATAT) and the DI...
Live From AFCEA West: Navy CIO’s ‘Game-Changing’ Tech for Enabling Information Superiority
February 16, 2023 14:51 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MBThe age of information superiority is more than cybersecurity. For Department of the Navy CIO Aaron Weis, it’s the “golden requirement” to securely move any data from anywhere to anywhere, paving the way for programs like Project Overmatch in the Defense Department’s JADC2 concept. Weis discusses the potential game-changing impacts to data as we know it with technologies like Starlink and emerging foundational AI, as well as how he’s viewing these in the context of the Navy’s approach to tec...
Season 6 Episode 4 - Air Force Prepares to Release New Zero Trust Strategy
February 15, 2023 15:37 - 58 minutes - 81.4 MBAs the Department of the Air Force prepares to release its own zero trust plan just three months after the Pentagon released a department-wide five-year zero trust strategy, Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger is focused on reducing technical debt and elevating software factories to bring the Air Force into the future. Software factories can play a role in the implementation of the Defense Department’s Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control (JADC2) concept and integration of the recently awarde...
Season 6 Episode 3 - AI Impacting Government Services
February 01, 2023 19:18 - 26 minutes - 37.4 MBNIST and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force recently released new AI frameworks, which dovetail with the White House’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and the Defense Department’s Responsible AI Strategy. These AI guidance documents outline how to approach AI innovation in an ethical, responsible manner, but also how to develop AI algorithms effectively to meet mission needs. Join our editorial team to learn about how these frameworks and initiatives are imp...
Season 6 Episode 2 - DOE Catalyzes Climate Resilience With New Programs
January 18, 2023 16:52 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MB2023 will be a major year for the Department of Energy (DOE), which is in the process of implementing new investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. DOE is standing up 60 new programs, and aims to direct 40% of federal investments to underserved communities under President Biden's Justice40 Initiative. From her time as CIO for the EPA to her current role as Energy CIO, Ann Dunkin has been dedicated to sustainability missions. Dunkin breaks down what the future of clean energy will l...
Season 6 Episode 1 - How the Pentagon’s New Cloud Contract Fits into DISA’s Modernization Plan
January 04, 2023 17:47 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBDefense Information Systems Agency (DISA) cloud leader Sharon Woods kicks off the new year with an in-depth conversation about the role Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) will play in various concurrent cloud modernization efforts across DOD. She also dives into her journey from law school to defense IT, and offers advice for young women pursuing tech and national security careers.
Season 5 Episode 17 - How NSF CIO's Tech Vision Bakes in People, Innovation
December 21, 2022 15:17 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBThe National Science Foundation has a powerful mission to engage and promote innovation within the scientific community. Key to that is enabling a culture that centers around people, not just technology. A longstanding public service leader, CIO Dorothy Aronson says staying up-to-date with the latest technologies is critical to an agency’s success. But getting there means having a flexible IT governance process while also prioritizing people’s happiness. Aronson also highlights HOPPER, an in...
Season 5 Episode 16 - How 5G and Wi-Fi Converge in Government Ops
December 19, 2022 19:20 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBConnectivity is an essential component to everything in our daily lives. 5G and Wi-Fi are key enablers for all missions including data access and sharing, data analytics, communication, file transfer, logistics and more. Both 5G and Wi-Fi have separate applications, but both are necessary to ensure seamless operations. ID Technologies and Dell Technologies are tackling this convergence opportunity in the federal government. Jim Rousseau and Chris "CT" Thomas join us to break down the differe...
Flywheel Fridays - The Friends We Made Along the Way
December 02, 2022 18:21 - 13 minutes - 19.6 MBAs the year comes to an end, we bid adieu to our beloved Flywheel Fridays. Join our co-hosts Deputy Editor Kate Macri and Staff Writer/Researcher Sarah Sybert as they reflect on the most memorable moments and headlines of the year, such as the passage of the PACT Act for veterans, the Defense Department's new zero trust strategy and more. We also discuss leveraging lessons learned from the show for new and improved episodes coming your way across GovCast, CyberCast and HealthCast in 2023.
Season 5 Episode 15 - VA CXO is Building Trust in Digital Services
November 23, 2022 15:20 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBThe Department of Veterans Affairs is placing the veteran at the center of every digital service. With the expansion of benefits following the passage of the PACT Act and new tools like VA's Health and Benefits mobile application, customer experience plays a critical role in how veterans access their services. VA's Chief Experience Officer John Boerstler joins us to explain how his agency is listening to the veteran to develop successful digital services and build trust across the community ...
Flywheel Fridays - What We’re Thankful for in Federal IT
November 18, 2022 20:06 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBIt’s been a busy year for the federal family as agencies accelerate IT modernization efforts. Join Staff Writers Sarah Sybert and Katherine MacPhail at the Thanksgiving dinner table for reflections on the outcomes of those efforts and what they’re thankful for this year. They’ll unpack major initiatives like automation, DEI&A in the workforce, cybersecurity, CX and climate resilience.
Season 5 Episode 14 - VA CDO Reflects on Successes Before Transition to DOE
November 09, 2022 16:17 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBThe Department of Veterans Affairs’ first permanent Chief Data Officer Kshemendra Paul announced last month that he would be leaving VA to become the Department of Energy's new assistant inspector general for cybersecurity assessments and data analysis. Paul reflects on his time as VA CDO, including developing VA's Data Strategy and Roadmap, and left a few words of advice for his successor.
Flywheel Fridays - Satellites, Encryption, Innovation, Oh My!
November 04, 2022 19:52 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBGovCIO Media & Research has been hard at work covering key events and conferences to keep you informed. Join Deputy Editor Kate Macri and Staff Writer/Researcher Sarah Sybert for our top federal tech takeaways on CyberSatGov, VHA's Innovation Experience (iEX) and FedHealthIT's Women in Leadership Awards. They'll dive into the latest trends around cybersecurity, satellites, encryption, health care innovation and the federal workforce.
Season 5 Episode 13 - VA's New Digital Transformation Strategy Eyes UX, Transparency
November 02, 2022 15:50 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe Department of Veterans Affairs recently launched its Vision 2022 strategy, which outlines how the agency will approach its widespread IT modernization and digital transformation. Longstanding leader in software and tech development who was behind salvaging HealthCare.gov, CIO Kurt DelBene discusses the agency's continued focus on transparency, the user experience and breaking down silos across the enterprise.
Season 5 Episode 12 - Energizing Sustainable Change with GSA's Data Center Optimization Initiative
September 21, 2022 20:09 - 17 minutes - 24.9 MBFrom 2012 to 2021, data center closures and optimization brought government an estimated 6.6 billion in cost savings and avoidances. Data center and energy management also play a key role in sustainability targets and the Biden administration’s goal to hit net-zero emissions by 2050. General Services Administration (GSA) Director for the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Thomas Santucci discusses the significant strides made by this program, which sunset from the Federal IT Acquisit...