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 4 Episode 5 - USDS Tackles Acquisition Innovation
February 11, 2021 20:01 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBA government acquisition leader, Florence Kasule is the U.S. Digital Service's new director of procurement. She returns to the agency after spending time at the Defense Digital Service and contracting at the Defense Department. Kasule candidly describes the state of government procurement and how relationships are key for federal agencies to bring smartly designed products and services to the American people.
Season 4 Episode 4 - Responsible Data for the Public Good
December 11, 2020 21:27 - 34 minutes - 48.3 MBTaking successes from the private industry to support government tech efforts is a widespread trend. With data, that's no different. Acxiom wants to take its experience in data practices in the commercial world to support government agencies in being able to make smart and actionable decisions for the public good. Vice President of Government and Public Sector Asya Smith and Chief Data Ethics Officer Jordan Abbott discuss the opportunities and ethical considerations for strategic data use. ...
Season 4 Episode 3 - IT Modernization, Pandemic Plans Pave Way for Crucial Support in Indian Health
December 08, 2020 15:56 - 24 minutes - 34 MBIndian Health Service CIO Mitchell Thornbrugh describes the opportunities that technology brings to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, who reside in geographically dispersed locations and are susceptible to ongoing health disparities. With a unique funding challenge at the agency, Thornbrugh advocates for improved digital support and awareness of health challenges.
Season 4 Episode 2 - The Tech Push Behind Memorialization at VA
December 02, 2020 19:35 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBWith a strong attention to agency mission, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Randy Reeves and Veterans Affairs CIO Jim Gfrerer discuss the initiatives behind the agency's digital endeavors that led to the creation of a digital memorialization platform, the pivot during the pandemic, a new financial system and more. The leaders look ahead at what this means for future technical developments for the National Cemetery Administration and beyond.
Season 4 Episode 1 - Education CIO's Modernization Journey Hones in on Security
November 25, 2020 19:24 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBThe Department of Education is undergoing a modernization journey that ramped up when CIO Jason Gray joined in 2016. Gray discusses the progress since then, which resulted in FITARA score improvements, cloud development, pivots during the pandemic and an increasing focus on data security to protect student and financial aid information.
Season 3 Episode 30 - Security at VA Requires Holistic Approaches in Workforce Development and in Safeguarding Threats
November 04, 2020 20:10 - 15 minutes - 22.4 MBJoe Stenaka's background in cryptology helps him strategize modern-day cybersecurity issues that Veterans Affairs continues to face. Data privacy, securing electronic health record efforts and integrating emerging technology for safeguarding information continue to be top priorities at the agency. Stenaka discusses how the workforce places a crucial role in security toward serving the nation's veterans.
Season 3 Episode 29 - NASA CIO Talks Importance of Workforce Support and Tech Modernization
October 21, 2020 15:09 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBWith a NASA career that began with an interest in robotics and prior role as CIO at Langley Research Center, Acting CIO Jeff Seaton has a deep understanding of what it means to support the agency's numerous research and mission programs. Seaton discusses the importance the cloud has as the agency faces exponential increases in data collection and how the agency impacts daily life aside from space exploration.
Season 3 Episode 28 - Emphasizing Health IT Priorities in Congress
October 07, 2020 18:11 - 25 minutes - 36 MBRep. Michael Burgess, chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health, discusses the pandemic's impact on various health technology initiatives like the 21st Century Cures Act and more. With telehealth likely to be a pivotal technology for American health care, Burgess explores the promise of health technologies on mental health, the economy and more.
Season 3 Episode 27 - DHS Center Lead Tackles Pandemic Innovations
October 02, 2020 20:55 - 21 minutes - 30.6 MBAs a microbiologist, Dr. Lloyd Hough from the Hazard Awareness & Characterization Technology Center at the Department of Homeland Security is leading research efforts during the pandemic to assist, inform and prepare the agency and public at large to best respond to the virus.
Season 3 Episode 26 - Public-Private Partnerships in Health Innovation
September 02, 2020 15:52 - 18 minutes - 26.5 MBBARDA DRIVe Director Sandeep Patel brings health entrepreneurship to the agency, which is working to bring together leading experts to solve some of the nation's most pressing health and health security challenges. We discuss many of these efforts including having co-founded KidneyX and how ventures are helping tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season 3 Episode 25 - Tech's Role in FEMA CIO's 'Mission First' Approach
August 20, 2020 19:03 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBCIO Lytwaive Hutchinson discusses how she took the values from her 21-year military career and applied it to her roles in public service. As FEMA maintains an important position for the nation's disaster response efforts, Hutchinson is ensuring its IT capabilities are supporting the agency's data analytics, supply chain, infrastructure and security services during the pandemic and beyond.
Season 3 Episode 24 - Ensuring Connectivity for the Flightline of the Future
August 18, 2020 16:32 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBIn an ever-connected world, quick access to information is always expected. For the U.S. military, this means ensuring personnel are able to upload and analyze aircraft data, order parts, communicate with each other, among other functions, within maintenance hangars and airports even in the most remote and austere environments. ID Technologies' Jeff Panebiano and Commscope's John McDonald discuss the technology behind connecting the nation's defense services. This episode is sponsored by ID ...
Season 3 Episode 23 - Ted Kaouk, Chief Data Officer, USDA
August 06, 2020 19:07 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBA U.S. Navy veteran, USDA Chief Data Officer Ted Kaouk was recently appointed chair of the newly created Chief Data Officer Council. He got his start at the agency working loans and grants for rural housing, broadband, utilities, and community facilities. Today he leads USDA's overall vision for using data as a strategic asset. Kaouk explains data's important role in government and how he sees the council tackling crucial priorities.
Season 3 Episode 22 - Karen Evans, CIO, DHS
July 31, 2020 20:05 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBKaren Evans was newly appointed CIO at Department of Homeland Security. Her prior leadership stems from a start at the National Park Service and spans across many cybersecurity areas at Department of Energy and beyond. She discusses how she will tackle the initiatives ahead at the agency, including its data center consolidation, workforce upskilling and modernizing its network.
Season 3 Episode 21 - Pat Flanders, CIO, DHA
July 15, 2020 17:51 - 25 minutes - 36.1 MBA U.S. Army veteran with a previous interest in the medical field and having a few successful various initiatives throughout his career at DOD at large, Defense Health Agency CIO Pat Flanders has a personal approach to the systems he manages for the agency. Flanders provides a close look at how he's approaching IT oversight of the health care delivery systems that serve the 9.5 million beneficiaries around the world under the Military Health System. This episode is sponsored by Dell Technolo...
Season 3 Episode 20 - Gary Washington, CIO, USDA
July 07, 2020 15:14 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBUSDA CIO Gary Washington's career began in the Air Force. He then served in IT roles at various agencies including the Department of the Treasury, HHS and FDA. Washington discusses USDA being the "lighthouse agency" for GSA's Centers of Excellence and how it's influencing government at large in data management modernization and in using emerging technologies across its oversight in rural areas. This episode is sponsored by Dell Technologies and Iron Bow Technologies.
Season 3 Episode 19 - Wanda Jones-Heath, CISO, Air Force
July 02, 2020 19:50 - 16 minutes - 23.6 MBWanda Jones-Heath calls herself a "unicorn" at the Defense Department. That's because she sees her stature as chief information security officer at the Air Force, among her 30-year career in government, as rare for women. She discusses progress the agency is making with bug bounties and how the current pandemic has presented opportunities for further modernization. She discusses why thinking about the branch on an enterprise level will spur efficiency and innovation in cybersecurity across D...
Season 3 Episode 18 - Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS
June 15, 2020 17:50 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBServing at the Department of Homeland Security since its inception (and even before), Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa is innovating how the department buys solutions to enable its national security mission. Correa's contracting background at the department plus elsewhere led to initiatives like the Procurement Innovation Lab to innovate government's purchasing processes.
Season 3 Episode 17 - Rich Haley, Executive Assistant Director of IT, FBI
June 10, 2020 19:31 - 21 minutes - 30.6 MBWith a career that began with intelligence in the U.S. military, Rich Haley discusses the business and financial considerations of IT modernization and technology implications of the national security mission at the FBI. The Bureau has an important mission to collect, manage and analyze vast amounts of data to serve its workforce of investigators and technologists. Haley describes technology as being a "thread through that fabric" that allows the agency to collaborate and connect different t...
Season 3 Episode 16 - James Gfrerer, CIO, Veterans Affairs
June 09, 2020 16:36 - 21 minutes - 30.6 MBThe Department of Veterans Affairs activated its "Fourth Mission" in response to the national emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The department mobilized to support health care systems around the country and continued to support its veterans through increased technological capabilities including telehealth. Gfrerer discusses how the agency quickly pivoted its information and technology operations to respond to the crisis and how he sees recent advancements continuing to make impa...
Season 3 Episode 16 - Matthew Bragstad, VP, Head of HCM Strategy and Product Management, Infor
May 14, 2020 19:23 - 23 minutes - 33 MBThe importance of cloud-based solutions in human capital management functions like payroll and leave across government is an area many don't think about during times of crisis. Infor's Bragstad discusses one offering in use in government, GSA in particular, and how the solution enables government to streamline their digital modernization journeys especially during mass telework. This episode is sponsored by Infor.
Season 3 Episode 15 - GSA Centers of Excellence AI Leaders with Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi and Krista Kinnard
May 13, 2020 21:15 - 24 minutes - 34.5 MBThe Centers of Excellence at General Services Administration aims to accelerate IT modernization by centralizing best practices across a number of focus areas. COE Director of Acquisitions Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi and Director of Artificial Intelligence Krista Kinnard came to the agency with a mission to accelerate how government adopts AI. With backgrounds in both law and data analytics, the COE leaders are innovating around the technology and hoping other agencies harness its true potential.
Season 3 Episode 14 - DMI Managed Mobility Services with D.J. Oreb & Michael Deittrick
May 04, 2020 14:52 - 14 minutes - 20 MBLeveraging managed mobility services allows government agencies to implement technologies that help its workforce stay connected. For DMI, this function has landed them the top spot on a recent Gartner Magic Quadrant report. DMI Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer Michael Deittrick and President of Commercial Managed Mobility Services D.J. Oreb discuss this technology's importance in government to transform enterprises. This episode is sponsored by DMI.
Season 3 Episode 13 - Nick Hardy, Head of Customer Trust and FedRAMP, Slack
April 30, 2020 15:51 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MBWith mass telework comes the need for better collaboration with teams. There has been an increased prevalence of collaboration and conferencing tools as a result. One tool from the private sector gaining momentum in government is Slack. Its head of customer trust and FedRAMP, Nick Hardy, explains how Slack is helping to bring government teams together and be more productive during this time.
Season 3 Episode 13 - Stuart McGuigan, CIO, State Department
April 23, 2020 17:48 - 24 minutes - 34 MBStuart McGuigan discusses the promises technologies like AI and machine learning bring to the State Department, whose tough job is to manage disparate systems around the world. Interest in such technologies are what shaped McGuigan's career in the private sector at various health companies. Plus, he discusses modernization efforts that started earlier and allowed the agency to easily transition to telework during the coronavirus pandemic. This episode is presented by Dell Technologies and...
Season 3 Episode 12 - Michelle Holko, Presidential Innovation Fellow at NIH
April 21, 2020 16:47 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBMichelle Holko had made it a lifelong passion to explore innovations in health data analytics and bioinformatics. Currently detailed as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the National Institutes of Health’s All Of Us Research Program, Holko is working to better engage research participants and researchers. She discusses her background at DARPA plus emerging technologies, wearable devices, vaccine research and more — all incredibly important during pandemics like COVID-19's that government f...
Season 3 Episode 11 - Raylene Yung, CEO, U.S. Digital Response
April 09, 2020 15:42 - 18 minutes - 26.2 MBRaylene Yung co-leads a recent effort stood up by volunteer technologists to assist government in any work needed due to the coronavirus response. With a background at Stripe and Facebook, Yung believes a collaborative approach between government and the 2,000-plus volunteers that make up the U.S. Digital Response will ensure ongoing success to both continuing operations and fighting the virus.
Season 3 Episode 10 - Julie Dunne, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, GSA
April 01, 2020 21:04 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBJulie Dunne brings experience from Congress, the private sector and executive branch of federal government to her current role overseeing technologies and solutions that enable federal agencies to fulfill their missions. She discusses ongoing efforts with consolidating the Multiple Award Schedules, plus how her background in the legal field is contributing to her path in public service.
Season 3 Episode 9 - Software Intelligence with Greg Rivera, VP CAST Highlight
March 27, 2020 13:58 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBGreg Rivera, a lifelong technologist, discusses how software intelligence solutions like CAST's can help federal agencies in their IT modernization initiatives and help digital leaders make better decisions on their software assets. This episode is sponsored by CAST
Season 3 Episode 8 - Gerard Badorrek, Chief Financial Officer, GSA
March 23, 2020 18:42 - 22 minutes - 21.5 MBGerard Badorrek is leading the charge in a government-wide effort to implement robotic process automation to solve workforce challenges and empower employees to perform higher-value work.
Season 3 Episode 7 - David Bottom, CIO, SEC
March 18, 2020 21:12 - 22 minutes - 21.6 MBDavid Bottom was newly appointed as CIO at the Securities and Exchange Commission. He discusses his vision for the agency's technology posture in the face of increasing sophistication with automation and data management needs.
Season 3 Episode 6 - Dominic Delmolino, CTO, Accenture
February 25, 2020 20:52 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MBDominic Delmolino shares insights from "Lessons from Exploring AI in Government," a new report featuring best practices from a number of government leaders. The Accenture Federal Services CTO also discusses the state of cloud computing and prospects for quantum in the federal government. Plus, he explains why he recently went back to school and what he learned from the experience. This episode is sponsored by Accenture.
Season 3 Episode 5 - Stacie Alboum, Deputy Director, NIH Center for Information Technology
February 17, 2020 21:18 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBStacie discusses her path within government and the importance women mentors played in her success within IT at NIH. She remarks on her "hero" Jeannette Rankin who inspired her during her time as a new working mom at the agency. Plus, Stacie discusses the importance of IT in public research to advance innovation.
Bruce Tromberg, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
February 12, 2020 20:45 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBBruce Tromberg discusses the importance his department's research in biophontics and biomedical imaging plays in technologies that serve the greater health care space.
Season 3 Episode 4 - Bruce Tromberg, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
February 12, 2020 20:45 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBBruce Tromberg discusses the importance his department's research in biophontics and biomedical imaging plays in technologies that serve the greater health care space.
Season 3 Episode 3 - Francisco Pereira, Director, NIMH's Machine Learning Team
February 05, 2020 15:45 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBThe National Institute of Mental Health’s machine learning team is guiding researchers with the best practices for using the technology, particularly within the section on functional imaging methods. We learn about the lead behind this team, Francisco Pereira, his passions for health care and for helping health researchers.
Season 3 Episode 2 - Ryan Vega, Executive Director of VHA Innovation Ecosystem
January 14, 2020 16:13 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBRyan Vega discusses the innovation underway at the Veterans Health Administration with an overview of the exciting technologies underway such as 3D and bio-printing, artificial intelligence, telehealth and more, plus how the agency is changing the way health providers are interacting with patients and delivering better care.
Season 3 Episode 1 - Stephanie Shutt, Director of the Multiple Award Schedule PMO, GSA
January 07, 2020 16:20 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBStephanie Shutt approaches her role in consolidating the multiple award schedule at the agency with an analytical and team-oriented mind. With initiatives to educate both the workforce and contracting community, she discusses that progress and what lies ahead.
Season 2 Episode 27 - Alycia Yozzi, GSA Analyst and CIO Council Senior Advisor
November 15, 2019 20:48 - 16 minutes - 15 MBWith a passion for helping people and roots in creative arts, Alycia Yozzi discusses her current initiatives at the CIO Council to transform government IT in areas including workforce, acquisition, design, development and more. For more podcasts: https://www.governmentciomedia.com/podcasts
Season 2 Episode 26 - Michael Weingarten, Director of Small Business Innovation Research Development Center, National Cancer Institute
November 06, 2019 21:22 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBThe cancer institute's director of small business research sees the importance small business bring to cancer innovation at the agency. He discusses how his path from NASA brought him to his role in bringing the next generation of technology to cancer research. For more podcasts: https://www.governmentciomedia.com/govcast *The businesses and technologies mentioned during this episode received SBIR funding from the National Cancer Institute and are not endorsements or advertisemen...
Season 2 Episode 25 - Freda Bredy, Buy Smarter Initiative Lead, HHS
October 21, 2019 17:06 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBThe Department of Health and Human Services' Buy Smarter program aims to use emerging technologies to transform how the agency purchases goods. Its program lead discusses how this effort will also provide real-time data to decision-makers to achieve efficiencies and reduce costs on goods and services.
Season 2 Episode 24 - Ed Simcox, Chief Technology Officer, HHS
October 10, 2019 14:37 - 40 minutes - 39.6 MBWith a background in law, Ed Simcox has a unique position at the intersection of health and technology as CTO of the Department of Health and Human Services. He discusses efforts around the agency's KidneyX program to advance research in kidney disease and the importance of emerging tech like AI toward protecting data and improving patient care. More podcasts: https://www.governmentciomedia.com/podcasts
Season 2 Episode 23 - Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC
October 04, 2019 21:31 - 31 minutes - 29 MBDr. Don Rucker discusses his office's efforts in the nationwide implementation of the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. He discusses the impact of emerging technology and initiatives including interoperability.
Season 2 Episode 22 - Jothi Dugar, CISO, NIH Center for Information Technology
September 25, 2019 17:10 - 26 minutes - 22.7 MBJothi Dugar discusses the importance of bringing a well-rounded and holistic approach to leadership positions despite the technical nature of working in IT.
Season 2 Episode 21 - Greg Gershman, CEO, Ad Hoc
September 23, 2019 19:01 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBIn this episode, host Amy Kluber talks with Greg Gershman, the CEO of Ad Hoc, and a member of the team that assisted in the reworking of Healthcare.gov during its extended launch phase.
Season 2 Episode 20 - Alastair Thomson, CIO, NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
September 04, 2019 20:53 - 28 minutes - 27 MBThe NIH agency's CIO discusses the importance of technology and big data to manage research. He brings to the agency a creative background in the animation industry and is now working on various health initiatives, including those researching sickle cell anemia.
Season 2 Episode 19 - Gordon Bitko, CIO, FBI
August 27, 2019 13:45 - 22 minutes - 31.9 MBGordon Bitko discusses FBI's focus of improving IT management, infrastructure, networks, applications and services to improve performance capabilities in support of national security.
Season 2 Episode 18 - Judith Zawatsky, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Systems Management, GSA
August 23, 2019 13:43 - 24 minutes - 24.7 MBGSA's assistant commissioner of the Office of Systems Management under the Federal Acquisition Service discusses improvements to the federal government's acquisition systems. Her office includes two programs, the Integrated Award Environment and the Common Acquisition Platform, both of which use modernized technologies to improve systems and processes.
Season 2 Episode 17 - Jeff Shilling, CIO, National Cancer Institute
August 15, 2019 15:42 - 37 minutes - 35 MBJeff Shilling discusses data and technology efforts behind the nation's largest funder of cancer research. He shares optimism toward technology's future role in processing cancer data for the research community and furthering research and discovery in the mission to treat cancer.
Season 2 Episode 16 - Mitch Zeller, Director of Center for Tobacco Products, FDA
July 31, 2019 13:40 - 34 minutes - 48.3 MBAs director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, Mitch Zeller has an important public health mission to reduce disease from tobacco use. With a background in law as an attorney, Zeller discusses the importance policy and technology play in the center's mission.