With 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 threa...
Jun 10, 2020•22 min•Season 3Ep. 17
The 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 impacts....
Jun 09, 2020•22 min•Season 3Ep. 16
The 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.
May 14, 2020•24 min•Season 3Ep. 16
The 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....
May 13, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Leveraging 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.
May 04, 2020•14 min•Season 3Ep. 14
With 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.
Apr 30, 2020•14 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Stuart 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 Carahs...
Apr 23, 2020•24 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Michelle 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 faces...
Apr 21, 2020•21 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Raylene 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.
Apr 09, 2020•19 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Julie 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.
Apr 01, 2020•20 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Greg 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
Mar 27, 2020•18 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Gerard 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.
Mar 23, 2020•23 min•Season 3Ep. 8
David 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.
Mar 18, 2020•23 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Dominic 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.
Feb 25, 2020•21 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Stacie 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.
Feb 17, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Bruce Tromberg discusses the importance his department's research in biophontics and biomedical imaging plays in technologies that serve the greater health care space.
Feb 12, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 4
The 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.
Feb 05, 2020•24 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Ryan 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.
Jan 14, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Stephanie 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.
Jan 07, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
With 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
Nov 15, 2019•16 min•Season 2Ep. 27
The 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 advertisements....
Nov 06, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 26
The 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.
Oct 21, 2019•17 min•Season 2Ep. 25
With 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
Oct 10, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Dr. 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.
Oct 04, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Jothi Dugar discusses the importance of bringing a well-rounded and holistic approach to leadership positions despite the technical nature of working in IT.
Sep 25, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In 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.
Sep 23, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 21
The 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.
Sep 04, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Gordon Bitko discusses FBI's focus of improving IT management, infrastructure, networks, applications and services to improve performance capabilities in support of national security.
Aug 27, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 19
GSA'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.
Aug 23, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Jeff 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.
Aug 15, 2019•38 min•Season 2Ep. 17
