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GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts
The GovCIO Media & Research podcast network comprises GovCast, AI 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 weekly.
Episodes
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 10 - Education Department Improves Customer Experience Through Digital Services
Customer 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 9 - DHS IT Modernization Centers Around Cloud, CTO Reorganization and Cyber Talent
Cloud Smart is one of several initiatives underway to boost IT modernization at the Department of Homeland Security. This approach is not only helping DHS…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 8 - New DHS Research CISO Unpacks Top Priorities
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) welcomed a new head of information security in 2023. With over 25 years of…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 7 - A Look Back at the Women Tech Leaders Summit
Women tech leaders across government and industry gathered at GovCIO Media & Research's annual Women Tech Leaders Summit to discuss how to recruit more women…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 6 - How Data and Justice Meet to Tackle War Crimes in Ukraine
A State Department-supported effort is bringing together powerful geospatial and satellite data visualization tools to document and assess the impacts of…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsEthical AI Miniseries - Unpacking NIST's New AI Risk Management Framework
At 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 5 - SOCOM's 'Data Readiness' Plans for AI, Cyber
Data 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsEthical AI Miniseries: Energy Lab Leader Sees AI as a 'Disruptor' For Climate and Social Change
In part two of this interview, National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL) Science-based AI/ML Institute (SAMI) Technical Director Kelly Rose discusses the…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsEthical AI Miniseries: How this Energy Lab is Unlocking the 'Big Picture' with Responsible AI
The National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL) Science-based Ai/ML Institute (SAMI) is accelerating applied technology development for clean, efficient and…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsAFCEA West Talks: Information Key to Marine Corps DNA
The Marine Corps is undertaking largescale modernization of its technical capabilities. As Deputy Commandant for Information Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy puts it…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive from AFCEA West: Digital Tools are Modernizing CX for DISA, DOD Cloud
DISA's Hosting and Compute Center (HaCC) is addressing challenges to various cloud capabilities across the Defense Department. Part of this means enhancing the…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive From AFCEA West: Navy CIO's 'Game-Changing' Tech for Enabling Information Superiority
The 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 4 - Air Force Prepares to Release New Zero Trust Strategy
As 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 3 - AI Impacting Government Services
NIST and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force recently released new AI frameworks, which dovetail with the White House's Blueprint…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 2 - DOE Catalyzes Climate Resilience With New Programs
2023 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 1 - How the Pentagon's New Cloud Contract Fits into DISA's Modernization Plan
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) cloud leader Sharon Woods kicks off the new year with an in-depth conversation about the role Joint Warfighting Cloud…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 17 - How NSF CIO's Tech Vision Bakes in People, Innovation
The National Science Foundation has a powerful mission to engage and promote innovation within the scientific community. Key to that is enabling a culture that…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 16 - How 5G and Wi-Fi Converge in Government Ops
Connectivity 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - The Friends We Made Along the Way
As 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 15 - VA CXO is Building Trust in Digital Services
The 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - What We're Thankful for in Federal IT
It'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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 14 - VA CDO Reflects on Successes Before Transition to DOE
The Department of Veterans Affairs' first permanent Chief Data Officer Kshemendra Paul announced last month that he would be leaving VA to become the…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Satellites, Encryption, Innovation, Oh My!
GovCIO Media & Research has been hard at work covering key events and conferences to keep you informed. Join Deputy Editor Kate Macri and Staff…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 13 - VA's New Digital Transformation Strategy Eyes UX, Transparency
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently launched its Vision 2022 strategy, which outlines how the agency will approach its widespread IT modernization and…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 12 - Energizing Sustainable Change with GSA's Data Center Optimization Initiative
From 2012 to 2021, data center closures and optimization brought government an estimated 6.6 billion in cost savings and avoidances. Data center and energy…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - What You Missed Around Fed IT this Summer
A lot happened in federal IT over summer 2022. Join senior researcher Kate Macri and staff writer/ researcher Sarah Sybert for a recap of some of the top…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 11 - Enhancing Customer Experience for Federal Student Aid
From streamlining digital services to incorporating plain language, the Education Department's Federal Student Aid (FSA) Office has been working to modernize…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - A Brief Dive on DevSecOps
Leaders from across government are turning to strong DevSecOps strategies to shake up the status quo and increase the speed of software development. Our…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Top Takeaways from DAV's 2022 National Convention
DAV's 2022 National Convention in Orlando featured an all-star lineup of speakers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including all three undersecretaries…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 10 - Inside VA's Innovative Workforce, IT Modernization Strategies
President Biden's recent executive order on diversity, equity, inclusion and access calls on federal agencies "to cultivate a workforce that draws from the…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays: Data and Security Strategies for Modernization
Federal IT modernization is a continuous process, and agencies are focusing on the different avenues and strategies they need to pursue to seek improved IT…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 9 - Census Bureau's Data Modernization Path to 2030
The Census Bureau ramped up capabilities to enable the first digital decennial census in 2020. In the midst of that, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the bureau to…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Women Tech Leaders Inspire Women to Serve
GovCIO Media & Research's second annual Women Tech Leaders event came back in-person this year. During the event, speakers explored the strides women are…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 8 - SOCOM's IT Priorities for Mobile, On-Demand Network Access
With the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in the books, Special Operations Command CIO Peter Tragakis discusses his tech priorities. This…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Federal AI and Data Perspectives Event Recap
The AI landscape is quickly moving as a collaborative effort across government. Staff Writer Katherine MacPhail joins Senior Researcher Kate Macri to unpack…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 7 - USAID First Digital Development Chief Talks Tech Strategy
From hardware access to public health networks and responsible AI principles, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is working to shape…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Breaking down ARPA-H and Defense CDAO
On the heels of SOFIC, our researchers brief us on some major developments in the federal IT space. Most notably, there is the formation of the Biden-backed…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive From SOFIC: How USSOCOM S&T Aligns With Mission Needs
USSOCOM S&T Director Lisa Sanders discusses her funding and program priorities and why she thinks she has one of the top five jobs in the entire Defense…
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Live From SOFIC: How USSOCOM S&T Aligns With Mission Needs
USSOCOM S&T Director Lisa Sanders discusses her funding and program priorities and why she thinks she has one of the top five jobs in the entire Defense…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive From SOFIC: USSOCOM's TAK Product Center Could Be the Next DOD Software Factory
Director Ryan McLean discusses his modernization strategy for the Tactical Assault Kit, a map-based software application connecting USSOCOM, other U.S…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 6 - How State is Evolving IT to Support International Affairs
The State Department is at the forefront of many international affairs, supporting American interests and values abroad. Behind the scenes, however, is a team…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Breaking Down IT Priorities in FY 2023
With the fiscal year 2022 budget finalized last month, why not look ahead? Our senior researchers break down key components of the Biden administration's…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 5 - The Case for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science in Government
Federal agencies typically pursue contracts and engagement with industry vendors to produce solutions for different mission areas, but what if the barrier to…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 4 - The Making of a Digital-First Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration maintains and administers the benefits and records of tens of millions of Americans nationwide for retirement payments, as well…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Health IT Takeaways from HIMSS 2022
The 2022 HIMSS Conference in Orlando offered many exciting insights into the future of health IT. Senior Researcher Melissa Harris and Staff Writer Sarah…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive from HIMSS - Former VA CIO Jim Gfrerer Reflects on Public Service, Essential Partnerships for Driving Innovation
Live from HIMSS, Former Department of Veterans Affairs CIO James Gfrerer discusses the importance of bridging business perspectives with tech-minded federal…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive from HIMSS - New VA Standards Are Helping Developers Create Personalized Care Tools
Measuring how new technologies are succeeding in health care require a more purposeful approach. Ryan Vega, chief officer of the Office of Healthcare…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsLive from HIMSS - AI Sprints are Helping VA Create Health Care Tools
One of the most promising capabilities set to impact health care is the application of artificial intelligence in all areas of the health care ecosystem. Lead…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Fed IT Academy Awards
Our senior researchers are on the virtual red carpet for the first annual Flycademy Awards! Celebrate the year in federal IT with categories like Zero Trust…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 3 - Leading Through Change in New VA EHR Organization
It's an exciting time for electronic health records, especially for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Its notable EHR program went through a reorganization…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Fridays - Inside IRS' 2022 Tax Season
It's tax season, and senior researchers Melissa Harris and Kate Macri are here to guide you through the latest developments at the IRS. Topics include IRS Free…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsFlywheel Friday – AI Gov: Future Workforce Event Recap
In this inaugural episode of Flywheel Friday, senior researchers Kate Macri and Melissa Harris react to GovCIO Media & Research's AI Gov: Future Workforce…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 2 - EPA CIO's Six 'Wildly Important' Goals Driving Tech Strategy
When Air Force veteran Vaughn Noga started as CIO at the Environmental Protection Agency in 2018, he set out six "wildly important" goals. From building a…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 5 Episode 1 - How the Army's Digital Transformation Strategy Will Democratize Data
Army CIO Raj Iyer discusses his goals for 2022 IT transformation and why he believes data will be a critical asset to multi-domain operations. Iyer's plan is…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 25 - IRS CIO Reflects on Tech Evolution, Modernization Journey
With a massive IT transformation effort, the longest tax filing season in history and a series of pandemic relief payments, IRS CIO Nancy Sieger talks how the…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 24 - Inside GSA's Tech Crowdsourcing Shop for Federal Employees
Federal employees have until Nov. 16 to apply for funding on new tech ideas as part of a new investment round with GSA's 10x. Administrator Robin Carnahan has…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 23 - VA Deputy Secretary Remy Reflects on Mission, Tech Goals
The Department of Veterans Affairs' Deputy Secretary Donald Remy discusses his path in the military and to the agency, one he cherishes because of the role it…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 22 - FCC CIO Departs, Reflects on Public Service Career
Federal Communications Commission CIO Francisco Salguero reflects on his time in office as he departs for industry. Many of the initiatives he oversaw during…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 21 - The IRS Plan to Modernize Online Experiences
The IRS is amid a huge technological modernization push, and leading its Office of Online Services is Executive Director Karen Howard. She brings a…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 20 - IRS Digitalization Office From Startup to Sustainment
The IRS is undergoing large tech transformation efforts, and one office key to that is the now year-old Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office…