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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 4 Episode 19 - 5 Tech Trends Shaping the Future of Federal IT
With the onset of the pandemic came the urgent need to modernize government toward an increasingly digital future and build off past tech initiatives around…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 18 - GAO AI Framework Sets Auditing Guidelines
The Government Accountability Office's first chief data scientist stepped into the role with a mindset of helping agencies tackle their biggest challenges with…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 17 - Procuring the Future of IT at IRS
Chief Procurement Officer Shanna Webbers is taking IRS' "One Team, One IRS" motto to heart — leading a team of contracting professionals to introduce…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 16 - Tech's Role in Promoting Fair, Competitive Trade
International Trade Administration CIO Rona Bunn discusses standing up a new customer portal, virtual services and other support tools for businesses…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 15 - How Modernized Tech Led to Faster Veteran Benefits Delivery
Despite the disruptions of the pandemic, processing claims and delivering benefits to veterans increased over the past year. Acting Under Secretary Thomas…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 14 - The Digital Era for VA's National Cemeteries
The National Cemetery Administration has been undergoing large modernization and expansion over the years. Largely influential to that has been current Acting…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 13 - USCIS Data Chief's Plans for Scaling Tech
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' mission touches many facets of our lives. As Chief Data Officer Beth Puchek puts it, USCIS really is a data agency…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 12 - How CMS is Making Security Easier for All
Coming from an established career in the private cybersecurity sector across various startups, Rob Wood felt a calling to public service last year when he…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 11 - GSA Tech Lead Advocates Open Data, Equity
Digital services veteran Dave Zvenyach, new Director of GSA's Technology Transformation Services — also a lawyer by trade — wants to make digital modernization…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 10 - Infrastructure Strategies Supporting VA's Digital Modernization
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been undergoing an agency-wide modernization journey, with IT and data being supporting stars. Among the leaders behind…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 9: Behind the New IRS Office Boosting the Digital Taxpayer Experience
The new Enterprise Digitalization and Case Management Office at the Internal Revenue Service, once just a procurement pilot, is incorporating innovative…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 8 - FDA's Tech Transformation Hinges on Data
The Food and Drug Administration has played a large role in the COVID-19 response and is also amid widespread digital transformation. Chief Technology Officer…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 7 - Human-Centered Design Drives Veteran Experience Strategies
An attorney by trade who saw opportunity to improve the lives of veterans nationwide, Veterans Experience Office's Barbara Morton applies human touches to all…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 6 - Bridging the Gap Between Federal Contracting and HBCUs
In celebration of Black History Month, our HBCU Spotlight Miniseries aims to profile the impacts that historically Black colleges and universities have on…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 5 - USDS Tackles Acquisition Innovation
A 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 4 - Responsible Data for the Public Good
Taking 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 3 - IT Modernization, Pandemic Plans Pave Way for Crucial Support in Indian Health
Indian Health Service CIO Mitchell Thornbrugh describes the opportunities that technology brings to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, who reside in…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 2 - The Tech Push Behind Memorialization at VA
With a strong attention to agency mission, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Randy Reeves and Veterans Affairs CIO Jim Gfrerer discuss the initiatives…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 4 Episode 1 - Education CIO's Modernization Journey Hones in on Security
The Department of Education is undergoing a modernization journey that ramped up when CIO Jason Gray joined in 2016. Gray discusses the progress since then…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 30 - Security at VA Requires Holistic Approaches in Workforce Development and in Safeguarding Threats
Joe Stenaka's background in cryptology helps him strategize modern-day cybersecurity issues that Veterans Affairs continues to face. Data privacy, securing…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 29 - NASA CIO Talks Importance of Workforce Support and Tech Modernization
With 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 28 - Emphasizing Health IT Priorities in Congress
Rep. Michael Burgess, chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health, discusses the pandemic's impact on various health technology…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 27 - DHS Center Lead Tackles Pandemic Innovations
As a microbiologist, Dr. Lloyd Hough from the Hazard Awareness & Characterization Technology Center at the Department of Homeland Security is leading research…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 26 - Public-Private Partnerships in Health Innovation
BARDA DRIVe Director Sandeep Patel brings health entrepreneurship to the agency, which is working to bring together leading experts to solve some of the…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 25 - Tech's Role in FEMA CIO's 'Mission First' Approach
CIO 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 24 - Ensuring Connectivity for the Flightline of the Future
In 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 23 - Ted Kaouk, Chief Data Officer, USDA
A 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 22 - Karen Evans, CIO, DHS
Karen 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 21 - Pat Flanders, CIO, DHA
A 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 20 - Gary Washington, CIO, USDA
USDA 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 19 - Wanda Jones-Heath, CISO, Air Force
Wanda 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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 18 - Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS
Serving at the Department of Homeland Security since its inception (and even before), Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa is innovating how the department…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 17 - Rich Haley, Executive Assistant Director of IT, FBI
With a career that began with intelligence in the U.S. military, Rich Haley discusses the business and financial considerations of IT modernization and…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 16 - James Gfrerer, CIO, Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs activated its "Fourth Mission" in response to the national emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The department…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 16 - Matthew Bragstad, VP, Head of HCM Strategy and Product Management, Infor
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 15 - GSA Centers of Excellence AI Leaders with Omid Ghaffari-Tabrizi and Krista Kinnard
The Centers of Excellence at General Services Administration aims to accelerate IT modernization by centralizing best practices across a number of focus areas…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 14 - DMI Managed Mobility Services with D.J. Oreb & Michael Deittrick
Leveraging managed mobility services allows government agencies to implement technologies that help its workforce stay connected. For DMI, this function has…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 13 - Nick Hardy, Head of Customer Trust and FedRAMP, Slack
With mass telework comes the need for better collaboration with teams. There has been an increased prevalence of collaboration and conferencing tools as a…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 13 - Stuart McGuigan, CIO, State Department
Stuart McGuigan discusses the promises technologies like AI and machine learning bring to the State Department, whose tough job is to manage disparate systems…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 12 - Michelle Holko, Presidential Innovation Fellow at NIH
Michelle Holko had made it a lifelong passion to explore innovations in health data analytics and bioinformatics. Currently detailed as a Presidential…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 11 - Raylene Yung, CEO, U.S. Digital Response
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 10 - Julie Dunne, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, GSA
Julie Dunne brings experience from Congress, the private sector and executive branch of federal government to her current role overseeing technologies and…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 9 - Software Intelligence with Greg Rivera, VP CAST Highlight
Greg Rivera, a lifelong technologist, discusses how software intelligence solutions like CAST's can help federal agencies in their IT modernization initiatives…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 8 - Gerard Badorrek, Chief Financial Officer, GSA
Gerard Badorrek is leading the charge in a government-wide effort to implement robotic process automation to solve workforce challenges and empower employees…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 7 - David Bottom, CIO, SEC
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 6 - Dominic Delmolino, CTO, Accenture
Dominic Delmolino shares insights from "Lessons from Exploring AI in Government," a new report featuring best practices from a number of government leaders…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 5 - Stacie Alboum, Deputy Director, NIH Center for Information Technology
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 4 - Bruce Tromberg, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Bruce Tromberg discusses the importance his department's research in biophontics and biomedical imaging plays in technologies that serve the greater health…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 3 - Francisco Pereira, Director, NIMH's Machine Learning Team
The National Institute of Mental Health's machine learning team is guiding researchers with the best practices for using the technology, particularly within…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 2 - Ryan Vega, Executive Director of VHA Innovation Ecosystem
Ryan Vega discusses the innovation underway at the Veterans Health Administration with an overview of the exciting technologies underway such as 3D and…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 3 Episode 1 - Stephanie Shutt, Director of the Multiple Award Schedule PMO, GSA
Stephanie Shutt approaches her role in consolidating the multiple award schedule at the agency with an analytical and team-oriented mind. With initiatives to…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 27 - Alycia Yozzi, GSA Analyst and CIO Council Senior Advisor
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 26 - Michael Weingarten, Director of Small Business Innovation Research Development Center, National Cancer Institute
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 25 - Freda Bredy, Buy Smarter Initiative Lead, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services' Buy Smarter program aims to use emerging technologies to transform how the agency purchases goods. Its program…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 24 - Ed Simcox, Chief Technology Officer, HHS
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 23 - Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC
Dr. Don Rucker discusses his office's efforts in the nationwide implementation of the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 22 - Jothi Dugar, CISO, NIH Center for Information Technology
Jothi Dugar discusses the importance of bringing a well-rounded and holistic approach to leadership positions despite the technical nature of working in IT.
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 21 - Greg Gershman, CEO, Ad Hoc
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 20 - Alastair Thomson, CIO, NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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…
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 2 Episode 19 - Gordon Bitko, CIO, FBI
Gordon Bitko discusses FBI's focus of improving IT management, infrastructure, networks, applications and services to improve performance capabilities in…