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Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller talks to federal chief information officers about the latest technology trends and issues facing their agencies.
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Federal Acquisition Service reorg driven by market forces
Laura Stanton, the acting commissioner of GSA’s FAS, said the changes will improve how the offices interact with each other as well as customers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
Naval Postgraduate School, private sector partner to improve AI education
The Naval Postgraduate School launched a new Master of Science in AI degree program with 27 sailors and marines from the Naval Information Forces command.See Privacy Policy at…
Army moving SBIR to focus on the whole vs. the parts
Zeke Topolosky, the Army’s program manager for the SBIR and STTR programs, said the service released five new topics to kick off the 2026 program.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
DC3 making better sense of its cyber data
Kajal Pal, the Defense Cyber Crime Center’s architecture management of data and enterprise division chief, said tools like XDR are more important than ever.See Privacy Policy at…
Why DHS no longer has a compliance mindset for cybersecurity
Hemant Baidwan, the former CISO at DHS and now executive CISO at Knox Systems, said his former agency is doing better to stay ahead of cyber threats.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy…
DoT, NOAA develop paths to modernize critical systems
The Transportation Department and NOAA are using cloud services to help reduce technical debt and bring better services to citizens.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
A new top priority for state CIOs in 2026
Doug Robinson, the executive director of NASCIO, tells Jason Miller that state legislators introduced more than 1,000 bills focused artificial intelligence in 2025.See Privacy Policy at…
Army tackling its ‘Achilles heel’ of IT modernization
Leo Garciga, the Army’s chief information officer, said the move toward enterprise services is changing the culture of system development to be more adaptable.See Privacy Policy at…
Savage giving specific IT power back to the state agencies
Katie Savage, the Maryland CIO, said she has been setting up centralized enterprise services, but also building up agency technology expertise.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
AI can improve federal service delivery, citizen survey says
The results of a survey by the Center for Accountability, Modernization and Innovation (CAMI) gives federal executives ideas for improving service delivery.See Privacy Policy at…
DLA’s foundation to use AI is built on training, platforms
Adarryl Roberts, the CIO at the Defense Logistics Agency, said every employee is receiving continuous training to ensure they can use AI tools.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
State elevates acquisition office as part of reorganization
Mike Derrios, a former senior procurement executive at the State Department, said the new Bureau of Global Acquisitions will implement category management.See Privacy Policy at…
At VA, cyber dominance is in, cyber compliance is out
Eddie Pool, the acting principal deputy CIO, said a risk-based approach to cybersecurity ensures VA can deliver services to veterans reliably and efficiently. See Privacy Policy at…
How the administration is bringing much needed change to software license management
Ryan Triplette, the executive director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing, said the ‘sheer force of will’ is improving federal software licenses.See Privacy Policy at…
Yeske helped change what complying with zero trust means
Don Yeske, a former director of national security in the cyber division at DHS, said its “groundbreaking zero trust architecture” focused on 46 capabilities.See Privacy Policy at…
Idaho National Lab testing AI to relieve permitting burdens
Chris Ritter, the division director for scientific computing and AI at the Idaho National Lab, said using AI to improve basic workflow processes is step one.See Privacy Policy at…
Cybersecurity strategy at the U.S. House: zero trust and modernization
Jamie Crotts, CIO of the House of Representatives, details how a zero-trust assessment reshaped a three-year internal technology roadmap, while securing a nationwide enterprise of over 900 district…
Army CIO Leo Garciga on automation, AI and innovation
Leo Garciga joins the show to share how the Army is modernizing its information technology and data infrastructure to deliver faster, smarter capabilities to soldiers and civilians.See Privacy Policy…
Inside NNSA’s push for faster, more efficient IT
Jamie Wolf, CIO of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, discusses how the agency is moving its classified and unclassified systems to enterprise cloud and SaaS…
Holcombe changed the way USPTO viewed IT
Jamie Holcombe left after almost seven years as the USPTO CIO, where he focused on cloud, AI and managing IT as an asset to the mission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
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