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GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsGovCast: Doing More with Less is Muscle Memory for IRS, Former Deputy CIO SaysDarnita Trower, former deputy CIO for Operations at the Internal Revenue Service, discusses her tenure at the agency and the resilience the workforce has shown through budget cuts, administration changes and difficult tax seasons. She said the agency is built to weather storms and is on a continuing modernization path. Trower is an accomplished executive and digital transformation leader with over 20 years of public and private sector experience. During her tenure at the IRS, she managed a $290 million Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) digitalization portfolio, the launch of Secure Access Digital Identity (SADI) and drove legacy modernization. 2025-07-2219 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsGovCast: NOAA Secures the Seas with AI and AutonomyThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Navy have partnered to secure the seas NOAA's establishment in 1807. During Sea-Air-Space 2025, Rear Adm. Chad Cary, director of NOAA’s Commissioned Officer Corps and the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, spoke to GovCIO Media & Research about NOAA’s work integrating AI integration and autonomous systems into its operations, which he says have increased efficiency by 20 to 40% in data collection for research. Cary also says that NOAA is modernizing platforms and collaborating with academia and industry to leverage emerging technologies for better mission outcomes and mari...2025-05-1309 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsGovCast: Navy Lab's PROTEUS Provides AI-Powered Maritime AwarenessThe Naval Research Laboratory's PROTEUS program is a cutting-edge maritime domain awareness system designed to provide near-real-time global maritime situational awareness for agencies and partners. The program integrates multi-source data ingestion and fusion services to identify, query and filter maritime vessels based on user-defined criteria. During Sea-Air-Space 2025, Alan Hope, head of the NRL’s mission development branch, spoke to GovCIO Media & Research about how Homeland Security Investigations, the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration and other agencies are using PROTEUS to fulfill their mission. Hope says that PROTEUS is crucial assist to human analysts at agen...2025-05-0522 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsGovCast: How AI and Data Are Shaping the Future of the Coast GuardThe Coast Guard is pursuing artificial intelligence via data analytics to enhance its diverse missions, Deputy CIO and Chief Data and AI Officer Brian Campo told GovCIO Media & Research during Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland. Campo said that the Coast Guard is learning lessons from other military branches and DHS components to adopt a "fast follower" approach to AI. Campo emphasized the synergy between his dual roles, allowing for a streamlined approach to implementing data-driven AI solutions. Despite budgetary constraints, the Coast Guard is using AI and automation to improve efficiencies. He also said that...2025-04-2216 min
CyberCastHead to our new channel for episodes like "FBI’s 2025 Cybersecurity Priorities"The new year began with a new White House executive order on strengthening and promoting innovation in cybersecurity, building on previous efforts, like the National Cybersecurity Strategy, to enhance the security of the nation’s digital infrastructure. Looking into 2025, Deputy Assistant Director of FBI’s Cyber Division Cynthia Kaiser said her division plans to leverage emerging technology like artificial intelligence to thwart cyber adversaries and better detect threats around critical infrastructure, while aligning with federal policies and directives. Kaiser’s division is also advancing patch management and other AI-enabled technology to boost resiliency. Kaiser highlighted some o...2025-01-2124 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsDoDIIS 2024: NGA Embraces AI/ML to Tackle Geospatial Intelligence Data DelugeThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) processes petabytes of data in its operations, and that amount of data is only expected to grow. At DoDIIS in Omaha, NGA CIO Mark Chatelain told GovCIO Media & Research that artificial intelligence and machine learning are improving data processing so humans can focus on analyzing it for targeting, warning and support. Chatelain also discussed the latest developments in NGA’s zero trust journey, the agency’s partnership with the private sector and the future of geospatial intelligence.2024-10-3110 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsDoDIIS 2024: Cybersecurity Strengthens the Intelligence MissionProtecting the critical data that enables the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) to maintain its information advantage is at the core of the agency’s mission. At DoDIIS in Omaha, DIA CISO Tim Sydnor and Senior Technical Advisor Stephen Kensinger told GovCIO Media & Research that the agency needs data to have integrity and accuracy for it to be actionable to DIA’s mission. Sydnor and Kensinger also discussed how DIA works with other intelligence community and Defense Department elements, how artificial intelligence is being used at DIA and how the agency is hiring, training and retain...2024-10-3013 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsDoDIIS 2024: Intelligence Community Embraces Data-Centricity to Address ChallengesData is integral to the intelligence community’s operations. IC Chief Data Officer Lori Wade is working to shift from system-centric to data-centric operations to meet evolving national security needs. At DoDIIS in Omaha, Wade spoke to GovCIO Media & Research about implementing a data-centric architecture with common data standards and services. She also discussed how the IC is using AI responsibly, including training AI models with trusted and properly labeled data, building guardrails and human oversight into models and scaling AI solutions.2024-10-3015 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsDoDIIS 2024: Eucom Cyber Chief Talks Data Security, Collaboration PrioritiesData security and information exchange are critical components that ensure collaboration with military allies globally. U.S. European Command (EUCOM) J-6 Cyber and C4 Director Maj. Gen. John Phillips spoke to GovCIO Media & Research at DoDIIS in Omaha this week about the complexities of defending U.S. cyberspace while in Europe in the digital age, including the importance of data interoperability across allies and partners. Phillips also said that Eucom and its partners are facing workforce concerns like training and retention, as well as the tiered training model for NATO and partner nations to enhance collective cyber...2024-10-2812 min
WT 360: The market from all anglesGovCIO's Top 100 journey from its transformative acquisitionGovCIO's starting point for its journey in the market might as well be the acquisition of Salient CRGT in 2020 that greatly multiplied both key measurements of scale: revenue base and workforce.Joe Cormier, both chief operating officer and chief financial officer at GovCIO, explains in this episode how the technology integrator has become what it is today as a result of that transaction. For context: GovCIO was at 500 employees when its private equity owner entered the investment and now has 3,000 on staff.Company No. 41 on our 2024 Top 100 is now almost solely focused on organic growth...2024-07-0825 min
HealthCastHealthCast has moved! Follow our new feedHealthCast, along with GovCast and CyberCast, will now be published in the GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts feed. Subscribe and listen today on the podcast platform of your choice.2024-02-2701 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsAFCEA West: Marine Corps Software Factory Says People Are its Strongest AssetLeveraging the next generation’s digital skill sets, comfort with technology and innovation is key to the Marine Corps' vision for its future software-savvy workforce. Lt. Col. Charlie Bahk, director of the Marine Corps Software Factory launched last year, tells GovCIO Media and research at AFCEA West that “all you have to do is just kind of get out of the way a little bit.” Bahk also discusses the evolution of the Marine Corps Software Factory as it nears its one-year anniversary, challenges he foresees in developing software capabilities for warfighters and the value of collaboration and resour...2024-02-1514 min
CyberCastCyberCast has moved! Follow our new feedCyberCast, along with GovCast and HealthCast, will now be published in the GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts feed. Subscribe and listen today on the podcast platform of your choice.2024-02-1300 min
HealthCastHealth Equity and the AI Executive OrderArtificial intelligence is impacting all aspects of government, including public health. The Biden-Harris administration's recent AI executive order impacts health agencies and tasks leaders with building frameworks for ensuring AI is deployed fairly, ehtically and with accuracy in health situations. Health equity remains an issue in the U.S., and leaders of health agencies are thinking of "health equity as a core design principle" of AI systems to be deployed. GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune and Staff Writer/Researcher Jayla Whitfield discuss the impact of AI on health equity, the ways that leaders are treating...2023-11-0816 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsThe Federal Government’s Plan for Managing Artificial IntelligencePresident Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence tasks agencies with driving the safe, secure and trustworthy development of AI. The order notes that the technology, if harnessed properly, has the potential to transform privacy, cybersecurity and health care. Biden said that the order is "the most significant action any government anywhere in the world has ever taken on AI safety, security and trust." GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune, Staff Writer/Researcher Jayla Whitfield and Staff Writer/Researcher Anastasia Obis break down the executive order's pillars, how agencies are going to follow the White Ho...2023-11-0718 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsSeason 6 Episode 28 - The White House Lays Out Its Digital Customer Experience GuidanceLast month, the Office of Management and Budget released a guidance on digital customer experience. The policy guidance sets policy recommendations for agencies to make digital government services "easy to use, trustworthy and accessible." The White House's corresponding fact sheet lays out successes, challenges and the future of digital government as it evolves. GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune, Staff Writer/Researcher Jayla Whitfield and Staff Writer/Researcher Anastasia Obis discuss the ways agencies can adopt digital government principles laid out by the White House.2023-10-1019 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsBreaking Down the Pentagon’s Unclassified Cyber StrategyThe Defense Department recently released an unclassified summary of its 2023 cybersecurity strategy. The previously classified document was submitted to Congress in May. The document outlines updates to the department’s plan to “operationalize the priorities” in cyberspace. GovCIO Media & Research Managing Editor Ross Gianfortune and Staff Writer/Researcher Anastasia Obis discuss what is inside the plan and what it means for the future of DOD’s cyber posture.2023-10-0316 min
HealthCastHighlights in Federal Health ITPublic health leaders across the public and private sectors joined GovCIO Media & Research’s Health IT Summit to discuss pressing issues in health IT like electronic health records (EHR) modernization, data interoperability and emerging technology. If you missed it, catch the highlights here. Jayla Whitfield, Anastasia Obis, Amy Kluber and Ross Gianfortune joined GovCast to recap the event and discuss the highlights from the event.2023-09-2714 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsCelebrating Five Years of GovCastGovCast turns 5! The first episode published Aug. 29, 2018, featured a wide-ranging discussion with Jose Arrieta, who at the time served as the Department of Health and Human Services assistant deputy secretary. In the five years since, GovCast has hosted many leaders across the federal government, academia and industry to discuss everything from modernization to health IT to artificial intelligence in government. To mark the podcast’s five-year anniversary, GovCIO Media & Research’s Alexander Bulova, Anastasia Obis, Jayla Whitfield, Ross Gianfortune and Amy Kluber discussed their favorite episodes of the podcast over the years. Featured interviews include IRS...2023-08-2933 min
HealthCastTips for Combatting Bias in Health Care Technologists, researchers and health care providers are honing in on bias identification and mitigation as technology becomes increasingly integrated into the health care ecosystem. Members of GovCIO Media & Research’s Health Tech Equity Working Group outlined some of the most pressing biases in health care to help technologists recognize these biases in practice. Join our hosts for a sneak peek into our upcoming bias identification guide and learn how members define and defend against socioeconomic bias, overreliance on technology, data bias and more. 2023-06-2117 min
HealthCastInside the Health Tech Equity Working GroupGovCIO Media & Research’s Health Tech Equity Working Group held their second meeting May 11 to tackle important issues across health care, including creating more robust data standards and mitigating technology bias across agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, NIH and more. Our hosts dive into the top takeaways from the meeting and explain how industry and government can work together to deliver more equitable health care and build trust with patients.2023-05-1617 min
GovCIO Media & Research PodcastsA Look Back at the Women Tech Leaders SummitWomen tech leaders across government and industry gathered at GovCIO Media & Research’s annual Women Tech Leaders Summit to discuss how to recruit more women for government tech jobs, market the government mission and government job perks more effectively, and inspire the next generation of women tech leaders through mentorship. This special episode dives into speaker insights from the Defense Department, VA, HHS, FBI and more.2023-04-1728 minCyberCastFederal Tech Leaders Call for Increased Cyber UrgencyUpon the release of the White House’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy, federal IT and cyber leaders reviewed current cyber risks and strategies at GovCIO Media & Research’s first in-person event of the year, CyberScape: Insider Threats. Managing hybrid cloud security vulnerabilities, reducing technical debt, limiting the spread of shadow IT and securing open-source software were major talking points.2023-03-0826 min
CyberCastOpen-Source Software a National Security PriorityDrawing on her experience as a CTO in the private sector, Assistant National Cyber Director for Technology Security Anjana Rajan centered national discussions around open-source software security against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war. Rajan identified risk drivers and solutions for bringing cybersecurity to the forefront of IT per the Biden administration’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy during the closing fireside chat of GovCIO Media & Research’s CyberScape: Insider Threats event.2023-03-0321 min
Security Cleared Jobs: Who's Hiring & HowGovCIO: Hybrid Remote Jobs, Meat & Potatoes Resumes | Tammy MuncyTammy Muncy is the Director of Recruiting for the National Security Sector at GovCIO. Learn about their CONUS and OCONUS opportunities, including IT field rep positions in almost every state. Developers and software programmers are GovCIO’s greatest hiring need. Find out what the meat and potatoes of your resume are, and Tammy’s most important tip for security clearance holders.“We have such a plethora of programs that you can come in at an entry level position, and once you work your way up, if that specific program doesn't have a place to promote you into, you ca...2022-11-3021 min