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Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)Fixing government technology, with Mikey DickersonIn this episode, Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) is joined by Mikey Dickerson to discuss the complex realities behind government software projects. Mikey shares insights from leading the healthcare.gov rescue effort and founding the United States Digital Service, explaining how procurement processes create requirements through committee decision-making without market-based feedback loops. They explore how government systems handle software development differently than industry, with Mikey noting that the issues are less about individual competence and more about systemic incentives that reward risk aversion. The conversation covers the challenges of "modernization" efforts, the loss of organizational management knowledge over decades, and reflection...2025-05-0153 min
WatchCatsMikey Dickerson: Origin of USDS, Presidential Attention Currency, DOGE Data Difficulties | WatchCats #1In our first full episode, we interview Mikey Dickerson, the first Administrator of the United States Digital Service (USDS) – which the Trump Administration has now renamed to the US DOGE Service. We discuss his personal origin with USDS, how things get done behind the scenes in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), and the potential impacts of the DOGE Executive Order.~~~Want to support the podcast?Join our Substack!--SOCIALS--XBlueSky2025-01-2756 min
The Buzz with ACT-IACFrom the Archives: The First USDS AdministratorThis week, The Buzz presents a session from ELC 2014.Mikey Dickerson initially came to the federal government on a temporary basis as part of the team assigned to rescue the unfortunate Healthcare.gov rollout in 2013. Less than a year later, he was tapped to serve as the first administrator of the fledgling US Digital Service, which sought to bring a modern service design and delivery approach to the rest of the federal government. Just months after his appointment, Mikey sat down with Francis Rose to briefly discuss the origins and progress...2023-10-0454 min
Spoilers!Surviving the Game (1994) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #440Pappy, Stevie, $ Mikey, Josh, and Brett review Ice-T classic: Surviving the Game!When Mason (Ice-T), homeless and living on the streets of Seattle, hears about a job as a hunting guide for a group of wealthy clients, he gladly signs on and is taken to a cabin in the middle of a Pacific Northwest forest. There he meets psychiatrist Doc Hawkins (Gary Busey), oil baron John Griffin (John C. McGinley) and Wall Street investor Derek Wolfe (F. Murray Abraham). The next morning, however, Mason is awakened to learn that he's the prey the men will be...2023-01-031h 32
Spoilers!Surviving the Game (1994) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #440Pappy, Stevie, $ Mikey, Josh, and Brett review Ice-T classic: Surviving the Game!
When Mason (Ice-T), homeless and living on the streets of Seattle, hears about a job as a hunting guide for a group of wealthy clients, he gladly signs on and is taken to a cabin in the middle of a Pacific Northwest forest. There he meets psychiatrist Doc Hawkins (Gary Busey), oil baron John Griffin (John C. McGinley) and Wall Street investor Derek Wolfe (F. Murray Abraham). The next morning, however, Mason is awakened to learn that he's the prey the men will be hunting.
Release date: April 15, 1994...2023-01-031h 32
Planet Mikey165: Mikey helps Greg Dickerson get a new jobGreg Dickerson stops by to chat with Mikey and get some professional advice. Mikey and Greg share stories about players they covered who were jerks to them. Mikey shares a disturbing story from the Winter Olympics. Castiglioke gives you that Good Lovin'
2022-02-231h 14
How to Grab Audiobook in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityI Am Strong by John S. Dickerson | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: I Am Strong
Author: John S. Dickerson
Narrator: John S. Dickerson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-04-17
Publisher: John S Dickerson
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
Summary:
For many, the Christian life looks like this: You call out to God. Your problems get worse. You suffer and wait. Nothing changes. Author John S. Dickerson knows the feeling. A rare health condition drove him to examine the Bible's claim that "when I am weak, then I am strong." As a journalist, Dickerson has seen severe...2017-04-046h 09
Public Sector Heroes PodcastSaving Healthcare.gov: The Team Behind the TeamPlenty of people know the story of the Tech Surge that helped save Healthcare.gov, led by folks like Todd Park, Mikey Dickerson and Ryan Panchadsaram. But not as many people know that after the surge ended on March 31, 2014, there was still much work to be done. And fewer people know that a significant portion of that work was done by a handful of technologists who quit their private sector jobs to stick around and write code for the government. And they did it while living together in a McMansion on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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a16z Podcasta16z Podcast: On Government as Software Builder, Not Just BuyerWe already know that the government is one of the largest IT buyers, but in many ways it is also an IT builder. Especially for areas where the government is doing something that no one else is doing, like running Medicare and Social Security -- i.e., unique services no other company out there is building software for. That's where the USDS comes in. Now almost two years old, the United States Digital Services is "a startup at the White House" responsible for mission-critical, citizen-facing services like improving Veterans' Affairs healthcare applications and benefit claims appeals, or student loan...2016-07-1423 min
Software Defined InterviewsTransforming how the US government does software, Diego LapiduzSummary
What organization could be larger than the US Federal government? Not only that, the chance to transform how software is done in the government has perhaps one of the largest possible impacts of transforming any "IT department." In this episode, Matt and Coté talk with Diego Lapiduz who works in the GSA's 18F organization helping government agencies develop their software in new, more agile and cloud-driven ways. We discuss the background of 18F and the broader government initiatives to transform how software is done and also walk through some of the learnings 18F has had in t...2015-10-0147 minSoftware Defined InterviewsTransforming how the US government does software, Diego LapiduzSummary
What organization could be larger than the US Federal government? Not only that, the chance to transform how software is done in the government has perhaps one of the largest possible impacts of transforming any "IT department." In this episode, Matt and Coté talk with Diego Lapiduz who works in the GSA's 18F organization helping government agencies develop their software in new, more agile and cloud-driven ways. We discuss the background of 18F and the broader government initiatives to transform how software is done and also walk through some of the learnings 18F has had in t...2015-10-0147 min