ATARC Federal IT Newscast

Don't miss this episode of In the Nic of Time with Matthew Hodgson, CEO, Element. In this episode they will talk about what decentralized communication really means, what does it take to be decentralized and how it works when it comes to key management, device verification, data sovereignty, federation and more.

Today’s guest is Airis McCottry Gill, the executive director for employee experience and organizational management at the VA. Airis discusses authenticity at work, and the importance of building psychological safety and trust in organizations. She discusses the VA’s employee journey map and the E-signals they’re designing to improve the EX by using the human-centered design blueprint they used to transform the veteran’s experience office. Link to VEO: Employee Experience - Veterans Experience Office (VEO) (va.gov) Ran out of time during the conversation to discuss this with Airis, so passing along more information regarding “Identity Insights”, the Federal Government’s first intersectional approach to examine employee experience, recently highlighted in Chief Human Capital Officers Council’s 2022 Federal Workforce Priorities Report (2022 Federal Workforce Priorities Report (chcoc.gov)): Identity Insights In 2021, VEO's Employee Experience & Organizational Management (EXOM) Directorate, in partnership with the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity & Inclusion (ORMDI), launched Identity Insights, the federal government's first intersectional approach to examine employee experience (EX). Focused on identifying pain points that employees attribute to one or more of the identities that they hold, the pilot phase engaged employees across eight identity groups that have been either historically underrepresented and/or faced discrimination and bias in the workplace: American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Hispanic, Individuals Born between 1946 and 1964, Individuals with Disabilities, LGBTQ+, and Women. By capturing quantitative data to explore the role that identity plays in EX, Identity Insights is a pivotal step forward to driving meaningful change rooted in data from our workforce. Additional information here: 2022 Federal Workforce Priorities Report (chcoc.gov)

Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Dan Wilson, Co-Founder and CTO, Control Plane as they discuss the importance of cloud agnosticism, the challenges, the benefits and the costs.

Joinus for this episode of the ATARC Federal IT Newscast titled “Doing Tech Better in Government with Brian Fox and Special Guest Chris Crist, Chief of Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) at U.S. Transportation Command”, and hear from Chris how he was able grow his DevSecOps team from the ground up, and where he sees the future of his team going. Also, learn about the mission of US Transportation Command, what Chris is doing in his role currently, and what projects his organization is leading.

Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guest, Jay Bonci, U.S Air Force and Space Force CTO as they discuss tackling complex problems including ICAM, Zero Trust, network segmentation, optimization and flattening.

Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guest, Gary Barlet, CTO, Illumio as they discuss how the commercial sector is embracing zero trust and how governments are finally jumping on the ZTA wagon.

The future of work brings an overwhelming amount of information. How might we work together better to make sense of it? What role does people analytics play in creating the best places where people want to work? Join Nina and Chris as they hold a dynamic conversation with Keith Krut, Head of Analytics and Director of Talent Strategy at NASA. At NASA, Keith and his teams are asking sophisticated questions to deeply listen and understand what works and isn’t working for employees. Does meeting all day mean that you’re actually collaborating? What does collaboration design and quality of meeting experience have to do with mission? And why don’t HR, IT, Data, and Operations compare notes more often? Episode Highlights 2: What happens when you take geography out of the equation? 3:40 "Overcollaboration." 5:20 What people analytics looks like at NASA. 8:40 The importance of listening to employees. 12:50 How are leaders looking at data to make sense of uncertainty? 17:55 What data visualization looks like. 22:00 How does data science/social science impact the customer experience? 27:55 How to achieve the moonshot and moon landing of being the nation's best employer. 31:45 How can organizations that may not have the same exciting mission as NASA inspire employees to want to work for them? 36:18 If you had a magic wand, what big problem would you solve? 39:38 Connect with Nina and Chris: Nina Bianchi: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianchininafuture/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaFuture Christopher Crist: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-crist-a1544a135/ 

Is it possible that as younger workers shift from role to role, this might be a net positive for teams and organizations? This week Nina and Chris sit down with Heidi Halvarson, Philanthropy Program Manager with the Medtronic Foundation and self-proclaimed “Federal Fangirl”. As a leader in the non-profit sector, Heidi brings a unique, sector switching cross-sectional perspective on the next generation of problem solvers, federal leaders, and STEM subject matter experts. Join us as Heidi explores what X means in the future of more creative, adaptive, fluid, and equitable STEM workforce development. Links: Medtronic Foundation: https://foundation.medtronic.com/us-en/index.html Connect with Heidi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidijedlickahalvarson Connect with Nina and Chris: Nina Bianchi: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianchininafuture/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaFuture Christopher Crist: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-crist-a1544a135/ Episode Highlights: 1:45 The future worker is the most diverse and most impacted by the mental health and climate crisis. 2:45 How do we reach people at a younger age to help shape the future STEM workforce? 6:00 The cradle to career journey begins with early childhood education. 10:35 Talent planning for Millennials as trisector athletes. 11:50 The kindergartener today will be the scientist taking care of you when you’re old! 12:15 What it means to be a “Federal Government Fan Girl” 17:05 How do we incentivize our benefits package and invest in our workforce? 19:10 How does workforce experience impact the customer experience? 24:00 Socially conscious and mission driven will be the new generation of worker

Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guests Ryan McLean and Andrew Crerar, TAK Product Center to hear them discuss their journey, how they are funded, their tech stack, the issues adopting Android and their accreditation. They also look at their numerous partnerships with other agencies like DHS and FYEY nations, their open source work, and what the future looks like with AI and ML.

Currently, federal agencies are planning to implement Zero Trust in alignment with the federal Zero Trust architecture strategy released by the Office of Management and Budget. A core principle of Zero Trust is comprehensive visibility, including devices, data and users, which aligns to CDM capabilities that have been implemented throughout agencies today. Join this episode to hear from Shahid Qamar, Regional Sales Manager - Department of Homeland Security, Palo Alto Networks and Richard Grabowski, Program Manager (Acting), Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program (CDM), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Don't miss as we discuss how: CDM is assisting agencies in planning for Zero Trust. Agencies are leveraging current dashboard data to accelerate Zero Trust initiatives. XDR / EDR is being deployed for greater visibility into threats into agency networks CISA coordinating the deployment of EDR-like  tools and establishing information-sharing capabilities and challenges that have come with it.