

ATARC Federal IT Newscast
Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) is a leading organization dedicated to fostering collaboration between government, academia, and industry to drive the adoption and integration of emerging technologies within the federal government. Established to bridge the gap between these critical sectors, ATARC provides a unique platform for technology leaders and innovators to share knowledge, explore new ideas, and solve pressing challenges.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Sep 1, 2022 • 27min
Episode 1: Introducing “Solving for X"
Nina Bianchi, Solution Principal for Medallia Public Sector, and Chris Crist, Chief of DevSecOps at US Transportation Command both agree that workforce and digital transformation in the federal government lies at the intersection of the customer, employee, and workforce experiences. The question is…which one comes first and what does the workforce experience of the future look like? How does the government use the EX + CX = WX formula? Can it be used to help the government becomes the Nation's top employer? In this episode they dig into the government employee experience. Are federal employees waking up excited to go to work, and if not, how does that impact the customer experience? Are customers receiving service worth telling their family or friends about - in private sector positive customer testimonials are essential! Nina connects the customer experience (CX), such as filing taxes, applying for student loans, or using a veterans hospital, as a reflection of the federal employee’s experiences (EX). What would we hear from our employees if we simply asked them how they're doing or what challenges exist is serving the Nation’s customers? There is undoubtedly a connection to the customer and employee experiences. Most importantly how can the workforce experiences help attract the best and brightest talent to government jobs? Join them as they try to Solve for X.
Connect with Nina and Chris:
Nina Bianchi:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianchininafuture/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaFuture
Christopher Crist:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-crist-a1544a135/

Aug 29, 2022 • 33min
DevOps Community of Practice with Special Guest, Ian Anderson, Lead DevSecOps Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Join this episode of DevOps Community of Practice as our Host, Brian Fox, sits down with Special Guest, Ian Anderson, Lead DevSecOps Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, to discuss DevOps within the Navy, best practices they have seen, current challenges and successes and where they see the future of DevOps and technology as a whole going in the DoD.

Aug 25, 2022 • 1h 27min
In the Nic of Time, with Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems, the Linux Foundation
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time, with Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems, the Linux Foundation as they talk about her work as one of the founders of SPDX, the projects OpenChain and Zephyr but also how she helped make Linux a first class citizen for RTOS!

Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 43min
In the Nic of Time with Joey Arora, VP of Growth at the Outpost
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Joey Arora, VP of Growth at the Outpost as they discuss the importance of dual-use technology in DoD and how to enable companies to become the next billion-dollar competitors to the current primes.

Aug 10, 2022 • 1h 34min
In the Nic of Time with Armon Dadgar, Co-Founder and CTO of HashiCorp
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Armon Dadgar, Co-Founder and CTO of HashiCorp, as they discuss his journey and how HashiCorp managed to innovate in virtualization, key management, policy as code, service mesh and more.

Aug 3, 2022 • 1h 30min
In the Nic of Time with David A. Wheeler, Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with David A. Wheeler, Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security at the Linux Foundation to find more about Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), SPDX, OpenSSF and discuss what happened at the White House Open Source Summit!

Jul 28, 2022 • 1h 35min
In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Eve Maler, CTO, ForgeRock
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Eve Maler, CTO, ForgeRock as they disucss identity management, how to secure it, how to adopt to zero trust principle with non person entity and person entity, security vs privacy and more.

Jul 20, 2022 • 1h 56min
In the Nic of Time with Special Guests David Kervin, Chief Solutions Officer, Torch.AI and Jon Kramer, Chief Technology Officer, Torch.AI
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guests David Kervin, Chief Solutions Officer, Torch.AI and Jon Kramer, Chief Technology Officer, Torch.AI as they discuss AI/ML capabilities and what it takes to successfully implement meaningful AI capabilities in organizations.

Jul 13, 2022 • 1h 25min
In the Nic of Time with Danny Holtzman, the First Cyber Highly Qualified Expert and DevSecOps Authorizing Official, U.S. Air Force and Space Force
Join this episode to hear Danny and Nic discuss Continuous ATO, how he enables teams to move at the pace of relevance but with the right cybersecurity practices, how he thinks about continuous monitoring, and what he needs to have the right visibility to make the right decisions.

Jun 29, 2022 • 2h 7min
In the Nic of Time with 6 World Experts from the U.S. Air Force, Wind River, Tangram Flex, and Ansys
In this episode they will discuss the challenges that we face when building embedded software, decoupling software and hardware and enabling reuse of code/modules while interfacing with existing legacy, how this implementation is happening in DoD and how this compares to what a SpaceX is doing on a daily basis.


