
ATARC Federal IT Newscast
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.
Latest episodes

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.

Jun 27, 2022 • 20min
Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and Special Guest, Barbara Morton, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Join this episode of Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith featuring special guest, Barbara Morton, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hear conversations regarding her prior career experience and story before joining as Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer at VA, the role that digital transformation is playing within her organization, her thoughts on an effective customer experience, and details about upcoming projects in the VA.

Jun 27, 2022 • 1h 35min
In the Nic of Time with Nat Natraj, Co-Founder and CEO of AccuKnox
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Nat Natraj, Co-Founder and CEO of AccuKnox as we discuss why KubeArmor and eBPF are essential for your baked-in security and runtime security, their new concept around policy templates supporting the MITRE ATTACK framework and STIGs, and why open-source and CNCF are essential to their success and what challenges they see in this current market.

Jun 16, 2022 • 2h 2min
In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Chris Hughes, CISO & Co-Founder, Aquia
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Chris Hughes, CISO & Co-Founder, Aquia where they discuss the current state of DoD Software Factories and their spread across the government, supply chain risk, continuous accreditation, compliance as code, and how to build the right culture and training for your teams so we can all move at the pace of relevance.

Jun 15, 2022 • 35min
Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and Special Guest, Stuart Wagner, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force
Join us for this episode of Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and special guest Stuart Wagner, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force as we discuss Stuart Wagner's career history and how he became Chief Digital Transformation Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, what is being implemented in the U.S. Air Force/Space Force to digitally transform operations and culture, and details about the next BRAVO Hackathon this month.

Jun 2, 2022 • 27min
Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and Guest, Ann Dunkin, CIO, U.S. Department of Energy
Join us for this episode of Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and special guest, Ann Dunkin, CIO, U.S. Department of Energy as we discuss the following:
- The Journey towards becoming CIO
- What is being done for digital transformation in the DOE?
- How ATO has allowed DOE to deploy applications quickly
- Deploying a Low Code platform
- DOE's Playbook for scaling Digital Transformation