The Daily Scoop Podcast

Experts are fearful that passage of appropriations for fiscal 2024 may be an ugly process that results in a hefty continuing resolution. While the CR would keep the government running, it would forbid federal agencies from spending money to start new programs or new activities. a continuing resolution could severely hamstring federal innovation, particularly on the defense side as the Pentagon and military services look to accelerat adoption of emerging tech in anticipation of a potential conflict with peer competiors like China or Russia. That’s according to Meagan Metzger, CEO of Dcode and a general partner with Dcode Capital, both of which focus on helping make the government better through innovative acquisition practices. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

The Department of the Air Force is leveraging automation as a strategic imperative to support the service’s warfighting and defense mission. Particularly as the U.S. military is in the midst of a talent war, robotic process automation enables the Air Force to do more with less and to create work for airmen that is exciting and innovative.

The U.S. Army is undertaking a massive transformation to establish a unified network. The Global Enterprise Network Modernization – OCONUS program office, known as GENM-O, is responsible for providing network and infrastructure modernization to global stakeholders in the Europe, Pacific and Southwest Asia theaters. Tom Dunaway is product manager of GENM-O, leading the OCONUS effort as part of the Army’s larger network modernization in support of the service’s goal of establishing data-centric, multi-domain operations by 2028. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Halfway through calendar year 2023, the Pentagon’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has accomplished quite a lot in a short amount of time, from early work implementing zero trust to first task order awards under the department’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract, according to CIO John Sherman. And there’s much more to come through the rest of the year, Sherman said during a keynote recently at DefenseTalks 2023. Listen in to Sherman’s progress update for his office so far in 2023 and what he sees as the way ahead. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Army CISO Jan Norris has almost been on the job for a year. During that time, the Army has been on a whirlwind of a cybersecurity journey, modernizing its systems and adopting a zero trust security architecture while facing, as Norris put it, weekly breaches and Threat activity, data leaks, and the new discoveries on an ever expanding cyber attack surface. Norris recently shared about this journey and his first year as CISO during a keynote at Swish Data’s GIST 23 conference. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Capt. Erickson took the stage recently at the SWISH Data GIST 23 conference to share more about what his nascent office is doing to elevate data for transformation within the Coast Guard. Listen to what he had to say. Agencies across the federal government are looking to the cloud to elevate their next-gen computing capabilities. In this interview with Scoop News group’s Wyatt Kash, Christian Hoff of AWS,highlights how NOAA, Customs and Border Protection and other agencies are using the cloud to advance their high-performance computing, data management and AI efforts — and what to look for at the upcoming AWS Summit in Washington, D.C. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

The Department of Agriculture has a vast array of customers, from farmers to families. USDA is working to personalize content and experiences across multiple channels. Simchah Suvekye-Bogin, chief customer experience officer in USDA’s Office of Customer Experience, explains how her organization is improving customer experience and best practices they’ve learned along the way. The Internal Revenue Service is another agency looking to modernize the digital front door for citizens. David Aten, human capital officer at IRS, tells Wyatt Kash how his agency is modernizing their website and giving American citizens a more “consumer-grade” experience. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Agencies across government are moving to become more data-driven. At GIST 23 last week, Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash spoke with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Chief Information Security Officer Shane Barney, to discuss how USCIS is using data to bolster its cybersecurity strategy. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Kelly Fletcher has been with the Department of State for more than half a year now. The agency’s newest chief information officer has been tasked with leading the strategic direction of IT for the department, with oversight of over $2.5 billion worth of programs. Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash spoke with Fletcher about how her organization is building a broader IT modernization strategy. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

The U.S. government has issued a number of initiatives to make government data more widely accessible and useful — including the Federal Data Strategy, the Evidence Act and the Open Government Data Act. Federal technology officers are now making concerted efforts to implement policies to transform data into more valuable assets for their constituents and stakeholders. Justin Marsico, chief data officer at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, and Michael Holck, vice president of software engineering at ICF, tell Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash how government is making data more accessible. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.