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The Government Accountability Office is highlighting 37 areas in this year's High Risk List. GAO says progress has been made in 16 of those areas, the most since the watchdog began rating high-risk areas eight years ago. Michelle Sager, managing director for strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office, explains what’s new to the list this year and the progress that has been made on cybersecurity and IT issues areas across government. 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.

Jeff Rothblum is a senior professional staff member for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee and Cara Mumford is the Majority Subcommittee Director for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee on the House Homeland Security Committee. In a highlight from the CrowdStrike Government Summit, Mumford and Rothblum explain how their organizations are monitoring national cybersecurity defense. As you’ve heard on The Daily Scoop Podcast, April is National Supply Chain Integrity Month. It’s a partnership between the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and partners across government and industry to raise awareness on the issue. At the CrowdStrike Government Summit, Camille Stewart Gloster, deputy national cyber director for technology and ecosystem security at the White House, tells CrowdStrike’s Drew Bagley her organization’s mission. 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 National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate is tasked with preventing and eradicating threats to U.S. national security systems, focusing mainly on the defense industrial base and the country’s weapons security. At the CrowdStrike Government Summit, Director of NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate Rob Joyce breaks down the current threat landscape his organization is tracking. There’s a new Zero Trust Maturity Model from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The latest version of the guidance updates implementation guidelines for agencies across key pillars like identity, networks and workloads of data. CISA Director Jen Easterly spoke with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz at last week’s summit. In a highlight from their conversation, Easterly explains how this guidance is different than previous versions 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 Office of Management and Budget is celebrating the five-year anniversary of the Technology Modernization Fund. First established in 2018, the TMF is currently managing nearly $700 million for 38 investments across 22 federal agencies. Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana and TMF Executive Director Raylene Yung discuss some of the milestones from the first half-decade of the fund, the unique opportunity it provides federal agencies to undertake digital modernization projects and how TMF will continue to support government IT efforts. 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.

Federal employee engagement and satisfaction was slightly down overall across the federal workforce in 2022, according to the latest Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings from the Partnership for Public Service and Boston Consulting Group. Partnership for Public Service President and CEO Max Stier discusses the 2022 rankings and explains what might be the cause for a decline in engagement and satisfaction for the second straight year. The Department of the Navy is working to translate data into successful outcomes for its IT modernization journey. Justin Fanelli, technical director of Program Executive Office Digital and Enterprise Services at the Department of the Navy, tells Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash how his team is delivering those outcomes. 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.

April is the sixth annual National Supply Chain Integrity Month, featuring a partnership between the National Counterintelligence and Security Center and partners across government and industry. Director of Supply Chain and Technology Security in the Office of the National Cyber Director Devin Lynch discusses why those types of partnerships are important and where else his office is assisting with the Biden Administration’s National 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.

Government agencies are undertaking an unprecedented period of IT and application modernization. Barbara Cooper-Jones, senior vice president and chief information officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Ginnie Mae, tells Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash the biggest challenges her agency faces in managing the rising volume of data. IT modernization and digital transformation efforts across the Department of the Air Force are moving the department towards a multi-cloud environment. Air Force Chief Information Security Officer Aaron Bishop explains the landscape of his organization’s cyber defense. 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 Pentagon has a new Cyber Workforce Strategy, with the goal of providing a roadmap for how the Department of Defense will maintain and grow its cyber workforce. Mark Gorak, principal director for resources and analysis in the Department of Defense Office of the Chief Information Officer, discusses the new strategy and what the department hopes to accomplish. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Listen more here. 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 National Artificial Intelligence Institute is responsible for AI research, implementation, policy and collaboration at the Department of Veterans Affairs. NAII was founded in 2019 and places experienced AI staff in medical centers and VA offices nationwide. Gil Alterovitz, NAII director and responsible AI official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, explains where his organization has made the most progress in the past year. The Department of Navy is responsible for securing network access for over 700,000 sailors across the globe. Tony Plater, chief information security officer at the Department of the Navy, tells Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash how his organization is making that happen. 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.

One of the main goals of the Biden Administration’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy is to favor long-term investments by protecting against urgent threats now and building a resilient cybersecurity posture for the future. Cody Cornell, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Swimlane who has worked in IT and security roles at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, explains how the U.S. can defend against supply chain attacks and emphasize community-driven threat detection. With the FedRAMP Authorization Act now codified into law, the FedRAMP program is now the federal government’s security assessment and authorization approach for working with cloud providers. Matt Goodrich, head of transformation at Schellman and former FedRAMP director at the General Services Administration, discusses the evolution of the FedRAMP program. 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.