The Daily Scoop Podcast

The Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, is responsible for working with other government agencies to provide low-cost financing for federal housing programs. As part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ginnie Mae works to make affordable housing attainable for millions of Americans. In a highlight from ITModTalks, Ginnie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Barbara Cooper-Jones tells Deloitte’s Alexandra Colmenares what she’s learned since being at Ginnie Mae for more than a decade. The Office of Personnel Management recently launched a new digital services team to help move along IT modernization initiatives at the agency. OPM is hoping that this group of technology talent will continue to build momentum started by its existing group of developers. OPM CIO Guy Cavallo explains how his agency is managing all the data created by IT modernization projects. 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 State is using robotic process automation to cut the processing time for its monthly financial statement from two months to two days. Speaking at FedScoop’s ITModTalks last week, State Department Chief Information Officer Kelly Fletcher explains how her organization is using artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency of back-office operations. Last month you heard on The Daily Scoop Podcast how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is supporting one of the first federal civilian agency software factories. That software factory is supporting a remote workforce of nearly 500 thousand employees and has shortened the development of programs from years to weeks. At ITModTalks, USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe closed out the event by explaining the approach his organization takes to IT Modernization. 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.

Ron Thompson spent over 20 years in federal government IT roles, most recently serving as chief data officer and deputy digital transformation officer at NASA. In a highlight from ITModTalks, presented by FedScoop, Thompson tells Veritas’ Ted Gumer about his journey through government. The Department of Commerce has 13 bureaus underneath its umbrella, making any modernization movement a dynamic effort for the agency’s chief information officer Andre Mendes. In another highlight from ITModTalks, Mendes and DataDog’s Steve Mikkelsen discuss how organizations can take a whole of agency approach to modernization. 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.

Network modernization is a critical step for digital transformation at government agencies. Colten O’Malley, deputy commander at U.S. Army’s Command and Control Support Agency, explains how his agency is leveraging cloud technology and securing their network. As the White House recently rolled out its new National Cybersecurity Strategy, Department of Energy Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin was in Croatia for a meeting of the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation. A key pillar of the cyber strategy is to forge international partnerships to pursue shared goals. Dunkin, while overseas, explains her biggest takeaways from the 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.

Agencies across government are all navigating various IT modernization and application modernization journeys. Technology leaders are looking for ways to collect, manage, and analyze vast amounts of data generated during this process. Department of Labor Chief Information Officer Gundeep Ahluwalia joined Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash to discuss how he is doing this at his organization, as well as making sure it’s done securely. Sean Connelly is senior cybersecurity architect and TIC program manager at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. In this highlight from the Zero Trust Summit presented by CyberScoop, Connelly explains how various federal cyber guidance documents play a role in shaping government cybersecurity. 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 Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will be leveraging machine learning to make decisions on trusted users and devices for a more real-time zero trust model. USCIS Chief Information Security Officer Shane Barney said at a recent FedScoop event that his agency is going to be developing a more fluid and adaptive cybersecurity model. At the Zero Trust Summit produced by CyberScoop, Barney joined a panel with CGI’s Chris Lavergne moderated by Scoop News Group’s Mike Farrell to discuss the evolution of zero trust architecture across government. Executive Order 14028 turns two years old this May. The Biden Administration EO on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity has been a spark plug for federal agencies to develop formal zero trust architecture implementation plans and to prioritize the adoption of cloud technologies. Also at Zero Trust Summit, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CISO Robert Wood explains how the EO helped shape his organization’s 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.

The Biden Administration is rolling out its long-awaited national cybersecurity strategy. CyberScoop Senior Editor Elias Groll joins the podcast to discuss his three biggest takeaways from the new White House initiative. At last week’s Zero Trust Summit, Donald Coulter, senior science advisor for cybersecurity and zero trust in the office of the undersecretary in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, and Terry Halvorsen, vice president of client development for U.S. Federal Market at IBM and former Chief Information Officer at the Department of Defense, discuss zero trust adoption across government. The Department of Justice is moving along on its Information Technology Strategic Plan. The plan for fiscal years 2022 through 2024 lays out five goals. One of those goals is elevating cybersecurity and implementing zero trust principles. Also Zero Trust Summit, Department of Justice CIO Melinda Rogers explains the cyber landscape her agency is following. 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.

As government workloads continue to move to the cloud, agencies are looking for security solutions from that cloud environment to the edge. Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal, tells Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash how agencies are securing the mission in today’s multicloud world. This interview is underwritten by Microsoft. A new White House cybersecurity strategy is on the way, according to Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology and Ecosystem Security Camille Stewart Gloster. At last week’s Zero Trust Summit, presented by CyberScoop, Stewart Gloster previewed the strategy with CyberScoop’s Tonya Reilly, and explained the role her office plays in shaping it. The federal government is continuing to focus on cyber collaboration between government agencies. Sharing systems data and log management is key to that relationship. In the closing keynote from the Zero Trust Summit, Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha details how his team helps coordinate this collaboration across agencies. 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 will conduct its next “BRAVO” hackathon March 20 to 24, at HurlBurt Field in Florida. Prior BRAVO hackathons have resulted in prototypes and innovations that influence major Department of Defense programs. Stuart Wagner, chief digital transformation officer of the Air Force and Space Force, and Jimmy “Rev” Jones, lead program manager of the Air Force’s “STITCHES” warfighter application team, explain what their organization hopes to learn from these hackathons. 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 Internal Revenue Service still relies on legacy IT for critical day-to-day operations. According to the Government Accountability Office, over 30% of applications, 23% of software instances in use and 8% of hardware assets are considered legacy systems. Dave Hinchman, director with GAO's Information Technology and Cybersecurity team, explains what his team found at IRS and next steps the organization can take to continue their IT modernization journey. 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.