The Daily Scoop Podcast

The Internal Revenue Service is undergoing a modernization plan to dispose of outdated IT systems which the agency relies on for day-to-day operations. Like all federal agencies, the IRS is moving in alignment with the Office of Management and Budget’s Cloud Smart strategy. Jonathan Benett, digital government solutions technical director at Adobe and former chief enterprise architect at the Department of Agriculture, explains how agencies should define legacy IT and how organizations can successfully move to modern systems. Agencies across government are working to make data more accessible internally and to the public. Laura Biven, data science technical lead in the Office of Data Science Strategy at the National Institutes of Health and John Auerbach, senior vice president for public health at ICF and former director of intergovernmental and strategic affairs at CDC, discuss best practices for making more data available and usable. 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. Patent and Trademark Office has one of the first civilian software factories. USPTO uses the software factory to support a remote workforce of nearly 500 thousand employees and has shortened the development of programs from years to weeks Jamie Holcombe, chief information officer at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Bob Stevens, vice president of public sector at GitLab, discuss the effort and how the DevSecOps approach is accelerating innovation across government. The Department of Health and Human Services has a nationwide network of regional and field offices across the country. The agency says more than 70% of its employees work outside the Washington, D.C. area. Gerald Caron, chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, explains how his organization is leveraging a hybrid cloud architecture and securing their expanded perimeter. 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 Army is currently executing its unified network plan with the goal of becoming a multi-domain capable force by 2028. The Army will support that network with a multi-cloud, multi-vendor hybrid approach. Lt. Gen. Bill Bender (USAF, ret.), senior vice president for customer excellence & government relations at Leidos and former chief information officer at the Air Force, explains how this approach will help Army get data to the edge and ensure their cloud environment is secure. The Defense Information Systems Agency has a new Data Strategy Implementation Plan which calls for DISA to leverage data as a center of gravity. The I-Plan places a key focus on data management. Rob Carey, president at Cloudera Government Solutions and former principal deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense, discusses the organizational alignment needed to execute this type of strategy. The CIA has a new online hiring portal with the goal of modernizing and streamlining the agency’s hiring process. The web-based platform is called “MyLINK” and launched at the beginning of the new year. Theresa Randall, talent acquisition office deputy chief at CIA, discusses how MyLINK will help the agency attract new talent. 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 cybersecurity spending is getting a big boost in fiscal year 2023, including a $230 million budget increase for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s cyber programs. This comes as a new report from FedScoop shows about half of respondents have faced network or system outages or a network or data breach at their agency. Norman St. Laurent, federal public sector marketing manager at Cisco, explains the right steps agencies are taking to reduce these outages. This interview is underwritten by Cisco. The Government Accountability Office has made over 350 public recommendations for securing federal IT systems and America’s critical infrastructure since 2010. GAO says more than half of those recommendations have not been implemented as of December 2022. Marisol Cruz Cain, director for information technology and cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Officer, discusses how government can execute a more comprehensive 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.

Federal agencies are continuing to leverage data as a critical asset, as laid out in the Federal Data Strategy and its subsequent action plans. Chris Radich, vice president of solution engineering at Celonis, discusses the progress government has made using data since the strategy was released. This interview is underwritten by Celonis. Government agencies are working hard to secure increasingly-dynamic and highly-distributed IT environments. Robert Wood, chief information security officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, explains how his organization is shifting their view of firewalls and perimeter 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 four vendors who were awarded the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract are beginning to test the implementation of DOD’s zero-trust principles in a commercial cloud environment. The tests will see if achieving the Pentagon’s “target level” of zero trust is possible in the cloud. Andrew D’Ippolito, global enterprise modernization software and support program director at Iron Bow and former Air Force chief information officer, discusses how the Pentagon’s zero trust strategy ties into the National Defense Strategy. Federal agencies are continuing to capitalize on cloud computing capabilities. While progress has been made, many organizations need more resources to accomplish their complex missions. Kevin Aylward, partner at IBM Consulting and former enterprise architect at the Air National Guard and Hiram Perez, senior partner development manager at AWS, discuss what practices help agencies move to the cloud more productively. 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 Defense aims to fully implement zero trust by 2027. The Pentagon will be tracking agencies’ budgets to make sure they’re spending enough money to meet that deadline. Randy Resnick, DOD’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office chief, tells Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash where the Pentagon is at in their zero trust journey. Federal agencies are still in the early stages of developing and implementing their zero trust strategies according to new research from FedScoop. The survey shows 55% of respondents acknowledge their agency is still assessing zero trust gaps or only have a baseline of capabilities implemented. Gerald Caron, chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, tells SNG’s Wyatt Kash the progress his organization has made implementing zero trust. 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 Defense is readying to release a new cybersecurity workforce strategy early this year. DOD CIO John Sherman says the Pentagon needs to think differently about how cyber talent comes in and out of government. Jonathan Reiber, vice president of cybersecurity strategy and policy at AttackIQ and former chief strategy officer for cyber policy in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, discusses what that plan should look like and discusses the broader threat landscape the Pentagon is facing. The U.S. Agency for International Development has a new chief information officer. Jason Gray has been CIO at USAID now for about six months, after six years as Department of Education CIO. In an interview with Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash and KPMG’s Daniel Gruber, Gray explains how e’s prioritizing digital transformation and service delivery. 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 White House Executive Order aiming to transform federal customer experience and service delivery is now over a year old. The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the many agencies using modernization as a key driver to execute on that EO. Chris Johnston, deputy chief technology officer for digital experience at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Saqib Sheikh, head of strategy and growth for federal and non-profits at Amazon Web Services, tell Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash how they’re making this transformation 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.

The National Archives and Records Administration recently celebrated a significant milestone in its effort to digitize government records. NARA has now digitized over 200 million pages of records. NARA Chief Innovation Officer Pamela Wright the effort taken to get to that milestone and all the stakeholders involved making it 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.