How Tech Enables Environmental Justice at EPA
GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts
Release Date: 04/24/2024
USPS Amid a Plan to Transform and Secure Mail Operations
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The U.S. Postal Service is in the middle of a three-year modernization plan to update its massive infrastructure, data centers and expansive telecom network. The service wants to prioritize technology innovation and leverage partnerships to transform its operations and business model for evolving mail and deliver services, relying on no taxpayer dollars to do so. CIO Pritha Mehra is focused on maintaining a highly resilient telecom network, securing data transfer and embracing new technology. Mehra shares how the agency is using emerging technology like generative AI in its operations, the...
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Spain’s Cyber Agency is Incubating Businesses to Protect NATO Cyberspace
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Cybercrime spans borders and agencies, so governments across the world have to work together to foment cybersecurity. Spain’s INCIBE is the Spanish National Institute of Cybersecurity and its version of what the U.S. knows to be CISA. Plus, NATO wants to work more closely with private and academic sectors in cybersecurity matters. The alliance recently chose INCIBE to be the only accelerator of cybersecurity startups of the Atlantic Alliance in Spain through the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) project to boost transatlantic cooperation in critical...
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National Cyber Strategy Enables FBI to Disrupt Cybercriminals
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The White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy tasks government agencies, industry and other organizations with guarding against cyber crime across the online environment. For the FBI, the strategy amplified and clarified the Bureau’s role across law enforcement efforts. FBI Cyber Deputy Assistant Director Cynthia Kaiser discussed at the RSA Conference in San Francisco how the strategy’s agile approach to cybersecurity and how it strengthens defenses. She also discusses how the good guys stay ahead of the bad guys and how partnerships help law enforcement find malicious cyber actors.
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How FBI Takes Down Cybercrime Superstores
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In 2023, Operation Cookie Monster disrupted the Genesis Market, which trafficked in selling digital fingerprints and credentials to the cyber underground. According to FBI agents, Genesis Market was a superstore for cybercriminals, spanning small crimes and massive theft. Led by the FBI, the operation brought together private industry, U.S. law enforcement and international partners. FBI Intelligence Analyst Thomas Gathman and Supervisory Special Agent Amanda Knutson discussed at the RSA Conference in San Francisco the lessons learned from Operation Cookie Monster and how federal law...
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VA Watchtower Monitors Critical Apps to Thwart Disruptions
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The Department of Veterans Affairs' new digital tool monitors hundreds of agency applications for glitches and other technical issues and sends alerts to remediate any detected problem in a matter of hours. This program, called Watchtower, shrinks the time that critical services are out of commission and ultimately prevents major disruptions to services for veterans. In some cases, Watchtower was able to preemptively identify issues before they became apparent. Overseeing the program is Bill Chapman, director of engineering in VA’s Office of the CTO. He discusses more of these details about...
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Cancer HealthCast: NCI Program Unlocks Emerging Proteomic Data to Advance Precision Medicine
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Proteomics is an emerging field in cancer care and research. The National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) aims to get to the heart of cancer by studying its molecular basis across different cancers. The group believes expanding open-source resources and other data can lead to new treatments in cancer and expand precision medicine. Dr. Henry Rodriguez, the founding director of the Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research at NCI, discusses the program and how the related International Cancer Proteogenome Consortium (ICPC) is helping researchers pull...
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Cyber Resilience and Recovery Amid Evolving Cyber Threats
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In light of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new second iteration of its cybersecurity framework, Rubrik Public Sector CTO Travis Rosiek breaks down the framework’s importance across public and private sector organizations. Rosiek discusses the framework’s backup durability provisions, how artificial intelligence is helping protect data integrity and some of the evolving cybersecurity threats for federal agencies to be aware of. The framework is a critical component that ensures organizations can mobilize their data while also keeping it secure, but also recoverable,...
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How Tech Enables Environmental Justice at EPA
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s current iteration of its strategic priorities features a new goal for environmental justice alongside civil rights and climate change. EPA Chief Financial Officer Faisal Amin shares new details about how the agency is developing new technology standards that will decrease greenhouse gas emissions and improve overall air quality. Amin also discusses where EPA sees potential for AI and other emerging technologies.
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Building Better Data Governance Across FDA
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The Food and Drug Administration produces and processes a lot of data. As FDA’s inaugural chief data officer, Ram Iyer discusses the office’s plans for data modernization and how it is using technology to create interdependency across the agency. Iyer also highlights where he sees emerging technology making the most impacts, how data governance is evolving and how partnerships are improving communication and collaboration. Plus, he highlights how his past experiences in industry are influencing his current priorities to bring modernization into the agency.
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Coast Guard Poised for Growth in Cyber
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The White House's tasks the Coast Guard with monitoring the cybersecurity of vessels, facilities and harbors. Threats could target the global supply chain, national security interests and other vital systems. Rear Adm. Wayne Arguin, the Coast Guard's assistant commandant for prevention policy, discusses how the executive order will affect the service and why cybersecurity matters to the Marine Transportation System. He explains his shifting priorities as the Coast Guard assesses risks and provides cybersecurity services to ports, vessels and partners.
info_outlineThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s current iteration of its strategic priorities features a new goal for environmental justice alongside civil rights and climate change.
EPA Chief Financial Officer Faisal Amin shares new details about how the agency is developing new technology standards that will decrease greenhouse gas emissions and improve overall air quality. Amin also discusses where EPA sees potential for AI and other emerging technologies.