GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts
The GovCIO Media & Research podcast network comprises GovCast, CyberCast and HealthCast featuring conversations with key leaders on timely issues impacting the federal IT landscape. Topics include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, IT modernization, data analytics, workforce development and more. New episodes release each Tuesday.
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Building Better Data Governance Across FDA
04/18/2024
Building Better Data Governance Across FDA
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
04/16/2024
Coast Guard Poised for Growth in Cyber
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.
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Sea-Air-Space: Marine Innovation Unit Bridges Defense and Commercial Tech
04/10/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Marine Innovation Unit Bridges Defense and Commercial Tech
The Marine Innovation Unit works to accelerate the adoption of advanced capabilities in the Marine Corps. Made up of reservists, MIU comprises personnel with diverse functional backgrounds in areas like logistics, cybersecurity and consulting to tackle some of the largest technological challenges at the service. MIU Commanding Officer Col. Brooks Braden discusses at Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, how MIU advises the Marine Corps on emerging technology, what public-private partnerships for the service looks like and the nuances between chasing the technology of today while building the technology of tomorrow. Check out coverage.
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Sea-Air-Space: How Navy’s Intel Information Center is Keeping Data Safe
04/10/2024
Sea-Air-Space: How Navy’s Intel Information Center is Keeping Data Safe
The Navy center responsible for managing IT supporting intelligence operations has a critical responsibility to keep communications and data-sharing capabilities both reliable and secure. Commanding Officer Capt. Matt Cegelske for the center, called the Hopper Global Communications Center situated in the Office of Naval Intelligence, discusses at the Sea-Air-Space conference some of the unique cybersecurity challenges the center faces in the current threat environment and his plans for collaborating with industry to integrate modern tools to keep sensitive information safe. Follow more of coverage.
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Sea-Air-Space: Coast Guard Prioritizes Agility in the Face of Technological Change
04/10/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Coast Guard Prioritizes Agility in the Face of Technological Change
The Coast Guard is increasingly relying on modern technology to propel its mission. At Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan said the changing pace of technology requires creative thinking and partnerships. She cites how the service is expanding artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics to bring its legacy computing ecosystem into one focused on modernization efforts for capabilities like autonomous vehicles and whatever the future brings. Fagan discusses her vision of the Coast Guard of the future, the impact of partnerships on the mission and how technology is changing Coast Guard operations. Check out of the conference.
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Sea-Air-Space: Zero Trust is ‘The Best Approach’ For Military Cybersecurity
04/10/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Zero Trust is ‘The Best Approach’ For Military Cybersecurity
The Marine Corps needs to balance security and accessibility challenges that come with having many devices and systems working together. At Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, Marines Cyber Technology Officer Shery Thomas briefs implementation plans for zero trust as part of the Defense Department’s broader plan to adopt zero trust architectures by 2027. Thomas also discusses how end user safety and artificial intelligence fits into this plan. Follow more of coverage.
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Sea-Air-Space: Naval Operations for Information Warfare Seeks to Secure Cyberspace with AI
04/09/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Naval Operations for Information Warfare Seeks to Secure Cyberspace with AI
Cyber threats are constantly evolving, so the Department of the Navy needs to be agile to thwart attacks. Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare Jennifer Edgin at Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, discusses the challenges of securing Navy’s networks and how she sees technology like AI supporting threat monitoring in the cyber domain. She also discusses some of the acquisition considerations and breaking through the outdated tech model of break, buy, replace.
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Sea-Air-Space: Coast Guard Focuses on Scalable Cyber Solutions Amid Port Cybersecurity
04/09/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Coast Guard Focuses on Scalable Cyber Solutions Amid Port Cybersecurity
The White House’s executive order on port cybersecurity tasks the Coast Guard with leading cyber defenses for the expansive American Maritime Transportation System (MTS). The size and complexity of this network of waterways and ports can make it a prime target for cyber adversaries since breaching these avenues can disrupt global economic movement and security. Coast Guard Cyber Commander Rear Adm. Jay Vann at Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, puts these threats into perspective. He discusses the Coast Guard’s scalable response framework as threats evolve and how the order empowers his office as it takes on an expanded role to support this mission in cyberspace. Check out our of the conference.
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Sea-Air-Space: How NSIN Works with Commercial Partners to Bring Disruptive Tech to DOD
04/09/2024
Sea-Air-Space: How NSIN Works with Commercial Partners to Bring Disruptive Tech to DOD
National security challenges for the Defense Department require innovative technology and solutions from the defense and commercial sectors. Often times, these solutions that might begin development in one military service can apply to another. At Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, we spoke with Kedar Pavgi, national capital regional director at the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). He discusses how the office, part of the Defense Innovation Unit, is working to bridge technology divides by forging partnerships between academia, the commercial sector and DOD to bring in innovative technologies through programs like focused grand challenges and other investment opportunities. Pavgi also briefs how these efforts are involving amid the “DIU 3.0” plan to scale defense innovation more rapidly. Check out of the conference.
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Sea-Air-Space: Navy Sees Promise in Autonomy
04/09/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Navy Sees Promise in Autonomy
Defense Department leaders are looking at artificial intelligence to augment or automate core functions and processes. For the Navy, this technology can impact critical maritime missions. Dr. Glen Henshaw, senior scientist for autonomous and robotics systems at Naval Research Laboratory, discusses at Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, how the Navy is examining potential use cases for artificial intelligence within robots and other autonomous systems.
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Sea-Air-Space: Voice Transformation Strategies for the Navy and Marine Corps
04/09/2024
Sea-Air-Space: Voice Transformation Strategies for the Navy and Marine Corps
The current Navy and Marine Corps voice communications technology is a conglomeration of different systems, vendors and structures from the past several decades. This has brought a need for enhanced base modernization and centralization of VoIP communications. David Rouse, senior director, Defense and National Security Verizon, joined us at Sea-Air-Space 2024 to discuss the future in which there is an infrastructure flexible enough to work with current technologies (inside plant and outside) while providing a roadmap for the Navy to move to a new, modernized platform without a lot of constraints. Check out of the conference.
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Sea-Air-Space: How Autonomous Tech Can Support NOAA’s Mission to Map Uncharted Waters
04/08/2024
Sea-Air-Space: How Autonomous Tech Can Support NOAA’s Mission to Map Uncharted Waters
Nearly 40% of the ocean has not been mapped using the latest resources and tools. Exploring the ocean is critical to maritime power for the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations is at the forefront of mapping the ocean via its fleet of research ships and specialized data-collecting aircraft. At Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, Rear Adm. Chad Cary, the office’s deputy director for operations, discusses how his office is using technology like uncrewed systems for environmental intelligence and how cooperation with other agencies help support the maritime mission across the world. Check out of the conference.
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How VA is Using Digital Services to Expand Care to Veterans
04/04/2024
How VA is Using Digital Services to Expand Care to Veterans
Following the passage of the PACT Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring more staff, serving more veterans and offering expanded access to benefits. After a record-breaking 2023, the agency says, it anticipates an even bigger 2024. VA CIO Kurt DelBene discusses the tech priorities for the agency headed into 2024, from EHR modernization to artificial intelligence, user experience to hiring and more.
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Cancer HealthCast: This Unique Network Closes Research Gaps in Cancer Genomics
03/25/2024
Cancer HealthCast: This Unique Network Closes Research Gaps in Cancer Genomics
The Participant Engagement and Cancer Genome Sequencing Network (PECGS) part of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative is a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and research institutions to engage cancer patients directly and ultimately better understand cancer genomics. One of six funded projects is with Washington University, which is focusing on rare and understudied cancer populations with health disparities. Dr. Bettina Drake, professor at the university’s School of Medicine, discusses how her team is studying molecular changes in tumors for cancers like cholangiocarcinoma, multiple myeloma in African Americans and colorectal cancer under age 50 in African Americans. NCI Program Director Dr. Leah Mechanic also discusses how the PECGS Network overall is advancing health equity and precision medicine efforts around cancer care and treatment. This is an in-depth peek into one of many programs within a broader collaborative effort to better understand cancer and accelerate the White House’s Cancer Moonshot’s mission to end cancer as we know it.
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HealthCast: Indian Health Service's Modernization Journey Means Replacing HHS’s Oldest Legacy System
03/19/2024
HealthCast: Indian Health Service's Modernization Journey Means Replacing HHS’s Oldest Legacy System
Indian Health Service CIO Mitchell Thornbrugh joins HealthCast to talk about ways that IHS is progressing in its modernization program and the need for a patient-centered, human-centered approach to care. He notes that IHS is working with across levels of government to provide better health care, ultimately, to Native Americans and Alaska Natives living in diverse communities nationwide. Modernizing a health care system is a big task, with organizations having to prioritize customer experience and leverage technology to move toward modern, patient-centered care. At the Indian Health Service (IHS), replacing the existing Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) means replacing the oldest legacy system in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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HIMSS 2024: How APIs are Already Helping Veteran Health
03/14/2024
HIMSS 2024: How APIs are Already Helping Veteran Health
Veterans have the ability to manage their health and benefits information largely through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed through the Department of Veterans Affairs' Lighthouse program. Director of the program’s developer experience, David Mazik, sits down with us at HIMSS in Orlando, Florida, to discuss how the program is helping veterans and clinicians share data both within and outside of VA. Mazik discusses how APIs are helping organizations that are serving the veteran health care ecosystem to make social determinants of health interoperable to address health concerns such as suicide risk.
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HIMSS 2024: What the Health Care Industry Can Learn from Government
03/14/2024
HIMSS 2024: What the Health Care Industry Can Learn from Government
Health-focused organizations look at technology to prevent and help curb the effects of cybersecurity threats to better protect patients, and federal agencies might serve as a model to others in the private sector for program governance. At HIMSS in Orlando, Florida, HIMSS Cybersecurity and Privacy Senior Principal Lee Kim puts these threats into context for the health care community and government partners. She highlights how many in the private sector can learn from government agencies in how they are built organizationally for resilience. She highlights some of the external threats the industry overall faces and what patients, providers and government together can do to prepare for a secure future.
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HIMSS 2024: Next Steps for the Public Health Data Strategy
03/14/2024
HIMSS 2024: Next Steps for the Public Health Data Strategy
The CDC’s new Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology executing the Public Health Data Strategy met nearly 15 milestones over the past year. Looking ahead into its second year of the plan and after seeing through the first flu season, office director Dr. Jennifer Layden highlights some of those accomplishments around electronic case reporting and establishing core data sources. She discusses what she envisions is on the horizon for more automation, monitoring additional health conditions and expanding partnerships in the community.
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HIMSS 2024: VHA Preparing for AI, Interoperable Future
03/14/2024
HIMSS 2024: VHA Preparing for AI, Interoperable Future
The Veterans Health Administration recently expanded health care benefits to all veterans who served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan or any other combat zone after 9/11. Behind the scenes, the agency is spearheading many initiatives to further enhance interoperability around its health care ecosystem to better serve veteran patients. Under Secretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal discusses with us at HIMSS in Orlando, Florida, some of the updates around the PACT Act, open APIs and artificial intelligence, plus what programs like Mission Daybreak and innovations like ambient technology have on the transforming health care experience.
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HIMSS 2024: HHS CISO Eyes Intersection of Tech Modernization and Security
03/14/2024
HIMSS 2024: HHS CISO Eyes Intersection of Tech Modernization and Security
Department of Health and Human Services CISO and Acting Deputy CIO La Monte Yarborough highlights during HIMSS in Orlando, Florida, how his office is prioritizing cybersecurity in the broader health care community in the age of AI. Cybersecurity resilience in the health sector demands public policies to keep data and systems secure as the threat landscape evolves. He highlights the HHS 405(d) program that can help the public health sector bolster cyber defenses. He also provides perspective on where AI fits into cybersecurity at the agency and how regulatory frameworks are evolving around emerging technology.
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HIMSS 2024: Public-Private Partnerships Fuel Data Solutions for Health Care Challenges
03/14/2024
HIMSS 2024: Public-Private Partnerships Fuel Data Solutions for Health Care Challenges
The health sector faces many challenges that technology has the potential to alleviate including workforce burden, staffing shortages, cybersecurity challenges and data management struggles. Much of that can see improvements with smart uses of artificial intelligence and virtual care, according to NTT DATA Chief Health Informatics Officer Heather Hudnall at the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida. A former nurse herself, Hudnall describes how government can think about harnessing data to transform public health missions and ultimately deliver the best care to patients through public-private partnerships.
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HIMSS 2024: VA Embarks on New AI Strategies
03/13/2024
HIMSS 2024: VA Embarks on New AI Strategies
The Department of Veterans Affairs is setting in motion new artificial intelligence strategies in light of the White House’s executive order to prioritize ethical AI development. At HIMSS in Orlando, Florida, VA Deputy CTO for AI Kimberly McManus highlights the four areas the agency is taking a closer look at: governance, prior use cases, infrastructure and workforce. McManus cites the Veterans Health Administration’s framework for trustworthy AI she sees guiding much of the work around ensuring the backbone for safe AI development is there as she sees the technology impacting “the entire enterprise.”
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HIMSS 2024: Update on Interoperability, AI With ONC Deputy Chief
03/13/2024
HIMSS 2024: Update on Interoperability, AI With ONC Deputy Chief
Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT Steven Posnack discusses a few updates to data sharing and interoperability rules for the health IT community, including HTI-1, HTI-2, United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). As organizations work to adopt new interoperability standards and policies, artificial intelligence is showing promise for its impact in health IT processes. Posnack highlights how ONC is starting to think about AI and associated ethical concerns.
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HIMSS 2024: HHS AI Chief Talks Safety, Security of New Tech
03/13/2024
HIMSS 2024: HHS AI Chief Talks Safety, Security of New Tech
Artificial intelligence is a key focus at the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, where Department of Health and Human Services Chief AI Officer Greg Singleton discusses his vision for the technology at the agency. Singleton gives us a glimpse at the key parts that make up the CAIO role as agencies are putting in place their strategies to meet the White House’s 2023 AI executive order directing agencies on various aspects for the technology. Looking ahead, Singleton discusses where he sees AI making the most impacts at the agency and some of his more near-term goals to impact clinical outcomes.
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HIMSS 2024: The Promise of Digital Twins, AI in VA Health Care
03/13/2024
HIMSS 2024: The Promise of Digital Twins, AI in VA Health Care
Taking big-picture technology concepts and integrating them into practice is a key focus for Dr. Paul Tibbits, executive director of technical integration at the Department of Veterans Affairs. At the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida, Tibbits discusses how he sees technology like digital twins and artificial intelligence impacting the health care experience. Tibbits gives a glimpse into what’s ahead with potential for “patient digitial twins” and the opportunities that IT and data modernization can have on integrating new capabilities and services.
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HIMSS 2024: CMS Digital Transformation Relies on Agility
03/13/2024
HIMSS 2024: CMS Digital Transformation Relies on Agility
Open-source data and artificial intelligence are poised to transform the health care landscape. Andrea Fletcher, chief digital strategy officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), aims to leverage and inject human-centered design into these concepts as the agency explores their potential for improving the quality of health care services and keep data secure in heightened threat environments. At HIMSS in Orlando, Florida, Fletcher provides a glimpse into some of the pilots her team has launched and where she sees opportunities for partnerships across the department to thrive.
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CyberCast: CISA Task Force Prioritizes Managing Critical Infrastructure Risks, Countering Future Threats
03/12/2024
CyberCast: CISA Task Force Prioritizes Managing Critical Infrastructure Risks, Countering Future Threats
Mitigating cross sector risks and recognizing vulnerabilities in the supply chain remain top priorities for the National Risk Management Center (NRMC) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. NRMC Assistant Director Mona Harrington said the team of experts is responsible for creating realistic and actionable recommendations to manage risk to the global information and communications technology supply chain. Harrington said NRMC also utilizes the Secure Tomorrow Toolkit to help stakeholders get a better understanding of the future threat landscape across the information domain. She also highlighted the agency's use of artificial intelligence as well as the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative’s work to reduce the nation's cybersecurity risk. This episode is sponsored by Zscaler.
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GovCast: DOD Tackles Talent Management for the AI Age
03/05/2024
GovCast: DOD Tackles Talent Management for the AI Age
The Pentagon is undergoing a robust plan to create a foundation for its AI-enabled capabilities that include data infrastructure and management, platforms, processes and, of course, people. Leading this charge is the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO), which is working toward a number of deliverables this year around many of these aspects. CDAO Digital Talent Management Office Chief Angela Cough discusses the ways in which she works across departments and the broader Defense Industrial Base to create the AI workforce of the future. She highlights some of the tools and skills employees will need now to be successful in the age of AI.
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Cancer HealthCast: New Technologies Lead to Major Breakthroughs in Cancer Detection, Screening at NCI
02/27/2024
Cancer HealthCast: New Technologies Lead to Major Breakthroughs in Cancer Detection, Screening at NCI
The National Cancer Institute is utilizing a host of new technologies to diagnose and detect cancer thanks to its Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) and Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) programs. These programs are developing methods that are enhancing cancer research, including artificial intelligence. Dr. Kelly Crotty, program director for NCI’s Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, said not only have the programs helped researchers better identify and screen for cancer, but also they’ve been instrumental in driving progress in clinical care. Crotty also shares updates about NCI’s Liquid Biopsy Consortium and discusses the benefits and challenges she’s seeing with AI.
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AFCEA West: Where Partnerships Can Thrive at Naval Operations for Information Warfare
02/15/2024
AFCEA West: Where Partnerships Can Thrive at Naval Operations for Information Warfare
Partnerships play a critical part of the innovation work across the Defense Department. The complex global threat landscape, in both the kinetic and cybersecurity domains, requires partnerships to solve some of the most pressing national security challenges. Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare Jennifer Edgin discussed at AFCEA West the ways her office is leveraging partnerships, using emerging technology and modernizing its systems.
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