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Ask the CIO

Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller talks to federal chief information officers about the latest technology trends and issues facing their agencies.

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Jul 8, 2026

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How FDIC rebounded from major cyber incidents 09.03.2018

Howard Whyte, the FDIC chief information officer, said a third-party assessment set the cyber roadmap for the future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

From creation to elimination, FERC maps its data for better protection 02.03.2018

Mittal Desai, the chief information security officer at FERC, said his office now knows more about how the program offices use and protect information. Desai joined Federal News Radio's Jason Miller on Ask the CIO. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Legal Services Corp. starts at beginning to modernize grants system 23.02.2018

Jada Breegle, the Legal Services Corp.’s chief information officer, tells Jason Miller on Federal News Radio's Ask the CIO a new solicitation will help detail the current grant making processes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

NSF aiming to stay ahead of the technology innovation curve 16.02.2018

On this week's Ask the CIO with Jason Miller from Federal News Radio, Dorothy Aronson, the chief information officer of the NSF, said a new user interface for its grants application system will come online in April. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

White House mandated risk management reports show mapping of threat to capability to investment 09.02.2018

Ross Nodurft, the vice president at One World Identity and the former OMB unit chief for the cyber and national security unit, said managing high valued data is key for better cybersecurity. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Reducing 'time-to-hire' from 15 weeks to less than 8 weeks is the CIO Council's goal 21.10.2017

Jason Gray, the Education Department's CIO and the co-chairman of the CIO Council's IT Workforce Committee, said there are four main goals for the upcoming governmentwide hiring fair. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

For USPTO, security is part of the software code 13.10.2017

John Owens, the chief information officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, said automated tools and human analysis ensure software code is secure. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

CIOs, IT workers dont always see eye-to-eye on priorities, challenges 05.10.2017

George DelPrete, the director of the Federal CIO Survey from the PSC and Grant Thornton, said those questioned online offered a different viewpoint than those surveyed in person. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Coast Guard using Windows 10 to spark IT transformation 29.09.2017

Brian Burns, the Coast Guard's acting chief information officer, said the service is on schedule to move to Windows 10 by March 2018. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

New Energy CIO eyes expansion of cyber, cloud efforts 22.09.2017

Max Everett, the Energy Department's chief information officer, said the agency can help secure and improve the technology behind the Internet of Things. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How technology is changing the culture of the Intelligence Community 14.09.2017

Jennifer Kron, the acting chief information officer of the Intelligence Community up until Sept. 13, said the ICITE program is having a bigger impact on the IC than most realize. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

OPM setting the foundation for security clearance, retirement system modernizations 08.09.2017

Dave DeVries retired after 35 years in government including the last year as the chief information officer at OPM. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Moving to the cloud requires training the workforce first, foremost 31.08.2017

The University of Maryland University College is trying to fill a void by offering a new Masters program in cloud architecture and management See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How one small agency is cutting its IT spending 25.08.2017

Vincent Groh, the CIO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said by moving to the cloud he cut MCC's spending on data centers by half. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Navy's integration of privacy, cybersecurity part of Fosters lasting impact 17.08.2017

The Department of Navy is a much different place than when Rob Foster arrived two years ago. Now as Foster, the DoN chief information officer, heads to a new job in government, he said the Department of Navy is well positioned to ride the technology wave for its sailors, seamen and civilian employees to be successful. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Dev/ops helping two agencies take on complex IT modernization efforts 04.08.2017

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and the Federal Communications Commission are further along with using dev/ops to modernize applications in the cloud. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

FDA combining agile, cloud to create microservices framework 27.07.2017

Todd Simpson, the chief information officer at the Food and Drug Administration, said its cloud advisory board and innovation lab work together to bring new capabilities to bear while also reducing costs and duplication. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

FAA saved $36M through shared services, reinvested into new IT 21.07.2017

Sean Torpey, the acting deputy assistant administrator for Information and Technology and acting chief information officer for the FAA, said the agency is swinging the spending pendulum from legacy IT to newer systems. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

DHS's 72-hour marathon to keep agencies, industry safe from WannaCry 29.06.2017

Jeanette Manfra, the acting undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Homeland Security Department, offered an in-depth look into the steps DHS and the government took to keep federal agencies safe from WannaCry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How one agency is getting rid of passwords through the cloud 22.06.2017

Greg Hall, the assistant director and chief information security officer in the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in the Justice Department, said the office hired Okta to provide a cloud service to federate its identity management capabilities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

How the Air Force is bending the IT cost curve to save half a billion dollars 11.05.2017

Butch Luckie, the Air Forces chief of IT business analytics, tells Federal News Radio's Jason Miller on Ask the CIO the service is doing a better job capturing software and hardware asset data to help make better buying decisions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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