ATARC Federal IT Newscast

Join us for this episode of the Federal Low Code Trailblazers Podcast with Bill Bunce, Pegasystems, and Special Guests Tracy Bannon, Senior Principal/ Software Architect & DevOps Advisor, MITRE and Alex Sutherland, Director, Salesforce Architecture, Liberty IT Solutions as they discuss DevOps, DevSecOps, and containerization throughout the Federal Government. See what processes they recommend...

Join Jennifer Kenney-Smith and special guest, Raylene Yung, Executive Director, Technology Modernization Fund, GSA, as they deep dive into using the Technology Modernization Fund as a way to modernize Federal technologies, improve customer and employee experience, and implement new processes. 

Join Bill Bunce, Enterprise Account Executive,  Pegasystems and Special Guest Ryan Korn, Senior Cloud Architect and Product Manager, Data Solutions, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce as they answer the following questions: What is the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program? How are you leveraging low code today? What is your interpretation of a Citizen Developer? W...

Intro Brett and AI in the Navy- 0:30 Applications, culture, processes and training of AI in the Navy- 8:30 How do we deploy AI capabilities to the service?- 16:45 Results of AI adoption in the Navy and the standing up of the JAIC- 23:00 Whats next for AI across the Navy/ How is AI going to evolve?- 32:00 Conclusion- 39:10

Notes: Timestamps:   - Vincent Intro (1 min)  - POTUS EO and Zero Trust (4 mins)  - Notion of Traditional Access (8 mins)  - Applying ZT to enterprise wide mobility (14 mins)  - BYOD (20 mins)  - Leadership buy in (27 mins)  - Mobile Applications (29 mins)  - Which requirements should we be paying attention to? (35 mins)  - Conclusion (37 mins)

- Guest intro (1 min) - Mission and Functions of NIST (1:15)  - Mike's journey to NIST (4:20)  - Executive Order impact (6 mins)  - Why is IoT a topic of interest for the federal government? (9:20)  - What unusual risks does IoT present for federal workers? (16 mins)  - How can you assist agencies in incorporating IoT into their infrastructure? (25:50)  - How is NIST...

Host: Bill Bunce, Pega Systems    Guest: Bryan Lane, FDIC   TimeStamps:  - Concept and history of "policy as code" (2 mins) - Organizational benefits using policy as code (4:30)  - Policy as code implementation mechanisms (10 mins)  - Measuring policy with data (15 mins)  - AI advancing this concept (16 mins)  - How important is it to operationalize the AI c...

During this Cloud and Coffee session, Ryan will share his experience being being a part of SBA’s first cloud project ( Certify. SBA.gov ), assisting SBA with their scale from 0 cloud to 4 FISMA classified systems in AWS, architecting the account structure and enterprise setup, and implementing server-less technology on SBA.gov and then spreading it out to the 4x other systems.

ATARC's Quantum Working Group hears from Eric Miller, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, on The Quantum Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges for Canada from his published October, 2021 policy paper ( download here ).

Tom Suder, CEO of ATARC, sits down to interview Senior Technology Advisor to the Deputy Associate Administrator for Government-wide Policy, U.S. General Services Administration, with 34+ years experience in government, John Sullivan. Timestamps: - Early background on John (1:15) - Path to finding first federal job (3:22) - Experience at EPA (4:34) - Enterprise Architecture and trans...

Tune into this panel to hear from topic experts to discuss the importance of Identity Management within federal agencies as the workforce shifts to a hybrid. What best practices do these topic experts recommend to help best protect data? How can government agencies implement an effective Identity Security model to minimize risk and keep pace with adversaries? What are best practices for Privileged...

Jim Richberg sits down to interview  Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity at Office of Personnel Management, James Saunders to discuss the future of work at OPM Time Stamps: Intro - James's job at OPM (1 min) Cyber risks in a remote work environment (2 mins) Notable cyber events (6:30) Zero Trust technology roll out (9:10) OPM Guidance update (11:20) Increasing cyber security (15 m...

Co-hosts this season are Christ Oglesby and Terri-Lee Holland. Guest on this episode is Charlotte Lee. Timestamps: - Start time/introductions (5 mins) - Language around modernization (7:25) - Legacy Systems (8:30) - Government/Industry working together (11:18) - People and process approach (14 mins) - Scoping down contracts (16 mins) - Large contracts and big impacts (20 mins in) - What should gov...

Podcast host, James Richberg, Field CISO and Trusted Security Advisor at Fortinet, interviews Information Security Professional at CISA, Branko Bokan. Time stamps: - Intros and mission of CISA (1 Min) - What are some lessons learned from the pandemic? (2:40) - Center of Excellence for telework at CISA (4 mins) - Cyber Monday (8 mins) - Bandwidth challenges (10:40) - Trusted Internet Connection and...

Sample Low Code Use Cases in the Government. Time stamps: - Intro from Bill (1 min) - Introductions from guests (2 mins) - How does NSF select the right tool for the right IT project? (6 mins) - How does KPMG make recommendations regarding Low Code tools? (9 mins) - Does implementing low code require a subtle mindset shift? (17 mins) - Does low code help solve the typical challenges faced by devel...

Jim Kovach sits down with Gerry Caron to discuss all things Cyber, Mobile and Zero Trust prior to the official launch of the ATARC Zero Trust Demonstration Lab. Time stamps: - Background on HHS and OIG mission (1 min in) - Remote work and risk tolerances (3 mins in) - Cybersecurity and tech investment in order to meet mission (6 mins in) - Mobile device ebb and flow (9 mins in) - Conditional acces...

Jennifer Kenney-Smith sits down with the Deputy Chief Data Officer at USCIS, Courtney Winship, where they discuss all things immigration, transformation efforts at DHS, navigating the immigration experience, and making decisions based on data.

In this episode of the ATARC Federal IT Newscast, members of the Application Development Working Group at ATARC sit down to discuss new techniques, best-practices and a prescriptive approach for how government agencies can reduce software supply chain risks within their applications as well as comply with new government regulations. We are joined by David Wray from Microfocus & Robert Fic...

This week on the ATARC Federal IT Newscast, Jim Kovach and JT Keating of Zimperium sit down with CIO of the Army Corps of Engineers, Dovarius Peoples. During this session we receive an overview of what the Army Corps of Engineers does in terms of their disaster relief mission, construction for the DOD, and their monitoring and maintenance of waterways and dams supporting the Pentagon.&nb...

ATARC's CEO, Tom Suder, interviews on a special episode celebrating and honoring Sandy's retirement from Government! Join as we share highlights from Sandy's career path journey, and experiences from his time within the Federal Government, and future personal and career aspirations!

JKS sits down with Candaice Deloach to discuss software development, software lifecycle and the warfighter mission.

Nick Psaki sits down with the Director of the National AI Institute, Gil Alterovitz to learn about the Veterans Administration's efforts and Artificial Intelligence.

Jennifer Kenney-Smith interviews CEO and Founder of ATARC, Tom Suder! In this episode, Jennifer and Tom discuss Government Road-blockers, Leadership, and Hacking Bureaucracy!

Join us for a Cloud and Coffee event with special guest Robyn Rees! Robyn is the Senior Advisor for Human Capital Transformation at the Department of the Interior, within the Office of Human Capital. She leverages her experience with Information Technology management, governance, budget, and project execution, to unlock human capital data leveraging advanced technologies. Robyn is a passionate adv...

Here from a true expert on Identity in the Federal Government and learn why it is so important! Phil's mission is focused on improving the government's constituents' experience and all of the processes that go into that.