The Buzz with ACT-IAC

This week, Colin Larsen sits down with Leslie Johnston, the director of digital preservation at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), to discuss the notion of the "digital Dark Age", the process and challenges of digital record-keeping, and the implications of Memorandum-19-21 on Leslie's work at NARA. For more information: National Archives and Records Administra...

This week, The Buzz presents a recording from this year's virtual Women in Leadership forum on July 24th.  Libby Bacon, principal at Deloitte Consulting, moderates a panel discussion with Dr. Ileana Arias, Associate Deputy Director for Public Health, Science and Surveillance at the CDC, and Ashley Wilson, VP of Congressional and Public Affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce. The three of them...

This week, the Buzz presents a quick breakdown of some of the top stories from world of Federal IT, as well as some updates on upcoming events and opportunities from ACT-IAC. ACT-IAC Voyagers: https://www.actiac.org/overview-0 ACT-IAC Communities of Interest: http://www.actiac.org/participation/communities-interest For ELC sponsorship inquiries, email Carol Miller at mailto:cmiller@actiac.org Sour...

CX Community of Interest leader Brian Whittaker hosts another interview with a customer experience difference-maker in the federal government. This week, Brian sits down with Leilani Martinez, Branch Chief of the Content and Outreach Division of the USAGov program, a part of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services (TTS). They discuss the development of USA.gov and USA.gov en Español, des...

In case you missed it, The Buzz presents a virtual keynote from ACT-IAC's 2021 Health Innovation Summit. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, chair of the Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, sat down with Combiz Abdolrahimi, the Emerging Technology and Innovation Leader at Deloitte. They discussed the government's response to the pandemic in the Congresswoman's district. Congresswoma...

This week, the Buzz with ACT-IAC presents the second in a series of episodes exploring some of the innovative people and organizations of Port San Antonio. Colin Larsen talks with Sam Ximenes, space architect and CEO of XArc, an interplanetary architecture firm. Sam is also the Founder and Board Chair of the WEX Foundation, which provides space-STEM education programs for disadvantaged youth in th...

This week on The Buzz, Colin Larsen talks with Sean Mcbride, Industrial Cybersecurity Engineering Technology Coordinator at Idaho State University. Sean runs the nation’s only 2 year, hands-on degree to specialize in defending industrial facilities from cyber attacks and incidents. In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Sean talks about why our industrial facilities are vulnerable...

CX Community of Interest leader Brian Whittaker hosts another interview with a customer experience difference-maker in the federal government. This week, Brian sits down with Ron Bronson, Director of Design at 18F. Ron talks about his beginnings in customer service, how 18F and the federal government are approaching CX design, and some key lessons from his time in the field. More about 18F: https:...

In case you missed it, this week The Buzz presents a recording of Federal CIO Clare Martorana's keynote address from the 2021 Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference. The Q&A session was facilitated by Dave Young, Senior Vice President at Lumen. Register for ACT-IAC's 2021 Health Innovation Summit: https://www.actiac.org/act-iac-event/health-innovation-summit-2021 Agile Product...

The Buzz with ACT-IAC presents the first in a series of episodes exploring Port San Antonio - an innovation campus that has emerged from the closure of Kelly Air Force Base. In this episode, Jim Perschbach, President & CEO, gives us an introduction to the Port, highlights some of the technologies and companies coming out of San Antonio, discusses their approach to fostering innovation, and hyp...

This week on The Buzz, we present a conversation with three of our judges for ACT-IAC's 2021 Innovation Awards. The Innovation Awards, a part of our Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference on May 25 and 26, recognize those technologies and projects at the forefront of change in the government IT sector. Our judges, Renee Wynn, Jim Cook and Tim Smith, reflect on the trends in innovation...

This week, we present an interview from our archives.  At Imagine Nation ELC 2019, Teresa Carlson, ACT-IAC's conference industry chair, sat down with technology pioneer Vint Cerf to discuss his reflections on the past, present, and future of the internet. Vint Cerf is currently the Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. He is a recipient of the US National Medal of Technology...

CX Community of Interest leader Brian Whittaker hosts another interview with a customer experience difference-maker in the federal government. This week, Brian talks with Lashanda Hodge, Director of CX at the GSA's Centers of Excellence. They discuss Lashanda's path to her current position, the challenges and opportunities of customer experience in the wake of a global pandemic, and the...

In this episode, Mike Pullen of CGI, Adam Bouffard of Mitre, and Chad Jones of KPMG come together to review some of the lessons learned from ACT-IAC's Acquisition Innovation Forum. Mike, Adam and Chad each served as facilitators for breakout room discussions during the forum. Listen to them discuss collaboration, information-sharing, learning from failure, improving communication, and soap. M...

This week, ACT-IAC presents a podcast version of our April 14th, 2021 webinar on the SolarWinds cyberattack, presented by Palo Alto Networks. This episode also contains additional commentary by the event speakers: Ryan Olson and Ryan Gillis. They discuss the methods, effects and timeline of the SolarWinds cyberattack and provide security recommendations for future attacks. Ryan Gillis is the Vice...

On this episode of The Buzz, we present the first in our series of Customer Experience discussions, facilitated by one of ACT-IAC's CX Community of Interest leaders, Brian Whittaker.  This week, Brian talks with Florence Kasule, Director of Procurement, and Sheri Trivedi, Director of Design, both of the U.S. Digital Service. The conversation centers around human centered design and how it, al...

ACT-IAC’s CEO, David Wennergren, gives a little background on the The Buzz. Listen each week as we delve into the hot topics impacting the federal technology market.  Agile Product Discovery Course | ACT-IAC Summary - A Hole in One with ACT-IAC Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to never miss an episode! For more from ACT-IAC, follow us on LinkedIn or visit http://www.actiac.org . Learn m...

Dave Wennergren, ACT-IAC CEO, and Dr. John Kotter, founder of Kotter, Inc., sit down to discuss leadership, technology and societal change in a pandemic/post-pandemic world. Dr. Kotter is a best-selling author, thought-leader, entrepreneur, and Harvard professor. This ICYMI episode was first aired at the Imagine Nation ELC 2020 Conference.  Agile Product Discovery Course | ACT-IAC Summary - A Hole...