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How the administration is bringing much needed change to software license management Nov 14, 2025

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Ryan Triplette, the executive director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing, said the ‘sheer force of will’ is improving federal software licenses.

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Yeske helped change what complying with zero trust means Nov 07, 2025

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Don Yeske, a former director of national security in the cyber division at DHS, said its “groundbreaking zero trust architecture” focused on 46 capabilities.

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Idaho National Lab testing AI to relieve permitting burdens Oct 24, 2025

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Chris Ritter, the division director for scientific computing and AI at the Idaho National Lab, said using AI to improve basic workflow processes is step one.

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Cybersecurity strategy at the U.S. House: zero trust and modernization Oct 09, 2025

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Jamie Crotts, CIO of the House of Representatives, details how a zero-trust assessment reshaped a three-year internal technology roadmap, while securing a nationwide enterprise of over 900 district offices with consistent, user-friendly access.

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Army CIO Leo Garciga on automation, AI and innovation Oct 01, 2025

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Leo Garciga joins the show to share how the Army is modernizing its information technology and data infrastructure to deliver faster, smarter capabilities to soldiers and civilians.

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Inside NNSA’s push for faster, more efficient IT Sep 19, 2025

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Jamie Wolf, CIO of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, discusses how the agency is moving its classified and unclassified systems to enterprise cloud and SaaS platforms to cut costs, reduce technical debt and improve speed and collaboration.

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Holcombe changed the way USPTO viewed IT Sep 15, 2025

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Jamie Holcombe left after almost seven years as the USPTO CIO, where he focused on cloud, AI and managing IT as an asset to the mission.

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Through T-REX, DoD seeks to fill technology gaps Sep 01, 2025

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Lt. Col. Matt Limeberry, the commander of the RAPTR Task Force in DoD’s research and engineering office, said testing emerging IT tools helps buy down risk.

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Trump administration’s federal IT policy goals still need more clarity, former officials say Aug 14, 2025

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Just about seven months into the Trump administration and federal chief information officers are waiting for more explicit policy direction. The Office of Management and Budget has teased a little of their priorities, but a lot remains unknown. At a recent panel of former federal CIOs sponsored by AFFIRM, several weighed in on what they are looking for from Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia.

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Barney changed USCIS’s cyber culture by putting the user first Aug 04, 2025

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Shane Barney, the former CISO at USCIS and currently the CISO for Keeper Security, said the move to zero trust received wide support from the program leaders.

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