On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, a “next G” lead for the Defense Department is on the way to oversee the future of telecommunications technology. 

Roman Schweizer, managing director of the Washington Research Group, Aerospace & Defense for Cowen and Company, LLC, discusses the continuing debate on Capitol Hill over the FY2022 budget and explains the impact inflation may be having on the DOD budget.

The federal government’s improper payments rate is up over FY2020 but the Office of Management and Budget points out not every improper payment is an improper payment. Danny Werfel, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group and former controller at OMB, explains the difficulties in processing payment data during the pandemic.

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Update on the FY2022 budget debate; Tracking improper payment data from OMB

Kiersten Todt has worked on just about every hot-button cybersecurity issue you can imagine. Currently the CEO of Liberty Group Ventures, her most recent role in government was as the chief of staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. As a Senate staffer, she drafted key parts of the legislation that created the Department of Homeland Security, and during the Obama years, she was the executive director of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. 

She sits down with CyberScoop’s Elias Groll for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolving cybersecurity policy landscape.

The evolution of the cybersecurity policy landscape

It’s been 13 years since FedRAMP was created as the federal government’s cloud security compliance program. And like any federal technology program that’s been around that long, its mission and the services it set out to provide in 2011 are very different from what agencies need today. In particular, the FedRAMP program office recently wrote in a new roadmap for the prgram that it is critical that it be well-positioned to make sure federal agencies get the full benefit of software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud offerings, acknowledging that while FedRAMP does have some SaaS offerinfs its marketplace, it’s not nearly enough and it’s not working the way that it should.

As the General Services Administration explores the future of FedRAMP, including seeking out its next leader, the agency’s executive director for cloud strategy, Eric Mill, joins the podcast to discuss how GSA is approaching this next chapter for FedRAMP.

The future of FedRAMP

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GSA’s Login.gov will pilot facial recognition

Google's Leigh Palmer on the need for transparency in public sector AI

Today we have a special interview recorded from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, which last week was home of Google Cloud Next 2024. While there, I had the tremendous opportunity to speak at length with Karen Dahut, Google Public Sector CEO.

During our conversation, we covered a lot of ground, taking in all of the announcements from Next, reflecting on the upcoming two-year birthday of Google Public Sector and what’s been accomplished in that time, how generative AI is permeating the public sector, and what’s ahead.

This is one of many interviews captured at Google Next, so make sure to tune into the others released throughout this week.

Google’s Karen Dahut on the biggest opportunities for AI in the public sector

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OPM’s tech-friendly director steps down

And, inside the debate on banning ransomware payments

OPM’s tech-friendly director steps down

Google's Chris Hein at Next '24

Yesterday, Scoop News Group produced the U I Path on tour public sector event at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC.

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel kicked off the event talking about how automation has enhanced his agency's operations.

Danny Werfel on How Automation has Enhanced his Agency's Operations.

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Update on the FY2022 budget debate; Tracking improper payment data from OMB

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