The GovCIO Media & Research podcast network comprises GovCast, CyberCast and HealthCast featuring conversations with key leaders on timely issues impacting the federal IT landscape. Topics include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, IT modernization, data analytics, workforce development and more. New episodes release each Tuesday.
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CyberCast offers a different and thoughtful perspective on the cybersecurity issues facing industry and government today. 213656
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HealthCast brings a clinical perspective to some of the most pressing issues in health IT, including electronic health record modernization, claims processing, health care delivery, medical devices, patient privacy, data management and more. Senior clinicians, administrators, project managers and other IT professionals delve into various efforts that bridge technology and health in the federal government. 213656
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GovCast: Navy Lab's PROTEUS Provides AI-Powered Maritime Awareness
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22:24The Naval Research Laboratory's PROTEUS program is a cutting-edge maritime domain awareness system designed to provide near-real-time global maritime situational awareness for agencies and partners. The program integrates multi-source data ingestion and fusion services to identify, query and filter maritime vessels based on user-defined criteria. D…
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GovCast: Naval Research Lab's PROTEUS: AI-Powered Maritime Awareness for Homeland Security and Beyond
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22:24The Naval Research Laboratory's PROTEUS program is a cutting-edge maritime domain awareness system designed to provide near-real-time global maritime situational awareness for agencies and partners. The program integrates multi-source data ingestion and fusion services to identify, query and filter maritime vessels based on user-defined criteria. D…
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Cancer HealthCast: NCI Uses Wearables Data to Link Exercise to Cancer Risk
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8:22A recently published study by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) discovers a link between physical activity and cancer risk after gathering data from wrist sensors, which could help lead to major advances in cancer research. Alaina Shreves, predoctoral fellow at NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, said…
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AI GovCast: Space Force’s Former CITO Talks AI Dominance Amid Rising Global Competition
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8:44Emerging tech policies focus on balancing technological advancement with governance, creating frameworks that encourage rapid innovation while maintaining critical safeguards for national security and public interest. President Donald Trump’s recent AI guidance prioritizes American leadership in technological development, particularly in response t…
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GovCast: How AI and Data Are Shaping the Future of the Coast Guard
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16:30The Coast Guard is pursuing artificial intelligence via data analytics to enhance its diverse missions, Deputy CIO and Chief Data and AI Officer Brian Campo told GovCIO Media & Research during Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland. Campo said that the Coast Guard is learning lessons from other military branches and DHS components to adopt a "f…
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Cancer HealthCast: NCI's Tech-Based Therapy Helps Patients Battle HPV-Linked Respiratory Disease
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23:46The National Cancer Institute is exploring a new new tech-based treatment to help patients overcome a severe breathing disorder caused by the Human Papilloma Virus. Leaders from the agency’s Center for Cancer Research — Dr. Clint Allen, a senior investigator, and Dr. Scott Norberg, an associate research physician — join us to discuss the findings f…
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HealthCast: CDC's Strategic Vision for Faster, Smarter Public Health Response
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8:51The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's annual milestone updates in its public health data strategy include expanding TEFCA, enabling easier data access and analytics capabilities, and a new shared workspace with its partners. Dr. Jennifer Layden, director at CDC’s Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology, detailed the lat…
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GovCast: Navy’s MOSA 1.0 Boosts Innovation, Interoperability
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27:38Editor’s Note: Jacob Glassman’s comments do not reflect the position of the Department of the Navy and are his own personal views. The Navy’s Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) philosophy is designed to enable the service to quickly integrate and prototype emerging technology. As the services adopt MOSA and its service-specific variants, Glas…
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CyberCast: Inside the Latest Version of NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework
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9:03The latest iteration of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) helps organizations strengthen their security posture and align their cybersecurity efforts with enterprise-wide risk management. NIST's Steven Quinn, the project lead for the Cybersecurity Framework, provides a comprehensive overview …
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GovCast: Former Energy CIO Examines Evolving Tech Priorities
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14:03Former Energy Department CIO Ann Dunkin managed a $5 billion IT budget and a $1 billion high-performance computing budget during her tenure. With a new administration taking shape, she offered insights into some of President Donald Trump’s new priorities and how they might impact the agency. She discussed the new AI executive order, the growing inf…
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GovCast: Inside the DOGE Caucus' Fight Against Government Waste
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16:26The newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is working to modernize government and combat waste, fraud and abuse. The Congressional DOGE Caucus co-chaired by Rep. Pete Sessions aims to bridge efforts between Congress and DOGE and examine the need for a comprehensive technology strategy to tackle inefficiencies within government…
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HIMSS 2025: Where AI is Headed in Health Care Innovation, EHR Compliance
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8:50Federal agencies and industry partners are increasingly exploring AI use to improve health care. As adoption rates increase, so do policies and regulations around the emerging tech. In the first half of 2024 alone, state legislators introduced 745 AI-related bills and Congress held numerous hearings on the topic. HIMSS EHR Association’s Tina Joros …
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HIMSS 2025: AI Revolutionizes Federal Health Services
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7:48AI is transforming government health services by streamlining administrative processes, reducing wait times and improving patient outcomes through predictive analytics and automation. From enhancing disease detection with machine learning to optimizing resource allocation, AI enables agencies to deliver more efficient, data-driven and personalized …
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HIMSS 2025: HL7 Standards Boost Health Data Interoperability
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12:56For over 30 years, Health Level Seven International (HL7) has set the standard for electronic health information worldwide. Federal agencies also leverage HL7 standards to exchange and share electronic health information to ultimately improve patient outcomes and health system performance. HL7 provides a set of standards for exchanging clinical and…
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HIMSS 2025: DHMS' Enterprise Approach to Health Care Interoperability, Innovation
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10:44By leveraging emerging technologies and standardized data frameworks, federal health leaders can enhance real-time decision-making and deliver more efficient, patient-centered care. Chris Nichols, program manager for the Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions (EIDS) program for the Program Executive Office at Defense Healthcare Management Syste…
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HIMSS 2025: Bolstering AI, Interoperability to Transform Veteran Health Care
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15:46The Department of Veterans Affairs aims to develop and apply innovative AI solutions, boost interoperability and transform the agency by facilitating a learning environment that supports the delivery of benefits and services to veterans. At HIMSS in Las Vegas, Dr. Shane McNamee, senior advisor to the chief medical information officer for health sol…
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HIMSS 2025: Unlocking Interoperability and Making Health Data Work for Everyone
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8:21Interoperability efforts are ensuring patients and providers can access and use health data seamlessly. The Sequoia Project has been at the forefront of Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP/ONC)'s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) that removes barriers to shar…
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HIMSS 2025: FEHRM Director Unpacks Federal EHR Progress
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16:28After a strategic pause, the Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to resume its federal electronic health record rollout in mid-2026 with a renewed focus on continuous improvement and system modernization. The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office’s goal is to unite capabilities across the VA, Defense Department, Coas…
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Cancer HealthCast: NCI Explores AI’s Potential for Cancer Screenings
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13:34The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is exploring how it can leverage artificial intelligence to enhance cancer screening techniques, ultimately improving patient outcomes across the nation. Dr. Katrina Goddard, director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at NCI, explains how her division is leveraging AI, and other innovative…
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GovCast: Former DOD CIO on Trump’s Approach to Tech, Workforce
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14:05Former Defense Department CIO John Sherman anticipates many shifts from President Donald Trump and his administration’s incoming leadership on tech development and defense priorities. Sherman, who now serves as Dean of Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, has spent 30 years in national security and intelligence positions in the…
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CyberCast: The Year Ahead: FBI’s 2025 Cybersecurity Priorities
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24:24The new year began with a new White House executive order on strengthening and promoting innovation in cybersecurity, building on previous efforts, like the National Cybersecurity Strategy, to enhance the security of the nation’s digital infrastructure. Looking into 2025, Deputy Assistant Director of FBI’s Cyber Division Cynthia Kaiser said her div…
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GovCast: AI Backs the Largest Internal Help Desk in Government
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25:26The Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for the nation’s largest internal help desk in government. Robert Cunningham, executive director for Enterprise Command Operations at VA, explains his oversight of the agency’s internal help desk, which processes more than two million requests per year with the help of automation and AI. The tech al…
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AFCEA West: Communications Modernization Can Boost the Navy's Cost Efficiency
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8:24Maintaining legacy communications systems is expensive and can leave military services like the Navy and Marine Corps behind. During AFCEA West in San Diego, Verizon Navy and Marine Corps Public Sector Director David Reaves explained how he’s seeing the Navy’s challenges in modernizing voice and data communications, focusing on the Defense Departme…
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AFCEA West: AI Is America’s ‘Sputnik Moment,’ Defense Academic Says
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13:12The Naval Postgraduate School's recent partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit formalizes NPS' focus on fostering innovation in the school's student body. NPS President Ann Rondeau said Thursday that the the school not only supports innovation, but lays the foundation for creative thinking, collaboration and finding real-world solutions to sup…
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AFCEA West: NAVWAR Takes an Agile Approach to Tech Modernization
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9:14The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command supports technical authority and acquisition command for information warfare, which presents modernization challenges as the speed of technology evolution increases. At AFCEA West in San Diego, NAVWAR CIO Ben Motten said his office is empowering the workforce by providing the necessary tools and capabil…
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AFCEA West: How Academics are Helping DOD Innovate
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9:17In 2024, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) signed a memo of understanding to codify their joint effort to develop future leaders to manage innovative solutions. During AFCEA West in San Diego, Kaitie Penry, director of emerging technology and innovation at the Naval Postgraduate School, discussed how that agr…
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