Ask the CIO

On this week's Ask the CIO, several agencies are trying to streamline and reduce the burden of cybersecurity processes in an effort to get capabilities to the mission areas faster. You hear from the Energy Department's Emery Csulak, the Patent and Trademark Office's Jamie Holcomb, Agriculture's Venice Goodwine, and the Census Bureau's Beau Houser.

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On this week's Ask the CIO, Jason Miller speaks with Greg Garcia, who recently left government after 38 years. He spent his last two-plus years as the deputy chief information officer of the Army, and is now CIO at Inserso. Garcia discussed his time in government, all the changes in technology he has seen, his accomplishments and more.

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Brian Goodger, the program manager for CIO-SP4 and acting director of NITAAC, said the final solicitation for the health IT services governmentwide acquisition contract should be out mid-to-late March.

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Matthew Shallbetter, the director of security design and innovation at the Department of Health and Human Services, has an unusual job in government. He actually goes out and meets with cybersecurity vendors. Shallbetter is on the lookout for the next great cybersecurity technology or tool. He often is attracted to those that have grabbed the attention of venture capital groups. Shallbetter said this approach helps HHS make better decisions for how to protect its technology networks and data, because sometimes failure is a good thing. He shared more insight with Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.

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The Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration brought in record revenue last year for IT products and services. This week we hear from some key players in the community about why they were successful and more on what's to come.

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Mark Forman, the former administrator for e-government and IT at OMB and Gloria Parker, a former CIO at HUD, helped author a new white paper from the Partnership for Public Service to further accelerate IT modernization.

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Sean Brune, the deputy CIO for IT Modernization at SSA, said IT developers and business leaders are working closer than ever to revamp legacy systems.

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Stuart McGuigan, who was the chief information officer at the State Department for the last two years before leaving on Jan. 20, said a recent application summit drew more than 800 attendees from across the department who want to develop new software capabilities.

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