This week, the GovNavigators welcome Ross Nodurft, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation, for a timely conversation on the future of federal IT modernization and the urgent fight to save the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) before its December expiration.

Ross breaks down how the TMF has quietly become one of the federal government’s most effective tools for paying down tech debt, funding everything from Treasury network modernization to AI-powered disability processing at Social Security. He explains why TMF doesn’t require new appropriations to survive, where bipartisan momentum stands on Capitol Hill, and what agency leaders, industry partners, and advocates can do right now to push reauthorization across the finish line.

In the news, we've got GAO’s alarming findings on fraud in CMS’s healthcare subsidies, the Justice Department’s investigation into the SBA’s 8(a) program, and new momentum behind the SAMOSA Act, which would overhaul how agencies buy and manage software.

Show Notes:

TMF: More on the importance of renewal

GAO: CMS healthcare subsidies report

SBA: Investigating 8(a) participants

SAMOSA: Act advances in the House

What's on the GovNavigators Radar:

Dec 9: ACT-IAC Disruptive Technology Forum

Dec 11: 

• State IT Modernization Summit (Virtual)
• ATARC CIO Summit