To mark the National Association of State Chief Information Officers's 50th anniversary, Ask the CIO: SLED Edition went to the annual conference in Nashville and spoke to Tennessee state Chief Information Officer Stephanie Dedmon. She said her state is trying to become cloud smart. Host John Thomas Flynn also caught up with former Government Accountability Office official Dave Powner, now director of strategic engagement and partnerships at the MITRE Corporation. His organization working on how to implement the taxonomy business model at federal agencies.