Pursuing IT Modernization: A Conversation with Guy Cavallo, CIO U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Submitted by on Mon, 01/23/2023 - 11:00
What is the IT strategy for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)? How is it modernizing its IT systems and infrastructure? What is OPM doing to secure its IT systems and infrastructure? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Guy Cavallo, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Broadcast Date: 
Monday, April 17, 2023 - 10:57
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Guy Cavallo
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Guy Cavallo, Chief Information Officer, OPM

Submitted by on Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:57
Guy Cavallo serves as the Chief Information Officer of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In this capacity he is the senior executive leading OPM’s enterprise information technology (IT) services, including the development and execution of current state and future IT strategic plans, and the day to day management oversight of the agency’s technology services. He also serves as the executive leading OPM’s all IT modernization efforts

Weekly Roundup January 16-20, 2023

Submitted by on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 13:19

When the Infrastructure Boom Meets the Workforce Crash. Now, with the federal government pouring cascades of cash into state and local coffers, a new problem is on the horizon. Though this isn’t widely recognized yet, all the money in the world won’t make much of a difference if there aren’t enough people, in and out of government, to spend the money effectively and in a timely way.

On Leading GSA's Federal Acquisition Service

Submitted by on Thu, 01/19/2023 - 15:35

The U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) uses the collective buying power of the federal government to acquire goods and services to support its agency customers. According to the recent GSA Strategic Plan, FAS offers agencies more than 31 million different products and services and in fiscal year (FY) 2021 it delivered over $84 billion in various products, services, and solutions. 

It’s Transition Time Again

Submitted by on Wed, 01/18/2023 - 16:05

That leaves the nation with nine new governors, all of whom will have assumed their new jobs by January 18. They include Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, Katie Hobbs of Arizona; Josh Green of Hawaii, Wes Moore of Maryland, Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Jim Pillen of Nebraska, Joe Lombardo of Nevada, Tina Kotek of Oregon, and Joshua Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

Leading GSA's Federal Acquisition Service: A Conversation with Sonny Hashmi, Commissioner, FAS, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

Submitted by on Mon, 01/16/2023 - 10:50

How is the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) leveraging technology to transform how it operates? What is the Federal Marketplace Strategy? How does FAS play a role in managing the federal supply chain. Join host Michael Keegan as he explores this question and more with Sonny Hashmi, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service within the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

Broadcast Date: 
Monday, April 3, 2023 - 10:47
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Sonny Hashmi
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Sonny Hashmi

Submitted by on Mon, 01/16/2023 - 10:46

Sonny Hashmi is the commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).

In this position, he oversees the delivery of more than $75B of products, services, and solutions that enable federal agencies to efficiently accomplish their missions while saving taxpayer dollars.

Weekly Roundup January 9-13, 2023

Submitted by on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 16:28

How Should Government Regulate AI? We Asked a Robot. Artificial intelligence's potential in the public sector has grown exponentially, as have questions around appropriate guardrails. This article links to an interviewed of the ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI to see what it had to say.

On Improving Government Performance

Submitted by on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 00:09

Michelle Sager is the Managing Director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Strategic Issues team. She oversees work on government-wide governance, strategy, performance, and resource issues—including the High-Risk program and the annual Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation reports. 

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