Advertise on podcast: Ask the CIO

Ricky Clark, the director of NITAAC, said in his first interview since the organization cancelled CIO-SP4 in February that the ultimate decision to end this five-year saga came down to overlap and redundancies. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CMS chief operating officer Kim Brandt and CIO Patrick Newbold say a new culture of delivering IT capabilities and scaling them quickly is taking hold See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Israel, the chief information security officer for the state of Minnesota, said a cross-state task force helps drive statewide cyber priorities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nic Creswell, the portfolio acquisition executive for the Mission Partner Environment at DISA, said the goal is to test and expand capabilities at INDOPACOM. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A new survey from the National Association of State CIOs and Deloitte found state CISOs are facing growing demands that are not being matched by more resources. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bernice Russell-Bond, the North Carolina CISO, said she’s looking for the most impactful cyber tools while also maintaining fiscal responsibility. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Col. Christopher Hill, the director of the Army’s Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate, said his goal is to give soldiers new capabilities in 180 days. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colin Crosby, the deputy commandant for information and service data officer for the Marine Corps, said the service is embracing a data-centric future. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Laura Stanton, the acting commissioner of GSA’s FAS, said the changes will improve how the offices interact with each other as well as customers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Naval Postgraduate School launched a new Master of Science in AI degree program with 27 sailors and marines from the Naval Information Forces command. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zeke Topolosky, the Army’s program manager for the SBIR and STTR programs, said the service released five new topics to kick off the 2026 program. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kajal Pal, the Defense Cyber Crime Center’s architecture management of data and enterprise division chief, said tools like XDR are more important than ever. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hemant Baidwan, the former CISO at DHS and now executive CISO at Knox Systems, said his former agency is doing better to stay ahead of cyber threats. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Transportation Department and NOAA are using cloud services to help reduce technical debt and bring better services to citizens. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doug Robinson, the executive director of NASCIO, tells Jason Miller that state legislators introduced more than 1,000 bills focused artificial intelligence in 2025. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.