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GovExec Daily: The Major Changes In Federal Digital Operations and Acquisition
Stan Soloway joins the podcast to discuss President Joe Biden's appointments and how they will attempt to modernize government.
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‘I Feel like I’m Drowning’: Women Business Owners Keep Hitting New Barriers to Federal Loan Aid
Women, especially women of color, are driving small-business growth during a pandemic in which they’ve been hit particularly hard — and missed out on help.
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Video Conferencing Can Tank Collective Intelligence
By reducing synchrony among speakers, video conferencing actually may make it harder to communicate effectively than non-visual ways of connecting.
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Biden Appointments Signal Major Changes In Digital Operations and Acquisition
Early signs suggest federal agencies may be on the cusp of a significant leap forward.
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Why ‘Zoom Fatigue’ Is Worse For Women
New findings may clarify why women are suffering more from Zoom fatigue, or feeling worn out from lots of online video calls.
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The U.S. Just Set Ambitious Offshore Wind Power Targets – What Will It Take to Meet Them?
To increase renewable energy use, the Biden administration wants the U.S. to go from seven offshore wind turbines today to enough to power 10 million homes within a decade.
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There’s Nothing Historic About Biden’s NASA Pick
After 62 years, the space agency will have to wait a little longer for its first female leader.
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GovExec Daily: Modernizing DHA Records Management
Dcode's Riya Patel joins the show to discuss how the Defense Health Agency is looking to update its systems.
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Thousands of American Jobs May Depend on Performance of a New GSA Website
Biden’s new “Made in America” executive order creates an opportunity to close loopholes that allow companies to manufacture products overseas for nebulous reasons.
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GovExec Daily: A First-Person COVID-19 Vaccine Experience
Host Ross Gianfortune joins producer Adam Butler to discuss Gianfortune's experience getting his first dose in D.C.
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Why Too Many Government Modernization Efforts Fail
Technology “solutions” almost never address the organizational issues critical to success.
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‘Cruel’ Digital Race For Vaccines Leaves Many Seniors Behind
Glitchy websites, jammed phone lines and long lines outside clinics are commonplace as states expand who’s eligible to be vaccinated. The oldest Americans and those without caregivers and computer skills are at a distinct disadvantage.
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GovExec Daily: Getting Politics Out of the COVID-19 Response
Dr. Ron Sanders joins the show to discuss how the Biden administration can get out apolitical information to fight the pandemic.
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The U.S. Spent $2.2 Million on a Cybersecurity System That Wasn’t Implemented — and Might Have Stopped a Major Hack
The software company SolarWinds unwittingly allowed hackers’ code into thousands of federal computers. A cybersecurity system called in-toto, which the government paid to develop but never required, might have protected against this.
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GovExec Daily: Records Transfer and the Trump Administration
Courtney Bublé joins the show to discuss the concerns about the Trump administration's records management.
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The Simple Task That Mars Made Impossible
NASA spent nearly two years trying to wrangle a probe designed to burrow into the planet’s soil.
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Can the U.S. Keep COVID-19 Variants in Check? Here’s What It Takes
The U.S. has fumbled almost every step of its public health response in its battle against COVID-19. Experts say that must change if we’re going to outflank the variants emerging as the virus continues to mutate
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GovExec Daily: How the Government and Contractors Can Cooperate on IT Security
SAP National Security Services CEO Mark Testoni joins the podcast to discuss how agencies can more effectively use contracting to secure critical infrastructure.
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GovExec Daily: The Biden Administration’s Coronavirus Response
Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss how the Biden administration is addressing the COVID-19 crisis.
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