Ranked #1
View From the Hill
View From the Hill
Congress shapes the technology priorities for federal agencies, which is why we spoke to Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, a two-... Read more
17 Jul 2018
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27mins
Ranked #2
Inside DARPA’s DARPA
Inside DARPA’s DARPA
The Pentagon’s research wing, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was created when Russia launched Sputnik an... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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24mins
Ranked #3
We Need the People
We Need the People
The government faces a serious brain drain: For every one tech worker under 30 years old, there are almost five who are ... Read more
19 Jun 2018
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25mins
Ranked #4
The Big Money
The Big Money
The coming year will have a focus on procurement speed, Deltek Director of Federal Market Analysis Deniece Peterson and ... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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25mins
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A Quantum Leap
A Quantum Leap
We rely on a variety of different encryption techniques to keep our digital lives safe as we bank, chat and conduct busi... Read more
1 Oct 2019
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23mins
Ranked #6
The New Congress (And a Shutdown)
The New Congress (And a Shutdown)
It’s a new year and we’re looking at a new Congress. We chat with Mike Hettinger about what the federal tech community n... Read more
10 Jan 2019
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28mins
Ranked #7
At Your Digital Service, Part 1
At Your Digital Service, Part 1
The U.S. Digital Service started in 2014 as a kind of tech SWAT team after the disastrous initial rollout of Healthcare.... Read more
21 May 2019
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25mins
Ranked #8
The Innovators
The Innovators
Facebook’s mantra may be “move fast and break stuff” but the federal government doesn’t work like that. Change can be an... Read more
14 May 2019
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28mins
Ranked #9
Assessing the Cybersecurity Landscape with Rep. Jim Langevin
Assessing the Cybersecurity Landscape with Rep. Jim Langevin
Government agencies will always be a valuable target to hackers.The biggest problems—and fixes—in federal cybersecurity ... Read more
21 Aug 2018
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27mins
Ranked #10
Containing Chernobyl
Containing Chernobyl
In the late 1990s, Eric Schmieman, then-chief engineer at Battelle Memorial Institute, and his team were tapped to head ... Read more
9 Jul 2019
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25mins
Ranked #11
Defense Digital Service: A New Hope
Defense Digital Service: A New Hope
The Defense Digital Service has a simple motto: Get shit done. But within the government's largest agency, that’s easier... Read more
4 Jun 2019
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30mins
Ranked #12
The Hidden Threats of 5G
The Hidden Threats of 5G
If 4G networks connected everyone, 5G promises to connect everything—self-driving cars, service robots, wearable devices... Read more
25 Sep 2019
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21mins
Ranked #13
How Hackers Get Stuck In HADES
How Hackers Get Stuck In HADES
They say you catch more flies with honey, and a research team at Sandia National Laboratories has taken that to heart. T... Read more
11 Sep 2019
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32mins
Ranked #14
The Defender’s Dilemma
The Defender’s Dilemma
Salary caps, lengthy onboarding and rigid career ladders have historically made it hard for federal agencies to recruit ... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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26mins
Ranked #15
At Your Digital Service, Part 2
At Your Digital Service, Part 2
The U.S. Digital Service doesn’t work on just one project: Its teams tackle governmentwide projects and drop in to help ... Read more
28 May 2019
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9mins
Ranked #16
Improving the Tech That Feeds America
Improving the Tech That Feeds America
In the latest episode of Critical Update, USDA’s Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Bill Northey, join... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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23mins
Ranked #17
Innovating from the Top
Innovating from the Top
Suzette Kent was named the federal CIO in February, chosen to lead the government’s IT efforts. In the Trump administrat... Read more
15 May 2018
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27mins
Ranked #18
Bonus Episode: Facing a Growing Cyber Threat
Bonus Episode: Facing a Growing Cyber Threat
The Homeland Security Department plays a critical role in cybersecurity. The agency not only oversees cybersecurity for ... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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33mins
Ranked #19
What Government Doesn’t Get About the Social Media War
What Government Doesn’t Get About the Social Media War
The use of social media could mark as fundamental a change to the way we conduct politics and conflict as the telegram, ... Read more
2 Oct 2018
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41mins
Ranked #20
Oorah, 3D printing
Oorah, 3D printing
We talk to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell about how they’re using 3D printing in the fiel... Read more
9 Oct 2018
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33mins
