SDFM The Business of Defense
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Every federal employee has some level of liability exposure, but federal managers may be at a greater risk than they realize. Professional Liability Insurance (PLI) is available to help protect federal managers and supervisors when the unexpected happens.
October 11, 2021 -
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb whose new book outlines America’s epic failure in our response to the pandemic, leading to more than 700,000 deaths. “Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic” examines the inherent flaws at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public agencies that left us vulnerable to the raging pandemic. Dr. Gottlieb says the CDC and other agencies should be re-tooled to conduct more agile global disease surveillance, and that emerging therapeutics like Merck’s new oral COVID drug will be a game changer for treatment moving forward.
October 11, 2021 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Andrew Mitchell. Sponsored by Stratford University. What to do if your iPhone keeps locking up. And we meet the founder and CEO of Epic Games.
October 11, 2021 -
This week on FEDtalk, join an in-depth assessment of the most common myths in security clearance disputes. This program will provide updates on clearance reforms since FEDtalk’s last program on the issue: Sussing out the Security Clearance System. This show includes a Trusted Workforce 2.0 update, including information on the January 2021 memo expanding the established administrative process rights enjoyed by contractor employees to civilians, those in uniform, and contractors seeking SCI.
October 08, 2021 -
Mundane and often repetitive tasks can take a lot of time out of an employee’s day. Automating those tasks allows workers to put their focus elsewhere. Automation can be the perfect job satisfaction and innovation tool if workers can use their time on things that they enjoy and allow them to be creative.
October 07, 2021 -
If the pandemic was a threat to public health and a technical challenge to federal IT departments, it was also a gigantic opportunity for ransomware-motivated hackers. That phenomenon persists, presenting an ongoing need for protection.
October 07, 2021 -
The past 18 months have thrown a wrench in many of the military’s plans, but the supply chain is one that has taken a particularly hard hit. Army Materiel Command had a handful of backups that caused issues for the supply chain during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
October 06, 2021 -
It’s time to take a more comprehensive organization approach to cloud by incorporating detailed financial planning for the cloud. Brian Reynolds, principal for the Digital Transformation and Management Practice at Grant Thornton, calls this approach FinOps, a play on the DevOps principle in which technical, program and financial people work together continuously to ensure the agency gets the best return on the dollars it invests in commercial clouds.
October 05, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has been pushing for more transparency in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans for years. This transparency is important for fostering the continued quality and affordability of Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plans and aiding in personal health care decision-making.
October 04, 2021 -
Getting ID and access management right is important for several reasons. Sean Frazier, the federal chief security officer at Okta points out that the ID and access management “plane” in systems is an attractive place for attackers to gain access to networks and data.
October 04, 2021 -
What is the IT strategy for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)? How is it using technology and innovation to change the way it does business? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Jamie Holcombe, Chief Information Officer at USPTO. Original Broadcast Date: June 21, 2021
October 04, 2021 -
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Michael Mina, Epidemiologist and member of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard where they are taking a multi-disciplinary approach to tackling the ongoing pandemic. Dr. Mina has long been a proponent of making cheap, rapid, at-home COVID tests available to all Americans as a much more effective way to curtail the pandemic’s spread. He says these tests which have been deployed successfully in other countries, are almost 100 per cent effective in identifying potential infectious ‘super-spreaders’, and that government should classify them as a public health, not a medical, tool to allow for more swift production and deployment. He also discusses their efforts to build a global surveillance system for future disease outbreaks.
October 04, 2021 -
Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Andrew Mitchell. Sponsored by Stratford University. Find out if your Windows 11 is as secure as it can be. And we meet the founder of the Taiwanese company that makes 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips.
October 04, 2021 -
Eric McGrane, a growth leader for the defense enterprise services sector at GDIT, which manages the platform, said SaaS is one of several innovations that milCloud 2.0 is offering.
October 01, 2021 -
During this webinar, top government security experts from the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency provide a CDM status update and look towards the future.
September 27, 2021