We the people... Opening Government for the People... By the People
Dr. Patrick Dowd, chief technology officer and chief architect, National Security Agency (Photo: FedScoop)
After recent leaks exposed the more clandestine side of the National Security Agency, the agency’s chief technology officer remained committed to open source, cloud-based software as the best way to consolidate NSA’s servers, save money and protect its systems from cyberthreats.
“There are billions of dollars waiting for us,” U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said of the efficiencies available to federal departments and agencies through efficiency efforts currently being undertaken by the White House.
Most might assume the Defense Department’s chief information officer’s daily struggles differ significantly from other IT professionals’ obstacles. Everyone — except Teri Takai.
“The leadership and transformation challenges that I have are not very different than your day-to-day challenges,” Takai told the audience at FedTalks 2013 on June 12.
Congress hasn’t passed serious legislation on it in 11 years. The federal government is not structurally organized to address it. And the public won’t push for real action until a “Pearl Harbor” type of event.
FedTalks 2013 (Photo: FedScoop)
Cyber, cloud, sequestration and a man who pretended to be a pilot.
That was the scene Wednesday as more than 800 leaders from government and industry joined FedScoop for FedTalks 2013 at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C.
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