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.

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Missed FedTalks 2013? Here’s a Storify with event highlights.

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.