New acquisition leader at the Pentagon; TSP technology update; Making ZT work at DOL

On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating another outage of its electronic health records system.

The Department of Defense’s new acquisition leader is finally in place. Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro (USMC-ret.), CEO of The Punaro Group and chair of the National Defense Industrial Association, discusses the confirmation of Bill LaPlante and what it means for the Pentagon.

The Thrift Savings Plan is headed for a May 16 deadline. Kim Weaver, director of external affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains the next marker for the TSP’s technology upgrade.

At CyberScoop’s Zero Trust Summit, Department of Labor Deputy Chief Information Security Officer Karl Hellmann explains how his agency is making zero trust work.

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