Safeguarding independence for Inspectors General and improving federal cybersecurity

On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, Google Cloud is prepping a bid for the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC), if invited by the Pentagon.

Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at Gartner and former senior analyst at the Government Accountability Office, explains what federal agencies can learn from private sector digitization efforts.

As the threat landscape between foreign adversaries and organized ransomware groups continues to shift, Dave Powner of MITRE explains his eight recommendations for Congress to improve federal cybersecurity.

Allison Lerner, Inspector General at the National Science Foundation and Chairperson, Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), joins the podcast to talk more about her recent testimony to Congress about ensuring independence of federal IG’s as they conduct their work.

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