Our breakdown of the federal CIO’s departure, OneGov’s future and whatever CMMC will look like

Greg Barbaccia’s impending departure from the federal chief information officer role after 18 months in it is one of a handful of headline topics that got industry’s attention over the past six weeks. As NextGov/FCW’s executive editor, Jessie Bur captains a team of reporters who cover developments across the government landscape with an eye toward those that overlap with our areas of interest here at WT. Jessie joins Nick and Ross for this episode to take a tour around the world of Fed Tech news and happenings, starting with Barbaccia’s pending exit from government and ending with the CMMC security standard’s very murky future. Their discussion agenda also includes the GovExec news team’s sit-down discussion with Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Virginia), whose district includes many federal employees and contractors. Artificial intelligence storylines and the OneGov technology acquisition program enter the chat too. Greg Barbaccia to leave federal CIO role at end of August HUD CIO tapped to lead Interior tech shop, people familiar say Interior CIO Paul McInerny exits position Transportation’s tech chief Pavan Pidugu to depart in September Inside the federal CIO’s culture-first approach Lawmaker warns of administration’s ‘fetishization’ of Silicon Valley startups Connolly's successor, James Walkinshaw, looks to carry on his IT and workforce legacy Energy expects $74M in annual savings from new AI and data tools AI, once relegated to helping hackers with certain tasks, can now power every stage of a cyberattack 7 tech companies commit to protect consumers from rising electricity prices Anthropic hires Teresa Carlson as public sector lead Anthropic held cyberthreat briefings with agency CIOs last month GSA is eyeing OneGov savings beyond software and tech, official says OneGov’s discounted deals are ‘a first step’ to longer-term contracts, officials say Nearly 3.4M users across government can use AI through OneGov, GSA official says CMMC suspension caught industry off guard, but the reasons did not Not again! CMMC's comprehensive review is déjà vu all over again DOD suspends CMMC Phase 2, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review