The Buzz with ACT-IAC

How Government Built This: How USDA is Paving the Way for Digital Transformation

August 16, 2022 Episode 69
The Buzz with ACT-IAC
How Government Built This: How USDA is Paving the Way for Digital Transformation
Show Notes

Welcome to  “How Government Built This,” a six-part podcast and blog post series developed by the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation (FIT) in collaboration with The Buzz with ACT-IAC.

This week, host Jesrael Lopez is joined by Dr. Michael Valivullah, Chief Technology Officer at the US Department of Agriculture.

Michael's perspective on digital transformation is informed by the mission areas of the USDA, which has been collecting data for over 150 years. He emphasizes the importance of cloud computing and upskilling and reskilling the agency's workforce.
 
Resources:

 ACT-IAC Health Community of Interest (COI) White Paper “Policy Considerations for the Use of Synthetic Healthcare Data

Federal Insights Exchange (FIE) Chief Data Officer (CDO) Panel on September 7th from 10 AM to 11 AM. Register here

Fiscal Service's Digital End-to-End Efficiency Playbook

For more information on ACT-IAC’s Emerging Technology COI’s CDO outreach initiative, please email actiacnucsl@gmail.com 

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Intro/Outro Music: Focal Point/Young Community
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