The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Financial systems may run on technology, but they're built on data and business processes. As the Department of the Navy consolidates systems and modernizes its financial environment, officials are discovering that some of the biggest obstacles are habits and assumptions inherited from earlier generations of technology. Joining me now is Greg Koval, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management Systems.
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After visiting 30 defense research sites, one message came through clearly: world-class scientists are often working around very ordinary obstacles. Aging facilities, lengthy security clearances and competition for talent are putting pressure on the Defense Department's research enterprise. Joining me to discuss the findings is Dr. Joseph Jewell, assistant secretary for science and technology.
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Coast Guard missions generate information from ships, aircraft, sensors and operational systems across the globe. Bringing that information together in a form operators can actually use has become a central focus of the service's modernization effort. Joining me now is Commander Jonathan White, chief of the Decision Advantage Office at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters.
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The Defense Department has narrowed its list of critical technology areas and is rethinking how it identifies, funds and scales emerging capabilities. The goal is to focus resources where technological advantage matters most, while bringing new companies and new sources of capital into the process. My guest is Mike Dodd, assistant secretary for critical technologies.
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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Some of the Pentagon's toughest technology challenges aren't technical at all. A recent review of the defense research enterprise found recruiting, hiring and aging facilities are slowing progress where innovation matters most
Artificial intelligence may help the Navy's financial managers someday. But first they have to untangle decades of systems, data structures and business processes that were never designed to work together
If everything is critical, nothing is. One Defense Department leader says a sharper technology focus is changing how government works with industry, investors, and emerging companies
From fisheries patrols to Arctic operations, the Coast Guard is building new ways to turn operational data into usable information
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