The GIST of Govt IT
The weekly show that breaks down ideas, innovations and decisions that cut through complexity and offer real insights from the intersection of technology and the mission.
The GIST of Govt IT
Latest Episodes
A Pause, Not a Pass on CMMC
On July 13, the Department of War hit pause on one of the most consequential compliance regimes in the defense industrial base. In Episode 14 of The GIST of Govt IT, Brian and Sean break down the suspension of CMMC Phase II — the third-party as...
Fed Christmas in July? The OMB M-26-14 Holiday Rush Begins!
Level One by Christmas. Level Two by Valentine's Day. Level Three by Independence Day. That's the OMB M-26-14 logging mandate clock federal agencies are now racing against — and if you don't want to spend your holidays at the office, it's time ...
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The Founding Fathers' Guide to Federal IT
Happy 250th birthday, America. In this special shortened Fourth of July episode of The GIST of Govt IT, Brian and Sean keep it snackable for the beach-and-boat crowd — kicking off with a debate over favorite founding fathers before turning to a...
The Five-Dollar Agentic AI Hacker
Four days. A spare $500 mini PC from Microcenter. An open-source quantized model running on 512 MB of VRAM. And by Thursday morning, an autonomous AI agent named Jenkins was finding vulnerabilities, chaining exploits, gaining root, and maintain...
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An Apache Down. An ASV Up: Crossing the Rubicon for Autonomous Warfare
In Episode 10 of The GIST of Govt IT, Brian and Sean are joined by David Hutchins, Director of Naval Systems and Defense Technology at Forecast International, fresh off SOF Week in Tampa to discuss the pervasiveness of autonomous systems and pl...
