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
If You're Not First, You're Last: A Former Govt. CTO's Perspective
Steve Wallace spent 15 years at DISA, seven and a half of them as CTO, building some of the largest IT programs the Department has ever attempted. Now 130 days into his role as Public Sector CTO at F5, Steve joins Brian and Sean to share...
A Wrap on FY26: Trading Disruption for Execution
In this season finale, Brian and Sean look back on a year that traded disruption for execution. Sean breaks down the wave of end-of-year infrastructure buys as CIOs finally funded the routers, switches, and Wi-Fi that leadership rarely sees but...
Security Compliance Checklists vs. Commander's Intent
The government is great at security governance — but that isn't the same as being secure. In Episode 18 of The GIST of Govt IT, Brian and Sean sit down with Ian Kelly of Cloudflare, a self-described liberal arts major turned 15-year Goog...
The LRA is Here and the Clock is Ticking!
It's here. On August 20, CISA dropped the Logging Reference Architecture (LRA) a practitioner's guide that operationalizes OMB M-26-14 and the countdown just got real. In this episode of The GIST of Govt IT, Brian and Sean break down the...
Federal AI Wants to Fly but Data Weighs it Down
Somewhere between 60% and 80% of federal AI projects have stalled out and the common denominator almost always traces back to the data. In Episode 16 of The GIST of Govt IT, Brian and Sean sit down with Matt Lawson, Director of Solution ...
