NASCIO Voices
A podcast from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). Amy Glasscock and Alex Whitaker interview guests (state CIOs, NASCIO members, strategic partners and colleagues) to get their unique stories and perspectives on state information technology, leadership and lessons learned.
Podcasting since 2019 • 143 episodes
NASCIO Voices
Latest Episodes
NASCIO Midyear in Philly (A Little East Coast Swing)
Goodbye to National Harbor, hello to Philadelphia. Alex and Amy are joined again by NASCIO's director of experience and engagement, Emily Lane to talk all about what we can expect at the NASCIO Midyear Conference coming up in Philadelphia. We t...
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Episode 142
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14:00
NASCIO Goes to Capitol Hill
Today Alex fills us in on the recent hearing on the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program and the testimony from Utah CIO Alan Fuller and CT CIO Mark Raymond. We also talk about making our homes more energy efficient and the new publicati...
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Episode 141
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15:20
The Obvious (and Simple) Way to Improve State RFPs
Today Alex and Amy are joined by Waldo Jaquith with US Digital Response to discuss a new joint publication on improving the RFP process with a simple summary sheet.We also discuss the importance of user research and who would play us in ...
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Episode 140
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13:11
How to Get Better Answers from Generative AI with Indiana's Bryan Zaczek
Alex and Amy talk with Bryan Zaczek who works as a principal data scientist with the state of Indiana's Management Performance Hub. Bryan walks us through the art of prompt engineering to get better answers from generative AI tools. We also tal...
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Episode 139
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16:49
How the Federal Funding Freeze Affects States, Plus Japan's Government IT Workforce Challenges
Today Amy and Alex talk about how the federal funding freeze might affect the Cybersecurity Grant Program and state IT offices. Plus Amy tells Alex about what she learned about the Japanese local government system, their workforce challenges th...
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Episode 138
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