Let’s Talk About IT Ep. 19 Unleashing Automation in Government, ft. Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger Jun 3, 2021 | FEDSCOOP
One of the Air Force‘s top IT priorities for the next year, according to CIO Lauren Knausenberger, is to “ruthlessly attack manual process.” With programs like “Operation Flamethrower,” and “armies of bot minions,” the service is looking to automate a number of its legacy systems, software and processes to save time and money and let airmen focus on higher-value work.
“We’re at the point where we’ve shown that we can do [automation] very effectively and where we have a lot of our new projects naturally leaning toward more automated processes,” Knausenberger says in a new episode of FedScoop’s Let’s Talk About IT podcast. “And you get more automated processes organically, of course, by adopting cloud environments with built-in services that help take away a lot of the manual work of maintaining an environment
WIT names top female leaders of 2021
The Women in Technology organization named its top leaders for 2021 during a virtual gala Thursday night.
Winners were chosen from across a spectrum of companies and non-profits for the inspiration they provide and for the significant impact they have on the technology community.
The 2021 winners are:
Corporate Mid-Market Sector - Michelle Tuggle, Okta
Corporate Small-Market Sector - Manisha Morris, MSM Technology
Nonprofit & Academia - Sreelata Pillai, College Board
Rising Star - Shaleen Braley, General Dynamics IT
Small Business/Entrepreneur - Jen Sovada, Avantus (formerly MissionTech Solutions)
STEM Leadership - Patty Obermaier, Microsoft
Unsung Hero - Jessica Langlais, Alpha Omega Integration