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 2018 FEDERAL 100
                                          Meagan Metzger
CEO and Founder
Dcode
Educating the innovators. Tapping into Silicon Valley-type talent has been the government’s stated goal for nearly a decade, yet innovative com- panies still face daunting barriers to entry. With Dcode, Metzger is teach- ing those  rms how to overcome the obstacles and understand how federal IT works. In 2017, she saw 27  rms graduate from the technology accel- erator program. And although the emphasis is on providing the tools, context and connections to help com- panies survive the long haul in federal contracting, the short-term dividends are obvious as well: Dcode companies won 21 contract awards in 2017.
Vicki D. Michetti
Director, Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Program Department of Defense
Secure sharing. Better information sharing with contractors is essen-
tial to DOD’s security posture, but
it requires trust that has not always been present. Michetti has created that safe space for collaboration through the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Program. After the National Institute of Standards and Technology  nalized guidelines for protecting unclassi ed information
in nonfederal systems, she spent 2017 making that guidance work for a diverse range of companies. She modi ed the eligibility criteria so that all cleared defense contractors can
participate and allowed companies to determine their level of participation. As one Federal 100 judge said, Michet- ti “has taken this to new heights.”
Steven R. Muck
Director, Privacy and Information Sharing, Of ce of the CIO Department of the Navy
Privacy protector. Muck has cham- pioned efforts to reduce the use
of Social Security numbers as the primary administrative identi er of Navy Department employees, includ- ing civilians, military personnel and government contractors. Limiting the reliance on this identi er helps pro- tect employees against the growing problem of identity theft and fraud. He is also responsible for ending the practice of requiring Pentagon visitors to write or say their SSN for identi - cation when checking in at the visitor center, which now has secure keypads for visitors to type their SSNs. “This is Steve’s passion,” said Kelly Fletcher, the department’s acting CIO. “He works the issue in his spare time.”
Mamta Patel Nagaraja
Science Engagement and Communications, Science Mission Directorate
NASA
Delivering the eclipse. Last year’s solar eclipse captivated the nation. And if you were among the more
than 90 million people who viewed NASA’s eclipse website, you can thank Nagaraja. She coordinated with  ve contractor teams to set up the live-
streaming web page and video series about the eclipse. Her behind-the- scenes work to plan, test, integrate and launch an IT architecture capable of supporting massive, unpredictable traf c levels took months. She gath- ered a wealth of information captured by 11 spacecraft, three airplanes, dozens of high-altitude balloons, TV crews and even astronauts on the International Space Station and made it all available for public consumption.
Brig. Gen. (retired)
Kevin J. Nally
CIO
U.S. Secret Service
The bodyguards’ bodyguard. While the Secret Service is busy protect-
ing the president, Nally protects
the Secret Service. He helped the agency achieve a near-perfect Federal Information Security Management Act score in 2017 while publishing
20 policies related to IT moderniza- tion and security. His work was so respected within the Department of Homeland Security that other com- ponents copied his approach, and
he is credited with helping to initiate similar standardization of cyberse- curity efforts across the department. “My staff knows where we’re going, and in terms of empowering them, I do my best to give them the resources to accomplish the plan and get to the vision,” Nally said.
          Meagan Metzger Vicki D. Michetti Steven R. Muck Mamta Patel Brig. Gen. Nagaraja (retired) Kevin
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