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2019 FEDERAL 100
Alexandra Givens
Executive Director, Institute for Technology Law and Policy Georgetown Law
Getting government to look ahead.
Givens led two roundtable discus- sions that brought together experts from government, industry, academia, the nonprofit sector and Capitol
Hill to influence the development of reports on artificial intelligence and ways to improve lawmakers’ tech- nology expertise. The Government Accountability Office used those insights to revamp its technology office, and lawmakers have intro- duced several bills in line with the group’s findings to revive the Office of Technology Assessment. Givens’ lead- ership was credited with helping to “frame an issue really effectively for maximum impact for a very high-level audience,” said Dan Chenok, execu- tive director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
David M. Gokey
Chief Engineer, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
Department of the Navy
The architect. Gokey tirelessly continues to improve the Situational Awareness Geospatial Enterprise proj- ect he helped launch. SAGE benefits thousands of first responders, humani- tarian groups, and state and local gov- ernments during disasters by ensur- ing that everyone on the ground has access to the same information in real time. SAGE is also the primary means to deliver unclassified geospatial data
to warfighters and mission partners no matter where they are or what data they need. To ensure that SAGE meets its critical mission goals, Gokey approached the various infrastructure projects as a cohesive whole, looking for efficiencies and creating repeat- able processes to speed time to value.
Margie Graves
Deputy Federal CIO
Office of Management and Budget
Driving PMA implementation.
Graves started 2018 as acting federal CIO, a job she had held throughout the first year of the Trump administra- tion. When Suzette Kent was appoint- ed federal CIO in late January, Graves pivoted back to the deputy role and was central to the implementation of the IT portion of the President’s Man- agement Agenda. It’s not unlike the work that won her a 2014 Federal 100 award but this time at government- wide scale. The PMA has been praised for its content and clarity, and Graves’ leadership and hands-on work with agencies ensured that those reform priorities could move toward reality.
Sanjay Gupta
CTO
Small Business Administration
Turnaround artist. When Gupta became SBA’s CTO, he joined one
of the most technology-challenged agencies. But he has been a key part of the turnaround team, running pilot projects to modernize the Trusted Internet Connections and Continuous
Diagnostics and Mitigation programs and leveraging on-premises and cloud environments to boost cybersecurity — cutting costs and complexity in the process. When the 2018 hurricane season hit, he moved SBA’s disaster assistance apps to the cloud, sav-
ing hardware expenses and getting 5,000 additional employees online in record time. Gupta now helps others flip their legacy technology and has shared SBA’s cloud and cybersecurity techniques with over 20 agencies.
Polly A. Hall
Strategy Lead, Procurement Innovation Lab
Department of Homeland Security
Culture warrior. Hall has had a pro- found influence on one of DHS’ most powerful internal forces for cultural change — the Procurement Innova- tion Lab. That “safe space” seeks to transform the agency’s acquisition cul- ture by allowing contracting officers to test new procurement models and take risks on innovative ideas. As part of her leadership role, Hall created boot camp-style workshops to train DHS employees on how to use the lab. She has also been a driving force behind many of the department’s other agile procurement efforts, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Grants Manage- ment Modernization program.
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