Innovation of the Year The General Services Administration aspires to provide centralized artificial intelligence tools for use across the government. Earlier this year, it introduced GSAi internally…

Innovation of the Year FedRAMP 20X is accelerating federal cloud adoption by streamlining security authorization and compliance across government agencies. The program modernizes FedRAMP’s approach, integrating automated…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Abby Bowman is leading NASA’s digital transformation as the agency’s web modernization lead. Since 2022, she has spearheaded efforts to consolidate NASA’s…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Remy DeCausemaker is the open source lead for the Digital Service at CMS, where he pioneers the integration of open-source practices into…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Samantha Hubner is a senior AI policy advisor in the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of Management…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Danielle Rowell serves as chief information security officer at the Office of Personnel Management, bringing over a decade of cybersecurity expertise to…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Drew Zachary is the deputy chief innovation officer at the U.S. Census Bureau, where she leads initiatives to modernize data systems and…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Chris Kuang co-leads the U.S. Digital Corps, a two-year fellowship launched in August 2021 by the Biden administration in the General Services…

Most Inspiring Up & Comer Amber Chaudhry is the chief experience officer at the Department of Justice, where she leads transformative efforts to humanize federal services through…

Industry Leadership Chris Townsend serves as the vice president of public sector at Elastic, where he leads the company’s efforts to provide federal, state, and local governments…