People-centric IT modernization; Getting your company ready to bid for grant work

On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Department of Health and Human Services has launched its new artificial intelligence website, listing out priorities for 2022.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocates $550 billion in federal spending towards new investments in areas like transportation, energy and broadband. Much of this money will be awarded as grants. Angela Styles, partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP and former administrator of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget tells Francis how businesses should think differently about federal grants versus contracts.

President and CEO at Intrusion and former Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott explains how federal CIO’s and chief information security officers should be putting people first when undertaking modernization efforts at their agencies.

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