The Daily Scoop Podcast: October 12, 2021

On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Office of Management and Budget is looking to hire a federal chief statistician, a position that has been vacant for almost two years.

Steven Grundman, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, discusses how the defense industry should be evaluating their solutions to better fit problems the Department of Defense is trying to solve.

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan (USAF-ret.), former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), Department of Defense, explains the significance of speed in artificial intelligence projects at the Pentagon and lessons learned from his experiences at the JAIC and standing up Project Maven. 

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