Accelerating Government is a production of the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) and Federal News Network. Host Dave Wennergren is the CEO of ACT-IAC, a nonprofit organization which has worked for more than 40 years to bring together government and industry leaders to accelerate government mission outcomes through collaboration, leadership and education. Dave has served in a number of senior positions in government, including as the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer and vice chairman of the Federal CIO Council. He’s also a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a CIO-SAGE at the Partnership for Public Service.
Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 72: Innovation Spotlight – Department of Veterans Affairs
On this episode of Accelerating Government, host Dave Wennergren talks with a group of leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs who were the recipients of a 2026 ACT-IAC Innovation Impact Award for the “Ophthalmology Deep Learning AI Software” initiative.Guests:Manuj Kapur, M.D., VISN 7 CRH staff ophthalmologist (staff ophthalmologist at Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System). https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuj-kapur-ba88a1166/Amber Goetschius, M. Ed., RT, project manager - program analyst (director, VHA Innovation Ecosystem Fellowships). https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambergo/Brian Goldhagen, MD, attending Ophthalmologist, Bruce W. Carter VAMC, Miami FL, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Univ of Miami, Miami FLAmmer Saati, M.D., mathematical statistician, Atlanta VA R&D April Maa, M.D., Tele-Surgical director for VISN 23 CRH. https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-maa-06857539/ Additional Resources:To learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/
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2 Sept 2026
Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 71: HR Modernization
On this episode of Accelerating Government, host Dave Wennergren talks with a group of leaders about ACT-IAC’s recently released Federal HR Management Technology Market Research Report.Guests:Jim Cook, founder and CEO, Action to Impact Strategies, LLC and chair, ACT-IAC Institute for Innovation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cook-10ab23a/Gary Washington, chief strategy officer at ACT-IAC, former USDA CIO and past president of the American Council for Technology. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-washington-995413a5/Mark Abel, vice president, Capture and Strategic Growth and Go to Market Executive for Workforce Solutions, Maximus Federal. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-abel-2ab9931/Steve Krauss, principal, SLK Executive Advisory LLC and long-time ACT-IAC volunteer leader. https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-krauss-b9b22/Additional Resources:To read the ACT-IAC Federal HR Management Technology Market Research Report: https://www.actiac.org/documents/federal-human-resource-management-technology-market-researchTo learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/
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3 Aug 2026
Accelerating Government with ACT-IAC – Episode 70: Innovation Spotlight – CMS & TRM Labs
On this episode, host Dave Wennergren talks with our 2026 Innovation Champion award winner Brittany Gains from CMS and Innovation Impact Award winners Rita Martess and Christopher Wong from TRM Labs.Guests:Brittany Gaines, special assistant, CPI Front Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-gaines-79a657121/ Rita Martess, Blockchain Intelligence, TRM Labs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-martess/ Christopher Wong, Global Investigator, TRM Labs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-wong-93b082285/ Additional Resources:To learn more about ACT-IAC, please visit our website: https://www.actiac.org/
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