Podcast appearances and mentions of dan tangherlini

Early in the morning on March 1, without notice, the General Services Administration eliminated its 18F program, what was an internal team of tech consultants and engineers that developed open-source tools to improve digital services across the federal government. Just short of its 11th birthday, 18F had grown to be a staple in the federal government's digital services development and acquisition space. Now when you type in "18F.gov" to visit its website, you're met with an error message. The team has been completely wiped from the face of the federal government. GSA hasn't given much reasoning for the termination. Thomas Shedd, head of the agency's Technology Transformation Services organization that housed 18F, said during a town hall last week that the decision was based purely on its reported cashflow struggles and that it hadn't been cost-recoverable. Dan Tangherlini, former GSA administrator when 18F was founded, joins the Daily Scoop to share his thoughts on what 18F meant to good government, the legacy of the organization, and how GSA will continue to serve as the federal government's center of tech excellence without this key team moving forward. Roughly a month after being replaced as acting CIO of the Department of Energy, Principal Deputy CIO Dawn Zimmer is now back serving in the department's top IT role, multiple sources familiar with the change confirmed to FedScoop. Zimmer is filling the CIO position for the second time since Inauguration Day after Ryan Riedel briefly took on the role overseeing the department's $4.3 billion IT portfolio in early February. As FedScoop first reported, Zimmer returned to her primary role as principal deputy CIO at Energy when Riedel, previously a network engineer at Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, was appointed to the CIO role. She took over the acting CIO role after Biden administration Energy CIO Ann Dunkin stepped down at the change of administrations. It's unclear why Riedel departed the role after just over a month. The Energy Department did not return questions about his short tenure. President Donald Trump nominated Sean Plankey to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday, the last major piece to fall into place for cybersecurity leadership in his administration. Plankey served in the first Trump administration, holding a few posts with cyber responsibilities. He was the principal deputy assistant secretary for the Energy Department's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response in 2019 and 2020. Before that he was director of cyber policy at the National Security Council, starting in 2018. He has most recently been at the global cybersecurity advisory company WTW. Plankey was briefly under consideration in 2020 to lead the agency he's now nominated to be director of after Trump forced Chris Krebs out of the role. He had long been thought to be Trump's pick this time around, too. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Monday-Friday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast  on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube.

Starting tomorrow, D.C. is phasing out its Circulator bus routes. Dan Tangherlini, who launched the service when he ran the city's transportation department, is here to tell us how we got here, and what might get lost when the Circulator stops circulating.   You can read Dan's Greater Greater Washington piece on the Circulator here. Our next live taping is Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Black Cat. Come join us to learn about the juiciest election stories of the year, from the fierce clash over ranked choice voting to an indicted councilmember's scandalous reelection bid with zero competition. RSVP here. Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC. You can also become a member, with ad-free listening, for as little as $8 a month. Learn more about the sponsors of this September 30th episode: National Museum of Women in the Arts  Paulson & Nace Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, The Buzz presents a session from our archives.The concept of customer experience has driven business decisions in private industry for some time, but it's only in the last decade that CX, or citizen service, has become a focus of government. The creation of healthcare.gov in 2013 heralded a new era in government, one marked by an interest in the lessons learned from tech start-ups and the relationship between IT systems, government processes and the people that use them. In this fireside chat from ACT-IAC's 2014 Executive Leadership Conference, we see the beginning stages of an ongoing conversation that continues to evolve to this day. Dan Tangherlini, then General Administrator of the GSA, discussed all this and more with Evan Burfield, entrepreneur, author and civic tech enthusiast.  Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to never miss an episode! For more from ACT-IAC, follow us on LinkedIn or visit http://www.actiac.org.Learn more about membership at https://www.actiac.org/join.Donate to ACT-IAC at https://actiac.org/donate.

Join host Mark Gilbreath for "THE FLEXIBLE OFFICE ECONOMY" a weekly dive into the fast moving waters of flexible office, Coworking, mobility, workplace experience and commercial real estate,  featuring candid conversations with innovators and leaders from across the Flexible Office Economy.    This weeks guest: Dan Tangherlini - CFO at Emerson Collective, former Administrator GSA What you'll hear on this episode The Govt covid response to COVID and workplace safety Reflections on the GSA's pursuit of real estate efficiency and “the flexible office plan” The policy vs politics, the WFH vs Office debate Contemplating the economics of workplace health and safety The perils of the current alt-fact world People and companies mentioned Dan Tangherlini, Emerson Collective, CDC, USGBC, GSA, PBS, US Treasury Department, Obama, Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, James Gorman, Morgan Stanley, Danny Werfel, Gov Actually, Cass Sunstein  

How do you maximize the intake of information in a short amount of time? How do you accurately evaluate if someone is, in fact, a good listener during hiring? What do being a paramedic and executive have in common? In episode four of the HiPERleadership podcast, join David and his guest Dan Tangherlini, former CFO of U.S. Department of the Treasury and former Administrator of U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) as they answer these questions and more. The two unpack the steps Dan took to make radical change happen in the wake of an internal spending scandal at GSA. Learn the critical role engaged listening played in the turnaround. Walk away with techniques business leaders can use in their own transformation. To learn more about taking your organization from the new normal to the new exceptional visit www.hipersolutions.com.

Dan Tangherlini, former GSA administrator and chief financial officer at Emerson Collective, discusses the White House’s new policy development center, and how it will bring outside voices to the discussion. Bob Hale, former DoD comptroller and senior executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses how Congress could pare down the $750 billion Pentagon budget proposal, and why the position of comptroller is “good for a Grinch.” Rosemary Johnson, senior vice president of Savi, and Anthony Scrifignano, chief data scientist at Dun and Bradstreet, discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s supply chain and risk management initiatives, and how leveraging data can help.

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Last Friday, around closing time, the White House dropped a bomb in the form of an executive order — one that restricts travel of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations to the United States, suspends the entry of any refugees for 120 days, and bars Syrian refugees indefinitely. In this week’s episode of Gov Actually, hosts Dan Tangherlini and Danny Werfel talk about the political communication cycle in government, their firsthand experience with it, and if what seems like a stodgy and dated process remains that way for a reason, in light of the way the new White House handled the news over the weekend. On episode 6, Gov Actually features its second guest, Eric Schultz, the former principal deputy press secretary under Barack Obama, in his first public interview since leaving the White House. Schultz has since take a senior advisory position with former President Obama for his post-presidency communications. Chatting with Dan and Danny, Schultz recalls his work managing communications around crises. “Nobody wanted to see me in their meetings,” he says. “I always got bad looks whenever I entered a room.” The three go on to discuss how the administration handles hot-button news items, navigates the press, and conveys an image of trust and transparency with the public during trying times. Spoiler alert: Schultz explains there’s no “secret sauce” and his team didn’t have some “monopoly on wisdom.” They just experimented, balancing tried-and-true techniques with the creativity needed in the era of new media, he says.

Gov Actually returns this week, after hosting its first guest Beth Cobert in episode 4, to address the forthcoming leadership changes with the transition of administrations and how a major driver of success for new leaders will be their ability to keep their workforce happy and engaged. “Is part of your mindset I want to be the right director for these people?” Gov Actually co-host Danny Werfel questions, referring to the thoughts of nominee for Office of Management and Budget head, Mick Mulvaney. “In this case, these 475 people — I want to figure out what their needs are in a leader and what helps them be better at their job, and how the director can do that. Do I want to have that mindset as part of how I think about my aspirations.” “Or do you divorce yourself from that and just look at it more through the lense of the broader macro of cutting the deficit and supporting the West Wing and the president in some way?” he wonders. “I can’t imagine there’s anyone who comes to a job like that who doesn’t” worry about how they’ll be perceived, “even if they would never outwardly admit it,” says co-host Dan Tangherlini. In many cases, it comes down to being a likeable person, he says. There’s a difference, though, between being liked in the short-term and being respected in the long-run, Tangherlini posits. Likeable leaders will let their employees out early on Fridays, whereas respected leaders “take their agency to a new place and a new level.”

​Acting OPM Director Beth Cobert joins Dan Tangherlini, former administrator of the General Services Administration, and Danny Werfel, who spent time as the acting commissioner of the IRS, on this episode of Gov Actually to talk about "the call" — the moment they were each asked to take over a federal agency and lead the damage control during a major government crisis.​

People are nervous. Tensions are high. Morale is low. It's been eight years since the federal government has experienced a presidential transition, and many federal workers haven't been through such a drastic change. Adding in the fact that President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on platforms of "draining the swamp" and that Washington is broken, many civil servants may be questioning whether they want to stay on for the new administration. In this episode of the Gov Actually podcast, hosts Dan Tangherlini and Danny Werfel, who've both experienced presidential transitions firsthand, make the case that federal employees shouldn't let their anxieties get the best of them. Giving a pep talk of sorts, Werfel says in the podcast "I actually feel this is the exciting moment. This is what you signed up for when you're a civil servant, which is this moment where things are going to shift underneath your feet in terms of the direction your agency is going, and above your head the politics are moving in very different directions. Yet you have to keep moving forward and serve the institution, and serve the mission, and continue on your path as a career civil servant." Tangherlini published a blog post about this in November in response to the many talented members of the U.S. Digital Service and 18F who were considering leaving government, putting the future of their young organizations in jeopardy. As he explains in this episode, he believes those civil servants should give the new administration a shot. As always, let us know what you think of the podcast and what you might want to hear on future episodes. And if you missed it, catch up on the first episode of Gov Actually.

FedScoop Radio introduces Gov Actually, a podcast series hosted by Dan Tangherlini, president of federal for Seamless Docs, and Danny Werfel, a director with the Boston Consulting Group, in which they set aside the politics of Washington to discuss the operations and management elements that really drive the federal government. The hosts reflect on their public sector experience to give their candid perspectives on the issues and challenges unique to federal service. Prior to their current roles, Tangherlini served as administrator of the General Services Administration and Werfel spent time as the acting commissioner of the IRS.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Diploma and Hooding Ceremony was held at Mandel Hall on Saturday, June 13, following the 523rd Convocation. Dan Tangherlini, M.P.P. ‘91, delivered the keynote address.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Diploma and Hooding Ceremony was held at Mandel Hall on Saturday, June 13, following the 523rd Convocation. Dan Tangherlini, M.P.P. ‘91, delivered the keynote address.