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Jesse Burr

Jesse Burr

Executive Editor of Nextgov/FCW, federal technology and cybersecurity journalist with 8+ years covering government IT

Jul 27, 2026

2:28
Take us through where he's leaving off and where his successor will be picking up on.
2:33
So, I mean, Greg was the top tech official in government during a time of pretty significant upheaval.
2:42
Um, we had a lot of just the general workforce leaving, but that was also some significant tech teams.
2:50
Um, and we saw the administration having to kind of reorient and respond to that and try to bring on new talent, starting this, uh, tech force to sort of incentivize people from industry to come back into government service.
3:06
Greg has also talked to NextGov FCW about how much of his effort in the role was around culture more so than the actual technology itself, so trying to establish a culture of innovation, of faster turnarounds, of, you know, a more agile technology environment in government, um, rather than saying you have to onboard X, Y, and Z products or services.

9 MINS LATER

12:14
how quickly will he earn any seniority? 'Cause he's, like, the, one of the lower s- in the seniority ranks, uh, in Congress, so.
12:21
Yeah, in terms of how long he's been in Congress, he's, uh, sort of near the bottom.
12:27
But Connolly, who he succeeded and who in many ways he's a spiritual successor to in terms of policy, was one of the main movers and shakers when it comes to tech and workforce policy in Congress.

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