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The IT Modernization All Hands meeting for Federal employees across U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was held in the Jefferson Auditorium on Aug, 21, 2018. Speakers included USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky, USDA Assistant Secretary for Administration Don Bice, USDA Chief Information Officer Gary Washington, USDA Deputy Chief Information Officer Francisco Salguero, Joanne Collins Smee, General Services Administration (GSA) Technology Transformation Services Director, Telora Dean, Information Technology Modernization Executive Director, and Joseph Doyle, Secretary's Customer Service Coordinator. Presentations were made on IT Modernization Initiatives by Darren Ash, Assistant Chief Information Officer (ACIO) for FPAC, and Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Customer Experience Center of Excellence (CoE) Lead on the Customer Experience initiative, Mia Jordan, ACIO Rural Development, and Meghan Daly, Contact Center CoE Lead on the Contact Center initiative, Ted Kaouk, CIO Chief of Staff, and Tom Hallaran, Data Analytics CoE Lead on Data Analytics, Ed Reyelts, Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO) for Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC), and Jay Huie, Cloud Adoption CoE Lead on Cloud Adoption, Ed Reyelts, ACIO DISC, and Dan Pomeroy, IT Infrastructure Optimization CoE Lead on the Data Center Consolidation and IT Infrastructure Optimization initiative, Tacy Summersett, Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and Brad Rounding, Director of Information Security Center (ISC) on the Cybersecurity initiative and Frank Hoeppel, Acting Associate CIO for Client Experience Center (CEC) on the End-user Modernization and Consolidation. There was a half hour question and answer session at the end with the questions being fielded by an OCIO Panel comprised of Janet Stevens Associate Chief Information Officer FSIS, Frank Hoeppel, Acting Associate CIO for CEC, Doug Nash, Associate CIO for AMS, Mia Jordan, Associate CIO for RD and Don Modder, Acting Associate CIO for Forrest Service.