Summary: Fourteen days after the CARES Act passed, the Small Business Administration processed more spending for loans than it would normally handle in 14 years. The agency has also had to scale up its network to handle a workforce of 20,000 users, about five times what it needed before the coronavirus pandemic. For more on how SBA expanded its IT capabilities to meet this economic crisis, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the SBA’s Chief Technology Officer Sanjay Gupta. But first you’ll hear from Deputy Chief Information Officer, Guy Cavallo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
