Episode 1: Mission Meets Reality

Episode 1 of Fed UP: Where Mission Meets Reality — the first conversation about what's broken and what's next.

Mary Womack January 31, 2026 5 min read

Episode 1 of Fed UP: Where Mission Meets Reality — the first conversation about what's broken and what's next.

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Mary Womack

Federal health IT professional and founder of Mission Meets Tech. I write about what policy, procurement, and platform decisions actually mean for the people doing the work.

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