At the 2017 ACT-IAC Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg Va., Francis sat down with Gregory Giddens, executive director in the Office of Acquisition, Logistics & Construction at the Veterans Affairs Department, to discuss how the agency is approaching the Office of Management and Budget’s reorganization memo, as well as acquisition priorities for FY18.

Trey Kennedy, senior advisor at the CIO Council, discusses technology business management and other initiatives the Council is prioritizing.

In a special ELC-edition of the Federal Beat, Tom Shoop, executive editor-in-chief at Government Executive and Troy Schneider, editor-in-chief at FCW, discuss the top headlines from this years’ Executive Leadership Conference.