Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity & Communications at the Department of Homeland Security, discusses how agencies are developing their I.T. modernization plans, and why cybersecurity is an important aspect.

Phillip Carter, Senior Fellow & Counsel at the Center for a New American Security details how officials at the State Department are feeling after Rex Tillerson’s departure, and how the incoming secretary could improve morale.

FedScoop Managing Editor Billy Mitchell, NextGov Senior Editor of Technology & Events Aaron Boyd and Military.com Staff Writer Hope Hodge Seck join the Federal Beat round-table.

Topics discussed this week include the first meeting of the Technology Modernization Board, the Trump administration’s proposed ‘Space Corps,’ moving classified data to the cloud at the DoD and a new drone just for the Marines.