Government Matters

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Glenn Fine, principal deputy inspector general performing the duties of the inspector general at the Department of Defense, discusses his agency’s FEVS results, and how they are keeping the momentum going.

Brig. Gen. John Cho (USA Ret.), executive director and CEO of AMSUS, discusses challenges facing the federal health workforce, and the impact of data on healthcare providers.

Oriana Pawlyk, reporter at Military.com, and Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government discuss the Senate Armed Services Committee’s review of the National Defense Strategy, and what the next strategic moves might be.

Diana Maurer, director of Defense Capabilities & Management at the Government Accountability Office, discusses the Pentagon efforts to prevent corrosion to their infrastructure and weapon systems, and ways GAO believes it can improve.

David Berteau, president & CEO of the Professional Services Council, details how the government is moving background checks to the Defense Department and why industry is worried.

Jacqueline Klimas, national security reporter at Politico, discusses what a Democratic House means for the Space Force proposal, and what’s next for the NASA InSight Mars lander.

Jessica Klement, vice president of advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, discusses the impact the new Congress will have on the federal workforce, and what it will take to bring the new lawmakers up to speed.

Danny Werfel, former controller of the Office of Management and Budget and director at the Boston Consulting Group, details how agencies can reduce improper payments, and how “smart bureaucracy” could prevent errors.

George Young, vice president of public sector at Elastic, and Paul Wilkinson, executive vice president of the 1901 Group, discuss what the growing adoption of cloud services in government means for industry, and what the future holds for tech in the region.

Larry Koskinen, chief risk officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, discusses using ERM strategies for shared services, and why risk work is “complicated.”

Christine Jones, associate deputy assistant secretary for finance at the Department of Health and Human Services discusses how agencies determine how they will implement ERM, and some common misperceptions surrounding the strategy.

Thomas Brandt, chief risk officer at the Internal Revenue Service, and David Fisher, managing director of public sector risk consulting at Guidehouse, give takeaways from the 2018 Federal ERM Survey, and what it means for further adoption of the strategy.

Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the agency’s Procurement Innovation Lab, and how they are using “boot camps” to educate about the concept.

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, details the efforts to secure contractor supply chains, and the possible impact it would have on small businesses

Walt Francis, consultant and health insurance expert, discusses why some federal workers should change their insurance plans.

Jerry McGinn, former principal deputy director of the Manufacturing and Industrial Base at the Department of Defense and executive director of the Government Contracting Center at George Mason University, details takeaways from a Pentagon contracting report, and how to solve the problems laid out.

Joe Jordan, CEO of Supplier.ai and former administrator of federal procurement policy at the Office of Management and Budget, discusses how smart risk-taking can lead to a more innovative workforce, and what the Federal Acquisition Regulation has to say about it.

Ron Marks, chair of the intelligence program at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School Of National Security, discusses the new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and what makes it different from its predecessor.

Brian Merrick, deputy director of cloud program management at the State Department, discusses the agency’s cloud priorities, and how they will use the technology to further their mission.

Precious Patch, junior proposal manager at CollabraLink Technologies, and Polly Hall, strategy lead at the Department of Homeland Security Procurement Innovation Lab, detail their proposals to make the government contracting process smoother.

Frank Konkel, senior technology editor at Government Executive, Jason Miller, executive editor at Federal News Network and Troy Schneider, editor in chief at FCW, discuss the Government Accountability Office’s denial of Oracle's protest, and issues with the Department of Veterans Affairs EHR program.

Mark Bell, assistant inspector general for audits at the National Science Foundation and Elizabeth Argeris Lewis, communications analyst at the NSF Inspector General Office, discuss their new report on management challenges, and the features that make it more accessible to agency leaders.

Ronald Neumann, former ambassador to Afghanistan and president of the American Academy of Diplomacy, discusses the high-level staffing issues at the Department of State, and what is keeping diplomats from being appointed.

John Song, managing director at Baird, details the $33 billion merger of two defense contractors and why we should expect more mergers and acquisitions in the near future.

Marjorie Censer, editor of Inside Defense and Tony Bertuca, chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, discuss the departure of DoD CMO John Gibson and how the results of last week's election could change the defense acquisition landscape.

Bill Greenwalt, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses how the results from the Pentagon audit could be received, and why it’s taken so long for one to be performed.

Capt. Kathryn Beasley, USN (Ret.), Director of health affairs at the Military Officers Association of America, discusses what military beneficiaries need to know about the new plans available to them, and changes made to the existing process.