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Government Matters episodes

  • Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service tackles cross-agency priority goals - November 1, 2018
    John Hill, director at the Office of Financial Innovation & Transformation in the Bureau of Fiscal Service, discusses using technology to achieve cross-agency priority goals, and how the office’s experiments with blockchain and automation are progressing.
    Tony Scott, former federal CIO and managing partner at Ridge-Lane Limited Partners, discusses the TMF board’s latest awards, and what other agencies can learn from them.
    Roxana Tiron, defense reporter at Bloomberg Government, discusses the impact the DoD audit could have on future funding, and what Congress is looking for in the report.
    24 min
  • Companies file protests over DoD's JEDI cloud contract - October 31, 2018
    Lauren Brier, associate attorney at the Federal Practice Group, discusses how the bid protests against the JEDI contract selection process are faring, and how post-award protests might play out.
    On this edition of the Pentagon Beat: Tara Copp, Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times, and Hope Hodge Seck, managing editor of Military.com, discuss the armed forces’ deployment to the southern border, and how long they might stay there.
    Government Matters convened a panel of experts to discuss what the latest Space Force news means for the Pentagon, industry, and current operations. Featuring representatives from AFWERX, Deloitte and Dcode.
    24 min
  • Companies file protests over DoD's JEDI cloud contract - October 31, 2018
    Lauren Brier, associate attorney at the Federal Practice Group, discusses how the bid protests against the JEDI contract selection process are faring, and how post-award protests might play out.
    On this edition of the Pentagon Beat: Tara Copp, Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times, and Hope Hodge Seck, managing editor of Military.com, discuss the armed forces’ deployment to the southern border, and how long they might stay there.
    Government Matters convened a panel of experts to discuss what the latest Space Force news means for the Pentagon, industry, and current operations. Featuring representatives from AFWERX, Deloitte and Dcode.
    24 min
  • DoD moves $8B back-office cloud buy to GSA contract - October 30, 2018
    Lauren Williams, cyber & defense reporter at FCW, and Billy Mitchell, editor of FedScoop, discuss the reasons behind moving the Defense Enterprise Office Solution to GSA Schedule 70, and why this might be in response to issues with the JEDI procurement.
    Robert Bigman, former chief information security officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and founder of 2BSecure, discusses how widespread cyber vulnerabilities are in the supply chain, and why “machine duels” are the future of cybersecurity.
    Walter Andrews, partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, details the growing popularity of insurance for data breaches, and why one policy doesn’t fit all.
    24 min
  • DoD moves $8B back-office cloud buy to GSA contract - October 30, 2018
    Lauren Williams, cyber & defense reporter at FCW, and Billy Mitchell, editor of FedScoop, discuss the reasons behind moving the Defense Enterprise Office Solution to GSA Schedule 70, and why this might be in response to issues with the JEDI procurement.
    Robert Bigman, former chief information security officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and founder of 2BSecure, discusses how widespread cyber vulnerabilities are in the supply chain, and why “machine duels” are the future of cybersecurity.
    Walter Andrews, partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, details the growing popularity of insurance for data breaches, and why one policy doesn’t fit all.
    24 min
  • Behind the scenes of FEMA during hurricane season - October 29, 2018
    David Grant, partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting and former acting deputy administrator of FEMA, discusses what this year’s busy hurricane season means for the agency, and how they can manage multiple disasters at once.
    Report: Lessons learned from recruiting, hiring tech talent at the U.S. Digital Service
    Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president of research & evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses how the United States Digital Service is influencing hiring across the government, and lessons learned from their experiences.
    Mika Cross, federal workplace expert, details ways agencies can use the new Direct Hiring Authorities and other tools at their disposal to grow their workforce.
    24 min
  • Behind the scenes of FEMA during hurricane season - October 29, 2018
    David Grant, partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting and former acting deputy administrator of FEMA, discusses what this year’s busy hurricane season means for the agency, and how they can manage multiple disasters at once.
    Report: Lessons learned from recruiting, hiring tech talent at the U.S. Digital Service
    Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president of research & evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses how the United States Digital Service is influencing hiring across the government, and lessons learned from their experiences.
    Mika Cross, federal workplace expert, details ways agencies can use the new Direct Hiring Authorities and other tools at their disposal to grow their workforce.
    24 min
  • One-on-one with Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert - October 28, 2018
    In this two-part interview, Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, outlines her priorities for modernizing the federal workforce.
    Karen Evans, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, discusses her office’s authorities, and working with the private sector to secure energy infrastructure.
    24 min
  • One-on-one with Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert - October 28, 2018
    In this two-part interview, Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, outlines her priorities for modernizing the federal workforce.
    Karen Evans, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, discusses her office’s authorities, and working with the private sector to secure energy infrastructure.
    24 min
  • Role of data in USDA's Centers of Excellence initiative - October 25, 2018
    Ted Kaouk, chief data officer at the Department of Agriculture, discusses the agency’s dashboard systems, and how data plays into managing USDA’s IT modernization efforts.
    Robert Tuohy, chief operating officer of Advanced Technology International, gives an industry-based view on the growing use of Other Transaction Authorities, and the pros and cons of using them.
    James Eisenmann, former general counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board and counsel at Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C., details the vacancy issues at the organization, and the case backlog it's creating.
    24 min

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