Government Matters

Cindy Brown Barnes, director of Education, Workforce & Income Security Issues at GAO, details a new report on the lack of economic and labor numbers coming out of Puerto Rico and discusses the need for more data.

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discuss the state of the appropriations bills making their way through Congress and the success of the ‘mini-bus’ approach.

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses some provisions in the 2019 NDAA that could affect how defense contractors do business, and talks about developments with GSA’s e-commerce portal.

Cindy Brown Barnes, director of Education, Workforce & Income Security Issues at GAO, details a new report on the lack of economic and labor numbers coming out of Puerto Rico and discusses the need for more data.

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discuss the state of the appropriations bills making their way through Congress and the success of the ‘mini-bus’ approach.

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses some provisions in the 2019 NDAA that could affect how defense contractors do business, and talks about developments with GSA’s e-commerce portal.

Mariela Melero, Chief of the Office of Citizenship & Applicant Information Services at United States Citizen and Immigration Services, details the AI successes at the agency and the digital tools they use to improve customer experience.

David Drabkin, chair of the Section 809 Panel, discusses the second part of the panel’s report on defense acquisition and most important recommendations included.

Aaron Boyd, senior editor at NextGov and Derek Johnson, staff writer at FCW, discuss some of the week’s top stories. Topics featured on this edition of the Federal Beat include the IRS’s IT challenges, how they might use AI to solve them and the new leadership at the General Services Administration’s 18F office

Mariela Melero, Chief of the Office of Citizenship & Applicant Information Services at United States Citizen and Immigration Services, details the AI successes at the agency and the digital tools they use to improve customer experience.

David Drabkin, chair of the Section 809 Panel, discusses the second part of the panel’s report on defense acquisition and most important recommendations included.

Aaron Boyd, senior editor at NextGov and Derek Johnson, staff writer at FCW, discuss some of the week’s top stories. Topics featured on this edition of the Federal Beat include the IRS’s IT challenges, how they might use AI to solve them and the new leadership at the General Services Administration’s 18F office

Mariela Melero, Chief of the Office of Citizenship & Applicant Information Services at United States Citizen and Immigration Services, details the AI successes at the agency and the digital tools they use to improve customer experience.

David Drabkin, chair of the Section 809 Panel, discusses the second part of the panel’s report on defense acquisition and most important recommendations included.

Aaron Boyd, senior editor at NextGov and Derek Johnson, staff writer at FCW, discuss some of the week’s top stories. Topics featured on this edition of the Federal Beat include the IRS’s IT challenges, how they might use AI to solve them and the new leadership at the General Services Administration’s 18F office

Judith DesHarnais, Chief of Programs & Project Management at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, details her flood mitigation work in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Katell Thielemann, research vice president at Gartner, discusses what Phase 2 of the Centers of Excellence will entail and what agencies will learn from USDA’s experience with the program.

Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, joins the program to detail how the Department of Defense uses consortia to manage Other Transaction Authority acquisitions and the what impact the government reorganization plan will have on contracts.

Judith DesHarnais, Chief of Programs & Project Management at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, details her flood mitigation work in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Katell Thielemann, research vice president at Gartner, discusses what Phase 2 of the Centers of Excellence will entail and what agencies will learn from USDA’s experience with the program.

Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, joins the program to detail how the Department of Defense uses consortia to manage Other Transaction Authority acquisitions and the what impact the government reorganization plan will have on contracts.

Judith DesHarnais, Chief of Programs & Project Management at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, details her flood mitigation work in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Katell Thielemann, research vice president at Gartner, discusses what Phase 2 of the Centers of Excellence will entail and what agencies will learn from USDA’s experience with the program.

Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, joins the program to detail how the Department of Defense uses consortia to manage Other Transaction Authority acquisitions and the what impact the government reorganization plan will have on contracts.

Nick Sinai, venture partner at Insight Venture Partners, discusses the ways that federal agencies are looking to modernize the hiring process and some successful examples.

Tony Sager, senior vice president of CIS, discusses the increasingly complicated cybersecurity landscape, and the “fog of more” that developed as a result.

Andrew Churchill, vice president of Federal at Qlik and Neal Smith, VP of the Digital Service Innovation Center at Salient CRGT, discuss the importance of data literacy in the federal government.

Nick Sinai, venture partner at Insight Venture Partners, discusses the ways that federal agencies are looking to modernize the hiring process and some successful examples.

Tony Sager, senior vice president of CIS, discusses the increasingly complicated cybersecurity landscape, and the “fog of more” that developed as a result.

Andrew Churchill, vice president of Federal at Qlik and Neal Smith, VP of the Digital Service Innovation Center at Salient CRGT, discuss the importance of data literacy in the federal government.