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  • FITARA scores & the direct-report provision, June 18, 2018
    Robert Rovinsky, senior adviser at the Department of Commerce, discusses the importance of communication between agency CIOs and leadership to the FITARA Scorecard.
    Tony Scott, senior data privacy & cybersecurity adviser at Squire Patton Boggs, discusses the new report outlining how agency cybersecurity programs are “at risk” and details OMB and DHS’s plan to fix them.
    Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and Nancy Ognanovich, congressional leadership reporter at Bloomberg BNA, discuss the grouped spending bills making their way through Congress.
    24 min
  • Army bets big on new Futures Command - June 17, 2018
    In this special two-part interview, Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy discusses the role of the Army Futures Command and the top six modernization priorities for the branch.
    In this edition of the Federal Beat: NextGov Senior Editor Aaron Boyd, Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Billy Mitchell, Managing Editor at FedScoop, discuss the Technology Modernization Fund winners providing advice for future agency proposals, takeaways from Washington Technology’s government contractor rankings, and the Department of Homeland Security’s awarding of cyber contracts.
    23 min
  • Army bets big on new Futures Command - June 17, 2018
    In this special two-part interview, Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy discusses the role of the Army Futures Command and the top six modernization priorities for the branch.
    In this edition of the Federal Beat: NextGov Senior Editor Aaron Boyd, Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Billy Mitchell, Managing Editor at FedScoop, discuss the Technology Modernization Fund winners providing advice for future agency proposals, takeaways from Washington Technology’s government contractor rankings, and the Department of Homeland Security’s awarding of cyber contracts.
    23 min
  • Army bets big on new Futures Command - June 17, 2018
    In this special two-part interview, Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy discusses the role of the Army Futures Command and the top six modernization priorities for the branch.
    In this edition of the Federal Beat: NextGov Senior Editor Aaron Boyd, Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Billy Mitchell, Managing Editor at FedScoop, discuss the Technology Modernization Fund winners providing advice for future agency proposals, takeaways from Washington Technology’s government contractor rankings, and the Department of Homeland Security’s awarding of cyber contracts.
    23 min
  • The Department of Energy establishes CESER office - June 14, 2018
    Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill (USAF, ret.), President of Cyxtera Federal Group, discusses the Department of Energy’s new security and emergency response office and the recently released FISMA scores.
    Bill Greenwalt, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses possible changes coming to an obscure governmental committee and GAO’s sustainment of the Oracle protest.
    RJ Krawiec, strategy principal at Deloitte, discusses how changing terminology over citizen service could help agencies fulfill some President’s Management Agenda goals.
    24 min
  • The Department of Energy establishes CESER office - June 14, 2018
    Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill (USAF, ret.), President of Cyxtera Federal Group, discusses the Department of Energy’s new security and emergency response office and the recently released FISMA scores.
    Bill Greenwalt, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses possible changes coming to an obscure governmental committee and GAO’s sustainment of the Oracle protest.
    RJ Krawiec, strategy principal at Deloitte, discusses how changing terminology over citizen service could help agencies fulfill some President’s Management Agenda goals.
    24 min
  • The Department of Energy establishes CESER office - June 14, 2018
    Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill (USAF, ret.), President of Cyxtera Federal Group, discusses the Department of Energy’s new security and emergency response office and the recently released FISMA scores.
    Bill Greenwalt, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses possible changes coming to an obscure governmental committee and GAO’s sustainment of the Oracle protest.
    RJ Krawiec, strategy principal at Deloitte, discusses how changing terminology over citizen service could help agencies fulfill some President’s Management Agenda goals.
    24 min
  • Pentagon AI contract Project Maven dropped by Google - June 13, 2018
    Bob Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, discusses the possible fallout from Google not renewing their Project Maven contract and the controversy regarding military’s use of AI.
    Jonathan Mostowski, acquisition strategist & bureaucracy hacker at the U.S. Digital Service, discusses his role navigating the procurement process, and how agencies should “start small” when embarking on major projects.
    Ashley Tressel, associate editor of Inside the Army and Marjorie Censer, editor of Inside Defense, discuss the selection of five possible locations for the Army Futures Command HQ and the Defense Contract Audit Agency clearing their backlog.
    24 min
  • Pentagon AI contract Project Maven dropped by Google - June 13, 2018
    Bob Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, discusses the possible fallout from Google not renewing their Project Maven contract and the controversy regarding military’s use of AI.
    Jonathan Mostowski, acquisition strategist & bureaucracy hacker at the U.S. Digital Service, discusses his role navigating the procurement process, and how agencies should “start small” when embarking on major projects.
    Ashley Tressel, associate editor of Inside the Army and Marjorie Censer, editor of Inside Defense, discuss the selection of five possible locations for the Army Futures Command HQ and the Defense Contract Audit Agency clearing their backlog.
    24 min
  • Pentagon AI contract Project Maven dropped by Google - June 13, 2018
    Bob Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, discusses the possible fallout from Google not renewing their Project Maven contract and the controversy regarding military’s use of AI.
    Jonathan Mostowski, acquisition strategist & bureaucracy hacker at the U.S. Digital Service, discusses his role navigating the procurement process, and how agencies should “start small” when embarking on major projects.
    Ashley Tressel, associate editor of Inside the Army and Marjorie Censer, editor of Inside Defense, discuss the selection of five possible locations for the Army Futures Command HQ and the Defense Contract Audit Agency clearing their backlog.
    24 min

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