Government Matters

Eric Briggs, director of the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows Program, and Executive Fellows Lt. Col. Raphael Heflin, and Tam Ngyuen detail the history, results and personal experiences of the DoD’s joint training program with industry members

Dave Mihelcic, former Defense Information Systems Agency CTO and federal chief technology & strategy officer at Juniper Networks, discusses new legislation that aims to downsize the DoD support arm.

Chris Lu, former Deputy Secretary of Labor and senior strategy advisor at FiscalNote, talks with Francis Rose about Deputy Labor Secretary Pat Pizzella’s top priorities, and how he will handle his responsibilities.

In this special two-part interview, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson discusses the USAF commitment to space, overhauling acquisition to develop new technologies and her breakfast meetings with the other service secretaries.

Scott Maucione, defense reporter at Federal News Radio and Oriana Pawlyk, reporter at Military.com, discuss Secretary Wilson’s comments on the Air Force’s missions, how to fix the branch’s personnel shortage and what’s next for the service.

In this special two-part interview, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson discusses the USAF commitment to space, overhauling acquisition to develop new technologies and her breakfast meetings with the other service secretaries.

Scott Maucione, defense reporter at Federal News Radio and Oriana Pawlyk, reporter at Military.com, discuss Secretary Wilson’s comments on the Air Force’s missions, how to fix the branch’s personnel shortage and what’s next for the service.

Bob Gourley, former Defense Intelligence Agency CTO and Partner & Co-Founder at Cognitio, discusses the failure of government IT contractors to incorporate some standard email security measures.

Federal Workplace Expert Mika Cross sits down with Colby Hochmuth to discuss OPM Director Jeff Pon’s efforts to make chief human capital officers more involved at agencies, and takeaways from the OPM Work-Life Survey.

Dave McClure, Principal Director of CIO Advisory Services at Accenture Federal Services, discusses what agencies will face as TMF proposals move into phase two, and how agencies sending late proposals can still get a piece of the funding.

Bob Gourley, former Defense Intelligence Agency CTO and Partner & Co-Founder at Cognitio, discusses the failure of government IT contractors to incorporate some standard email security measures.

Federal Workplace Expert Mika Cross sits down with Colby Hochmuth to discuss OPM Director Jeff Pon’s efforts to make chief human capital officers more involved at agencies, and takeaways from the OPM Work-Life Survey.

Dave McClure, Principal Director of CIO Advisory Services at Accenture Federal Services, discusses what agencies will face as TMF proposals move into phase two, and how agencies sending late proposals can still get a piece of the funding.

Glenn Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General at the Department of Defense, discusses the latest Overseas Contingency Operations report, and why multiple IGs traveled abroad together to conduct the oversight.

Frank Kendall, senior adviser at the CSIS International Security Program and Former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, discusses the appointment of Jeff Boleng to take the lead on software acquisition at DoD.

Kevin Brancato, director of Government Contracts Research at Bloomberg Government, discusses the Future Years Defense Program, and how the projects that aren’t apparent might be the most interesting ones.

Glenn Fine, Principal Deputy Inspector General at the Department of Defense, discusses the latest Overseas Contingency Operations report, and why multiple IGs traveled abroad together to conduct the oversight.

Frank Kendall, senior adviser at the CSIS International Security Program and Former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, discusses the appointment of Jeff Boleng to take the lead on software acquisition at DoD.

Kevin Brancato, director of Government Contracts Research at Bloomberg Government, discusses the Future Years Defense Program, and how the projects that aren’t apparent might be the most interesting ones.

Alexis Bonnell, chief of Applied Innovation & Acceleration at the USAID Global Development Lab, discusses using large amounts of data for problem-solving, and how the government can find new ideas by looking in new places.

Government Matters looks at the Office of Special Counsel’s new Hatch Act guidance, and how it could affect the way federal employees use the internet.

Mike Hettinger, former congressional chief of staff and president of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss which agency proposals might receive funding from the MGT board, and if the fund will receive more money in FY19.

Melissa Jezior, CEO at Eagle Hill Consulting and Scott Caldwell, President of WB Dynamics, discuss acquisition innovation in the federal government, and how agencies can foster ideas in their offices.

Alexis Bonnell, chief of Applied Innovation & Acceleration at the USAID Global Development Lab, discusses using large amounts of data for problem-solving, and how the government can find new ideas by looking in new places.

Government Matters looks at the Office of Special Counsel’s new Hatch Act guidance, and how it could affect the way federal employees use the internet.

Mike Hettinger, former congressional chief of staff and president of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss which agency proposals might receive funding from the MGT board, and if the fund will receive more money in FY19.

Melissa Jezior, CEO at Eagle Hill Consulting and Scott Caldwell, President of WB Dynamics, discuss acquisition innovation in the federal government, and how agencies can foster ideas in their offices.

David Drabkin, chair of Section 809 Panel and Mike Madsen, executive director of Section 809 Panel, discuss the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act and how their reform recommendations may make it into the draft bill.

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, senior editor of CQ Roll Call, discuss a possible plan to rescind some spending from last month’s omnibus, and how the debate over the FY19 budget could play out.

Angela Styles, partner at Bracewell LLP, discusses the competition for Defense Department cloud contracts, and how Amazon has been faring in the government contracting business.