Government Matters

Kevin Cooke, acting CIO at the Department of Housing & Urban Development, discussed the top IT and workforce priorities at HUD.

Michael Whitaker, vice president of emerging solutions at ICF, discussed the I.T. modernization initiatives that have come out of the administration, and what it’ll take for agencies to successfully implement them.

Rory Schultz, client executive in the office of the CIO at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, discussed how the USDA is approaching customer experience, and their effort to improve delivery of services to citizens.

Jay Huie, cloud portfolio manager at the General Services Administration, discussed the future of cloud adoption in government and how the Technology Transformation Service approaches IT acquisition.

NARA's mission makes for a singular cloud strategy

Marc Busby, chief technology officer at the National Archives, discussed his agency's cloud and IT modernization priorities.

Susie Adams, chief technology officer at Microsoft Federal, discussed the digital transformation at federal agencies and how cloud technology can enhance mission effectiveness.

Beth Angerman, executive director of Unified Shared Services Management at GSA, discusses efforts so far by the White House to prioritize shared services.

Margie Graves, acting federal CIO, discusses the House’s passage of the MGT Act and I.T. modernization efforts coming from the White House.

In this week’s Federal Beat, Adam Mazmanian, executive editor for FCW, Meredith Somers, reporter for Federal News Radio and Frank Konkel, senior technology editor for Government Executive, discuss the week’s biggest headlines.

In a two-part interview, Charlie Williams, a commissioner on the Section 809 Panel and former director at the Defense Contract Management Agency, and Joseph Dyer, a commissioner on the Section 809 Panel and former commander of Naval Air Systems Command, discuss their testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, “Setting the Path for Streamlining and Improving Defense Acquisition” and the Section 809 panels’ initial findings.

Lieutenant General David Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel, authors of the Strategic Outpost column for War on the Rocks, discuss the six illusions from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how they can inform strategy for future wars.

Nafeesa Syeed, national security and cyber reporter at Bloomberg, discussed the firing of FBI director James Comey and its impact on a growing cybersecurity leadership gap at federal agencies.

Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton, discussed clues to President Trump's management agenda buried in his executive order on cybersecurity.

Dan Chenok, executive director at the IBM Center for the Business of Government, discussed reorganization efforts undertaken by the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations.

Nick Nayak, president of Green Light Acquisition and former chief procurement officer at the Homeland Security Department, discusses the biggest hold-ups agencies face in adopting shared services.

Nat Wood, associate director of Consumer & Business Education at the Federal Trade Commission, discusses his teams work designing and building IdentityTheft.gov, which earned him a nomination for the Service to America Medal in the Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Category.

Eric Crusius, senior counsel at Holland & Knight, discusses the impact the White House’s cybersecurity executive order will have on vendors that sell to the government.

Leo Shane, Capitol Hill bureau chief at Military Times, and David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call discuss the votes, committee hearings and budget discussions coming up in the week ahead on Capitol Hill.

Maria Horton, president and CEO at EmeSec, discusses how agencies should be implementing the policies in the White House’s cybersecurity executive order.

Kathy Conrad, director of digital government at Accenture Federal Services, discusses the I.T. modernization efforts by the White House, like the Office of American Innovation, American Technology Council and agency reorganization memo.

Gregory Touhill (USAF, Ret.), former U.S. Chief Information Security Officer, discusses the cybersecurity executive order issued by the White House.

Robert Goldenkoff, director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office, discusses the challenges facing the 2020 Census, following the recent departure of the agency’s director.

Sean Carberry, defense reporter for FCW, Joseph Marks, cybersecurity reporter for NextGov and Jason Miller, executive editor of Federal News Radio, discuss the cybersecurity executive order signed by President Trump, and the fallout at the FBI following the firing of Director James Comey.

General Larry Spencer (USAF, Ret.), president of the Air Force Association, discusses what the top priorities should be for newly confirmed Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson.

Stan Soloway, president and CEO of Celero Strategies and former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense and Acquisition Reform at the Defense Department, discusses how the DoD should approach department-wide reorganization.

Marjorie Censer, defense business editor at Inside Defense and Tony Bertuca, chief editor at Inside the Pentagon, discuss the vacancies in top positions at the Pentagon, as well as highlights from earning season as it comes to a close.

Christina Ho, deputy assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, discusses how agencies are required to report spending data following the completion of the first DATA Act deadline.

Jeremy Wilcox, managing director of federal public sector at ClearEdge Partners, discusses the potential impact the Modernizing Government Technology Act could have on industry and why he describes it as “common sense” legislation.

Jonathan Alboum, CIO at the Department of Agriculture and Mitzi Mead, CEO at Accela Consulting, discuss the theme of this year’s ACT-IAC Management of Change conference “Bridging government and business.”