Government Matters

Kelly Tshibaka, chief data officer in the office of Inspectors General at the U.S. Postal Service, discusses the way the OIG is using data analytics.

Dermot O'Reilly, deputy inspector general for investigations at the Defense Department and director of DOD's Defense Criminal Investigative Services, discusses the mission of DCIS, and it's involvement in the Glenn Defense Marine Asia case.

Federal workplace expert Mika Cross discusses how agency leaders can focus on future workforce planning and talent management if the federal hiring freeze continues.

Senior editor at CQ Roll Call David Hawkings discusses the likelihood of a government shutdown, and the how the federal government should prepare in the event of another continuing resolution.

David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, discusses how the defense industrial base should prepare for budget decisions in the coming weeks.

Phaedra Chrousos, chief innovation officer at the Libra Group and former founder and commissioner of the Technology Transformation Service at the General Services Administration, discusses what federal agencies should watch with the new White House Office of American Innovation.

Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) casts a long shadow in Congress, literally and figuratively. At 6 feet 4 inches, he's one of its tallest members. As a young, Black Republican from Texas with an organic knowledge of cybersecurity and clandestine operations he's also part of a new wave of talent in public office. Government Matters producer Colby Hochmuth spent a day in late March with Hurd and his team. Click the play icon for her in-depth profile of the Texas lawmaker -- a leading voice in the federal community.

Comments on the next iteration of NIST's cybersecurity framework are due on April 10th. It's a landmark document with national implications -- impacting governments at the federal, state, and local levels. Jeremy Grant, managing director for the Chertoff Group, discussed the issue with Government Matters.

FCW executive editor Adam Mazmanian, The Hill defense reporter Ellen Mitchell, and Federal News Radio executive editor Jason Miller joined Francis for this edition of the Federal Beat. They discussed possible outcomes to ongoing budget negotiations on Capitol Hill.

Military.com reporter Oriana Pawlyk, and Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, discussed testimony from top military officials at the House Armed Services Committee’s hearing on the impact of a continuing resolution.

Larry Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, discussed how a continuing resolution would impact military readiness.

Vago Muradian, founder and editor of the Defense & Aerospace Report, discussed the challenges of the U.S. Navy’s push for a 355 ship fleet.

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the future of the Modernizing Government Technology Act in the 115th Congress.

Gen. Chuck Wald (USAF, Ret.), vice chairman and senior adviser at Deloitte Services, LLP., discusses the innovations and technologies in the Third Offset that will drive the force forward.

Jeri Buchholz, former chief human capital officer at NASA, discusses the new guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management, "Workforce Reshaping Operations Handbook."

Kymm McCabe, technology principal at Deloitte Consulting, discussed her presentation to the 809 Acquisition Advisory Panel.

Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose (USAF, ret.), president of the Meyerrose Group, discussed how open source technology is changing the way the intelligence community does business.

Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, discussed the challenges for agencies as they move applications and data to cloud environments.

The White House’s Office of American Innovation is not the first effort to tackle improving government operations. Chris Lu, senior strategy advisor at FiscalNote and former deputy secretary at the Department of Labor, discussed the issue with Government Matters.

According to the Government Accountability Office, a pot of money delivered by Congress to the Department of Defense — to train and prepare acquisition professionals at the Pentagon — is working more effectively. Tim DiNapoli, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at the Government Accountability Office, discussed the issue with Government Matters.

Is it time to stop thinking about federal data centers in terms of consolidation, and start thinking about that effort in terms of cloud migration and optimization? Richard Spires, CEO of Learning Tree International and former CIO at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed the issue with Government Matters.

Dave Mader, chief strategy officer for the civilian sector at Deloitte and former controller in the Office of Management and Budget, discussed the announcement that Jared Kushner will lead a new Office of American Innovation in the White House. Mader also shared risk management lessons learned during the Obama administration.

Adrian Gardner, chief information officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, discussed his top technology priorities and FEMA’s strategy for IT modernization.

Government Executive senior correspondent Erik Katz, FedScoop managing editor Billy Mitchell, and Federal News Radio defense reporter Scott Maucione joined Francis for this edition of the Federal Beat. They discussed the Office of American Innovation, President Trump’s nominee for Air Force secretary, and prospects for another government shutdown.

This month, some of the Pentagon's top brass met in Washington for the eighth-annual McAleese Defense Programs Conference.

Many of the speeches during that day-long forum shared a common refrain: A culture of continuing resolutions and budget caps have made military readiness a significant challenge.

The Defense Department is poised to see a significant boost in spending under the Trump administration. The White House called for a $54 billion increase to the DoD budget in 2018.

Government Matters host Francis Rose spent the day at the McAleese Conference and discussed readiness priorities with some of the DoD's top officials.

This special hour-long program includes interviews with:

-Gen. Robert B. Neller, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps

-Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army

-Adm. William F. Moran, vice chief of U.S. Naval Operations

-Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force

-Lt. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., military deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

-John G. (Jerry) McGinn, Ph.D., acting deputy assistant secretary for defense, manufacturing and industrial base policy

Kim Weaver, director of external affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, discussed the Thrift Savings Plan's update on blended retirement.

Ellen McCarthy, president of Noblis and former chief operating officer at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), discussed the impact of open source software on the Intelligence Community (IC).

Ari Schwartz, managing director of cybersecurity services at Venable and former senior director of cybersecurity at the White House, discussed agency cyber priorities during the early stages of a new administration.