Government Matters

Robert Bigman, founder of 2BSecure and former chief information security officer at the CIA, and Ronald Marks, senior fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security and former CIA Senate liason, discuss the implications of Wikileaks' CIA documents dump.

Linda Burger, director of the Technology Transfer Program at the National Security Agency, discusses why NSA is opening some of its software and code to the public.

Greg Otto, managing editor at CyberScoop, Adam Mazmanian, executive editor at FCW and Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief at Government Executive Media Group, discuss this week's biggest federal headlines.

Inside Defense editor Marjorie Censer and Inside the Pentagon chief editor Tony Bertuca discussed Congress' push for an early solution to the DoD budget.

Phillip Carter, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs' decision to start offering mental health services to "bad paper" veterans.

Celero Strategies CEO Stan Soloway discussed Defense Secretary Mattis' call for a thorough evaluation of DoD infrastructure.

Karen Evans, national director of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and former administrator of the Office of E-Government and Information Technology, discussed the cyber threat posed by federal personnel. She also previewed next week's Cybersecurity Summit presented by USCC and AFFIRM.

Danny Werfel, director of the Boston Consulting Group's public sector group and former federal controller, discussed agencies' work on passback numbers from the Office of Management and Budget.

Tom Fox, vice president for leadership and innovation at the Partnership for Public Service, discussed the latest breakout from their Best Places to Work rankings -- a look at agencies by mission.

Maria Roat, chief information officer at the Small Business Administration, discussed how her office manages the simultaneous push for innovation and modernization.

Data Coalition founder Hudson Hollister discussed how this month's Securities and Exchange Commission vote moving toward Inline XBLR filings could impact financial transparency government-wide.

Ann Ebberts, CEO at the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), and Denise Wu, principal at CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA), discussed how federal agencies can successfully deploy enterprise risk management strategies.

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discussed defense spending plans being considered in Congress and how well they merge with President Trump's "skinny budget."

Pamela Walker, senior director for federal public sector technology at the IT Industry Council, discussed the search for signals on IT policy from the White House.

Capgemini principal John Cattaneo and Qlik federal director Monica McEwen discussed how the Trump administration could use open data as a decision making tool.

Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett, deputy director of current operations at U.S. Cyber Command, discussed the implications of elevating Cybercom to a combatant command, the office's possible split from the National Security Agency, personnel challenges, and other topics.

Federal News Radio reporter Meredith Somers, Washington Technology editor Nick Wakeman, and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath joined Francis for this edition of the Federal Beat. They discussed the forecast for civilian agencies' budgets, FirstNet's challenge to the government contracting base, and the case for divestitures in M&A.

Dave Mihelcic,former CTO at the Defense Information Systems Agency and federal chief technology and strategy officer at Juniper Networks, discusses how technology has evolved at the Defense Department.

Beth McGrath, managing director at Deloitte Consulting, discusses how the DoD will manage the reorganization of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics.

Megan Eckstein, staff writer for USNI News, discusses how increased defense spending would impact the size of the U.S. Navy fleet.

Dan Tangherlini, president of Seamless Docs Federal and former administrator of the General Services Administration, discusses the topline budget numbers sent to agencies this week by the White House.

Laura Downey, chief of applied architecture at the Transportation Security Administration, discusses the future of applied architecture at the TSA, and her nomination as a finalist in the Women in Technology's Leadership Awards.

Kim Weaver, director of external affairs at the Thrift Savings Plan, discusses the results of the FISMA audit of the TSP, and the future of blended retirement at the Pentagon.

Matt Barrett, cybersecurity framework lead at NIST, discusses the call for comments on the cybersecurity framework.

Larry Prior, CEO and president at CSRA, discusses the impact of budget uncertainties on industry.

Angela Styles, chair at Crowell and Moring, discusses the importance of filling administration positions quickly and what to look for as nominations proceed.

Stacy Cummings, program executive officer for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, and Dr. Paul Cordts, functional champion of the Military Health System, discuss the Pentagon's plans to expand the use of its MHS Genesis System.

Kevin Youel Page, deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, discusses the upcoming category management conference this week held by ACT-IAC and GSA.

Billy Mitchell, managing editor at Fedscoop, Jason Miller, executive editor at Federal News Radio and Brendan McGarry, managing editor at Military-dot-com discuss the week's biggest headlines.