Government Matters

Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, discussed new procurement efforts at DHS, agile acquisition, the relationship between her office and DHS' IT shop, and the agency's collaboration with industry.

Ari Schuler, director for analytics integration at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Melissa Ho, managing director of DHS Silicon Valley (S&T), discussed the agency's outreach efforts to non-traditional contractors and the impact those efforts are having on innovation at DHS.

Paul Brubaker, president and CEO for the Alliance for Transportation Innovation, discusses the future of agency adoption and usage of self-driving cars.

Tom Fox, vice president for leadership and Innovation at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses how managers at agencies should be rewarding employees who perform.

Danny Werfel, director for the Boston Consulting Group, discuss how the next administration can get a head start, by using exit memos distributed by current agency heads.

Carol Fortine Ochoa, Inspector General at GSA, discusses the agency's progress in meeting the upcoming DATA Act deadlines.

Tony Cole, vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye, discusses government "cyber hygiene" and how it can prepare for new cybersecurity demands by the Trump administration.

John Kamensky, senior fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government, discusses the importance of cross-agency priority goals and how future cabinet secretaries and agency heads can work on them in the next administration.

Steve Bennett, director for the global government practice at SAS, Chris Townsend, vice president of federal at Symantec, and Chris Howard, vice president of federal at Nutanix discuss what should be kept and what should be lost from President Obama's technology agenda.

Kevin Plexico, vice president of Deltek, discusses the impact of President-Elect Trump's campaign promises on the federal contracting community.

Kathy Conrad, director of digital government at Accenture Federal, discusses her top three priorities for agencies in the new administration.

Ambassador Arnold Chacon, director general of the Foreign Service and director of human resources at the State Department, discuss how the agency is recruiting the next generation of diplomats.

Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., discusses his top priorities for 2017 as the new chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

U.S. Chief Records Officer Laurence Brewer discusses the federal email management deadline for agencies, and what milestones still need to be met.

Beth McGrath, managing director at Deloitte Consulting, discusses the top defense management priorities for 2017.

Staff writer at USNI News Megan Eckstein discusses the evolution of the Littoral Combat Ship program, Navy investments in undersea warfare and the biggest investments expected from the Navy in 2017.

Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy & environment, discusses the results of the White House's performance contracting challenge.

Bernard Kluger, deputy performance improvement officer at the Office of Personnel Management, discussed the unique leadership culture created by White House fellowship programs.

Rosetta Carrington, senior contact center advisor at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Clifton Triplett, senior cybersecurity and IT advisor at the Office of Personnel Management, discussed some of the lessons they learned through White House fellowship programs.

Katell Thielmann, research director at Gartner, discussed what the public and private sectors can anticipate regarding President-elect Donald Trump's approach to IT in government.

Heather Krause, director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office, discusses new research from GAO on how agencies can deliver results with shrinking budgets.

Hudson Hollister, executive director of the Data Coalition, discusses how agencies can ensure their data is preserved during the presidential transition, and the upcoming DATA Act deadline.

Frank McDonough, author of the new book "Spring Training for the Major Leagues in Government," gives his advice for incoming political appointees.

White House correspondent for CQ Roll Call, John T. Bennett, discusses the upcoming agenda for the 115th Congress.

Jamie Brown, global director of government relations at CA Technologies, discusses the federal government’s approach to the Internet of things.

Steve Redburn, director of fiscal studies at the Centers on Public Service at George Mason University, discusses why he believes the federal budget process needs a makeover.

2016 in Review, Part 1:

Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief at Government Executive Media Group, Meredith Somers, reporter at Federal News Radio and Greg Otto, managing editor at Cyber Scoop discuss the biggest federal IT stories of 2016.

2016 in Review, Part 2:

Sean Carberry, defense reporter at Federal Computer Week, Marjorie Censer, defense business editor at inside Defense and James Bach, reporter at the Washington Business Journal discuss the biggest defense and cybersecurity stories of 2016.