Government Matters

Jacqueline Klimas, defense correspondent for the Washington Examiner, discusses what President-Elect Trump's relationship with the defense industrial base could look like when he takes office.

Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses the Navy's new Force Structure Assessment.

Jonathan Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, discusses the impact of the NDAA on the Pentagon's acquisition process.

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.

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.

Lisa Schlosser, former federal deputy chief information offer, looked back on the most important elements of the Obama administration's IT agenda.

Coalfire's Dave McClure discussed how agencies can come to terms with the certainty that they will be hacked.

Horace Blackman, senior vice president of health at Leidos, discussed the challenges that lie ahead for federal electronic health records (EHRs).

SeamlessDocs Federal president Dan Tangherlini discussed the challenges facing the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Federal Times editor Aaron Boyd discussed the proliferation of bug bounty programs across government and the January launch of Sightline Media Group's new cybersecurity hub, FifthDomain.com.

Kaiser Associates Public Sector vice president Paul Lawrence offered some advice for incoming political appointees to the federal government.

Defense Health Agency director Vice Adm. Raquel Bono discussed the possible implications of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, the new timeline for MHS GENESIS, and coming changes to TRICARE.

Robert Bigman, president of 2BSecure and former CIA chief information security officer, discussed the Army’s new digital services operation.

Roger Zakheim, counsel at Covington & Burling, explained why President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks hint at future budget battles among top officials in the White House, Congress, and the Department of Defense.

Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, discussed the communication between vendors and the federal government.

Ron Sanders, vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, discussed the lessons learned from past federal hiring freezes.

Ariane Whittemore, director of security and defense at Grant Thornton Public Sector, discussed the Pentagon’s progress on audit readiness.

Ralph White, managing associate general counsel for procurement law at the Government Accountability Office, discusses why bid protests by government contractors were up for the third year in a row in fiscal 2016.

Martha Dorris, founder of Dorris Consulting International, discusses what the customer service priorities in the Trump administration should be.

Chris Cummiskey, CEO of Cummiskey Strategic Solutions, discusses why he thinks the Secret Service were the “unsung heroes” of the 2016 presidential campaign.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen discussed his role in the Congressional push for tax reform, the agency’s priorities in 2017, and employee engagement.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who was recently elected to the U.S. Senate, discussed his top concerns for the federal workforce amid a presidential transition.

Bloomberg BNA tax reporter Laura Davison, Federal News Radio executive editor Jason Miller, and FCW editor-in-chief Troy Schneider joined Francis for this edition of the Federal Beat. They discussed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen’s priorities post-impeachment effort, federal workforce concerns under a Trump administration, and some familiar faces on Trump’s agency landing teams.

David Buckley, managing director at KPMG, discusses the future of risk management in a Trump administration.

Anne Altman, former general manager of IBM Federal, discuss the meeting at Trump tower last week between President-Elect Trump and nearly a dozen leaders in the U.S. technology industry.

Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, discusses the potential of acquisition reform.

Lt. Col. Robert Williams (USA), program manager for the Army’s Logistics Modernization Program, discussed the implications of “Increment 2” reaching full deployment.

Mackenzie Eaglen, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discussed her defense reform agenda for 2017.

Marcus Weisgerber, global business editor for Defense One, discussed Boeing’s decision to relocate its defense headquarters from Saint Louis to Washington D.C.