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- Funding tech modernization, Russia’s Poseidon missile, Federal pay system refresh – April 29, 2021Funding technology modernization in governmentCasey Coleman, Senior Vice President of Global Government Solutions at Salesforce, discusses outdated IT legislation, the need for modernization and the Technology Modernization FundRussia’s Poseidon unmanned stealth torpedoChristopher Ford, Senior Advisor for Geopolitical Policy and Strategy at MITRE, discusses a Russian weapon threatening American coastal cities and its relation to Russia’s strategyOPM to issue new guidance for locality payJeff Pon, former Director of the Office of Personnel Management, discusses telework, the new work environment and reevaluation of pay classification structures29 min
- F-35 program sustainment costs, Adversarial space threats, Digital acquisition – April 28, 2021New GAO report predicts the F-35 program will cost billions for sustainmentRoman Schweizer, Senior Aerospace and Defense Policy Analyst at Cowen and Company, talks about F-35 program costs and challenges the services are grappling withChina and the biggest threats in spaceKaitlyn Johnson, Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, discusses trends in space from the United States and adversarial nations over the past few yearsDigital operations and acquisition under the Biden administrationStan Soloway, President and CEO of Celero Strategies, LLC, discusses what the nomination of Mike Brown as under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment means for digital transformation in acquisition29 min
- Latest FEVS, IT modernization mistakes to avoid, Mergers & acquisitions updates – April 27, 2021Updates on the Federal Employee Viewpoint SurveyMichael Rigas, former Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, goes over major trends from the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey numbersIT modernization mistakes to avoidJennifer Pahlka, former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, explains how agencies can get the most out of money from the Technology Modernization FundUpdates on the mergers and acquisitions landscapeJerry McGinn, Executive Director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, discusses consolidation in the defense industrial base and President Biden’s pick for acquisition and sustainment head28 min
- Updating government financial reporting, Acquisition speed, Countering extremism – April 26, 2021Updating financial and performance reporting in governmentDavid Walker, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, discusses suggestions for changes to government financial reporting that would make a significant impactLessons learned from acquisitions during the pandemicJoe Jordan, CEO of Actuparo, examines what government and industry can do to retain the speed of acquisition from the pandemicPolicy recommendations to stop racially motivated violent extremistsKatrina Mulligan, Managing Director for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, discusses recommendations for countering violent extremism at the executive branch level29 min
- EHRM program review, Record digitization by 2022, Mandated COVID-19 testing – April 25, 2021Reviewing Electronic Health Records modernization progressCarolyn Clancy, M.D., Acting Deputy Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses challenges in the electronic health records project rollout at the VAUpdates on NARA’s plan to go paperless by 2022Sheena Burrell, Deputy Chief Information Officer at the National Archives and Records Administration, discusses the impact of the pandemic on NARA’s plan to stop accepting paper records from agencies by the end of next yearFederal employees and mandated coronavirus testingJeri Buchholz, former Chief Human Capital Officer at NASA, and Daniel Meyer, Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, discuss what federal employees can expect in terms of COVID-19 testing and vaccines as they start to go back to the office28 min
- Future of TMF, Tech empowering finance leaders, National security community equity – April 22, 2021The future of the Technology Modernization FundNick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, discusses the trajectory of the Technology Modernization Fund and relaxation of the repayment requirementThe return to the office and financial managersSimone Reba, Principal Director at Accenture Federal Services, discusses the changing roles of chief financial officers and the effect of returning to offices on the financial management communityReducing barriers to entry for the next generation of national security leadersKatherine Kuzminski, Senior Fellow and Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses some of the positive impacts virtual platforms are making on the national security community29 min
- Biden administration defense priorities, DEOS contract updates, Export blacklist – April 21, 2021Top defense priorities for the Biden administrationMG Arnold Punaro (USMC-ret.), CEO of The Punaro Group, discusses indicators of changes in approach to defense priorities from President Biden’s first 100 daysUpdates on the DEOS contract and software acquisitionsFrank Kendall, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, analyzes the perception that a high number of contracts are being protestedPreventing China from using American technology for advanced weapons systemsMark Lewis, Executive Director of the Emerging Technologies Institute at NDIA, discusses the balance between sharing and protecting technological information in the government29 min
- IT modernization funding, Defense spending, Locality pay and remote work – April 20, 2021IT modernization funding in fiscal year 2022Laura Criste, Federal Market Analyst for Bloomberg Government, discusses what to expect for IT modernization funding based on the “skinny budget” requestThe president’s budget request and defense spendingFrederico Bartels, Senior Policy Analyst for Defense Budgeting at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the possibility of running out of resources in the defense budgetLocality pay and the future of remote workJohn O’Duinn, Senior Strategist at CivicActions, discusses questions the pandemic has brought up surrounding geographic location of employees in relation to their offices29 min
- Equity in oversight work, Technical debt & IT, Climate & Arctic national security – April 19, 2021Promoting equity in oversight workSandra Bruce, Acting Inspector General at the Department of Education, and Jay Lerner, Inspector General at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, discuss their work on the new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Work Group for equity in oversightTechnical debt and IT at agenciesTony Scott, CEO of The TonyScottGroup, LLC, discusses technical debt in depth and its relevance to mission delivery at federal agenciesTracking the national security threat of climate change in the ArcticSharon Burke, Senior Advisor at New America, explains the importance of taking into account both short-term and long-term factors when looking at climate change and national security29 min
- Tech & future Army workforce, New IRS IT services contract, Updating IT at VA – April 18, 2021Implementing new technology into the future Army workforceKate Kelley, Chief Human Capital Officer at Army Futures Command, discusses the future fight, the human capital component of it and the integration of machine intelligenceUpdates on the Enterprise Development Operations Services contractShanna Webbers, Chief Procurement Officer at the Internal Revenue Service, discusses how her team worked with their mission delivery partners across IRS to develop a new IT services contractUpdating IT at the Department of Veterans AffairsMargie Graves, Vice Chair at ACT-IAC, and Jim Gfrerer, Principal at Fidelis Technology, discuss the $5 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs President Biden proposed in the budget28 min
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