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  • Bonuses for Air Force pilots, Tracking DIB contractors, F-35 program problems – March 17, 2021
    Bonuses for Air Force pilots
    Gen. Larry Spencer (Ret.), USAF, 37th Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, discusses bonuses for Air Force pilots, competition with commercial airlines and demand for pilots during the pandemic
    Tracking contractors in the defense industrial base
    Travis Tritten, Senior Reporter at Bloomberg Government, discusses the declining number of prime vendors in the defense supply chain and the health of the defense industrial base
    Tracking the problems with the F-35 program
    Valerie Insinna, Air Warfare Reporter for Defense News, discusses F-35 aircraft and other high-profile Air Force programs that will undergo scrutiny going forward
    24 min
  • High-Risk List: human capital, People-centric nat. security, F-35 program issues – March 16, 2021
    Addressing human capital issues in the High-Risk List
    Chris Mihm, Managing Director of Strategic Issues at GAO, discusses the reasons human capital management took a hit on the High-Risk List and some ways agencies can improve in this area
    Taking a people-centric approach to national security
    Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor at New America, discusses what is different about the Biden administration’s national security strategy
    Challenges facing the F-35 program and Defense Department
    Sean McFate, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, delves into the problem of “buying weapons to win last century’s wars”
    23 min
  • NSA & Cyber Command, Climate change risks, Budget process reform – March 15, 2021
    Separating the NSA and Cyber Command
    Ron Marks, President of ZPN Cyber & National Security Strategies, explains why he thinks splitting up the NSA and Cyber Command is not a good idea at this time
    Creating a strategic assessment of climate change risks
    Erin Sikorsky, Deputy Director of The Center for Climate and Security, explains the importance of looking at climate change as a factor as important as China in its impact on national security
    Reforming the budget process to make military acquisitions more flexible
    Bill Greenwalt, Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, talks about the need for budget process reform to speed up and improve the overall defense acquisition process
    24 min
  • VA VACCINE Act, The PRAC & latest stimulus bill, Feds & pandemic relief bill – March 14, 2021
    Getting vaccines to all veterans faster
    Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) discusses the legislation he and his colleagues introduced to allow all veterans to receive vaccines through the Department of Veterans Affairs
    The PRAC and the latest stimulus bill
    Michael Horowitz, Department of Justice Inspector General, discusses how the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee is continuing to provide information to the public about how coronavirus relief money is being spent
    Federal employees and the pandemic relief bill
    Terry Gerton, President and CEO of NAPA, and Angela Styles, Member of the Public Buildings Reform Board, discuss the impact of the latest pandemic relief bill on federal employees
    23 min
  • SES diversity, Disparities in military uniform costs, Stimulus bill and TMF – March 11, 2021
    Diversity and inclusion in the Senior Executive Service
    Tyra Dent Smith, Executive Director of the African American Federal Executive Association, discusses recommendations for increasing diversity in Senior Executive Service positions
    Identifying and addressing disparities in military uniform cost
    Tina Won Sherman, Acting Director for Defense Capabilities and Management at GAO, goes over findings and recommendations for addressing cost disparities in military uniforms
    Prioritizing IT modernization projects in government
    Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation, discusses the COVID-19 stimulus bill and the Technology Modernization Fund
    24 min
  • Recommendations for defense AI, Threats facing space, DoD prepositioning programs – March 10, 2021
    New recommendations for artificial intelligence uses in national security
    Elaine McCusker, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, goes over her takeaways from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s recommendations for applying AI to defense
    The biggest threats facing space
    Kaitlyn Johnson, Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, discusses the threat of counterspace weapons and the importance of space domain awareness capabilities
    Prepositioning programs at the Defense Department
    Cary Russell, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at GAO, details recommendations for oversight of prepositioning programs at the Department of Defense
    23 min
  • Extending Section 3610, Role of the CIO, Defining “deterrence” and “coercion” – March 9, 2021
    Extending Section 3610 to the end of the fiscal year
    David Berteau, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, discusses the latest on the Section 3610 extension in the COVID-19 relief bill
    The role of the Chief Information Officer
    David Powner, Executive Director of the Center for Data-Driven Policy at MITRE, discusses the biggest challenges facing CIOs and the need for adequate budgets
    Defining “deterrence” and “coercion”
    Erica Borghard, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, explains the difference between deterrence and coercion and the importance of strategy communication
    24 min
  • GAO High-Risk List trends, Stimulus bill updates, Defense industrial supply chain EO – March 8, 2021
    Trends in the Government Accountability Office High-Risk List
    Greg Giddens, Partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting, provides his takeaways from GAO’s High-Risk List and the areas that are most critical to address
    Federal employees and the coronavirus relief package
    Caitlin Emma, Budget and Appropriations Reporter at Politico, provides updates on the stimulus bill as it pertains to federal workers as well as the Technology Modernization Fund
    New executive order about securing the defense industrial supply chain
    Loren Thompson, Defense Industry Analyst at the Lexington Institute, discusses industrial base challenges and the latest supply chain executive order from President Biden
    23 min
  • High-risk government programs, Vaccines for federal employees, TMF funding – March 7, 2021
    GAO releases new High-Risk List
    Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, discusses changes to the high-risk list from the Government Accountability Office and areas to focus on
    Getting vaccines to federal employees
    Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) discusses reasons to implement a federal employee vaccine allocation and President Biden’s guidance on administrative leave for getting a shot
    Technology Modernization Fund could get $1 billion boost
    Suzette Kent, Board Member at the LSU Foundation and Hancock Whitney, and Tony Scott, CEO of The TonyScottGroup, discuss funding for the TMF and possible changes
    23 min
  • Possible $1 billion for TMF, New DoD ethics code of conduct, Cloud migration at VA – March 4, 2021
    Technology Modernization Fund could get $1 billion in stimulus bill
    Alan Thomas, Chief Operating Officer at IntelliBridge, discusses cash infusion into the TMF, demand for these funds and the TMF board’s capacity to take on more projects
    New Defense Department ethics code of conduct
    Roger Zakheim, Director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation & Institute, discusses the new DoD ethics code of conduct and interim national security strategy from the White House
    Cloud migration at the Department of Veterans Affairs
    David Catanoso, Director of the Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office at the VA, discusses the VA’s process of securely migrating applications to the cloud
    23 min

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