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Government Matters episodes

  • Impact of cyber breaches on DoD, Senior Executive Service, Acquisition reform – January 4, 2021
    Understanding the impact of cyber breaches on the Pentagon
    Danelle Barrett, former Deputy Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Navy, discusses what is known and still unknown about the SolarWinds breach and its implications
    Filling Senior Executive Service roles
    Danny Werfel, Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group, talks about building a strong SES workforce and prioritizing people in government going forward
    Suggestions for acquisition reform
    Alan Thomas, Chief Operating Officer at IntelliBridge, goes over three ideas the Biden administration can use for reforming acquisition
    24 min
  • Making strategic cuts at the Pentagon-January 3, 2021
    Making strategic cuts at the Pentagon
    Lisa Hershman, Chief Management Officer at the Pentagon, covers the impact and the future of her role at the Defense Department.
    The future of the Council of Inspectors General
    Allison Lerner, incoming Chair of the Council of Inspectors General, and outgoing Chair Michael Horowitz, discuss CIGIE’s role in advocating for inspectors general across government.
    Farewell to a year like no other
    David Hawkings, Editor-in-Chief at The Fulcrum, talks about the end of 2020 and looks ahead to the next year.
    23 min
  • Updates on the Trump administration passback budget - December 30, 2020
    Updates on the Trump administration passback budget
    Mark Cancian, Senior Adviser for the International Security Program for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, spoke with Government Matters about the Trump administration’s passback budget and eliminating the Overseas Contingency Operations account.
    Unfinished defense priorities in 2020
    Kea Matory, Director of Legislative Policy for the National Defense Industrial Association, discusses how the Pentagon can prepare for the future of defense.
    Planning a fleet structure for the future
    Jerry Hendrix, Vice President of the Telemus Group, joins Francis Rose to discuss the Navy’s future fleet structure plan and his new book.
    24 min
  • Government protests in 2021, CFO Vision Act, IT modernization – December 29, 2020
    Tracking government protests in 2021
    Joe Jordan, CEO at Actuparo, discusses why companies protest contract awards and what he will be watching in 2021 in this space
    Updates on the CFO Vision Act
    Mallory Barg Bulman, Research Director of Finance Process Excellence at Gartner, discusses the CFO Vision Act’s focus on further standardization of governmentwide financial management
    Recommendations for IT modernization in the Biden administration
    Matthew Cornelius, Executive Director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation, goes over IT modernization recommendations and their connection to the SolarWinds hack
    24 min
  • 30-year Navy shipbuilding plan updates, Agency data sharing, Digital corps – December 28, 2020
    Updates on the 30-year Navy shipbuilding plan
    RADM Sinclair Harris (USN ret.), National Vice President of Military Affairs at the Navy League, discusses Navy shipbuilding under the incoming administration
    How agencies share data well
    Jane Wiseman, CEO of the Institute for Excellence in Government, explains how agencies and organizations can be successful in sharing data
    Biden administration plans for a digital corps
    Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, explains his proposal for a federal service fellowship that would create opportunities for recent college grads to work in IT in government
    23 min
  • Emily Murphy on 2020 election, Responding to a major government cyber breach – December 20, 2020
    Television exclusive interview with GSA Administrator Emily Murphy
    Emily Murphy, Administrator of the General Services Administration, discusses the ascertainment of the 2020 presidential election and explains why she believes the process should be reformed
    Responding to a major government cyber breach
    Suzanne Spaulding, Senior Adviser for Homeland Security for the International Security Program at CSIS, and Jack Wilmer, CEO at Core4ce LLC, discuss the government cyber breach and actions that are being taken in response
    25 min

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Government Matters is the only television newscast focused on the business of government. Host Mimi Geerges recaps the top federal headlines and conducts thought-provoking interviews on tech,…