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  • Air Force JADC2 efforts, The election & future of defense, Expanded fleet by 2045 – November 4, 2020
    Air Force and Navy could collaborate on JADC2
    Deborah Lee James, Former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, discusses collaboration between the Air Force and Navy on the Joint All-Domain Command and Control network
    The 2020 election and the future of defense
    Aaron Mehta, Deputy Editor and Sr. Pentagon Correspondent for Defense News, discusses how the results of the election will impact the future of defense
    The path to an expanded fleet by 2045
    Timothy Walton, Fellow at the Hudson Institute, discusses getting to the right mix of manned and unmanned ships for the Navy force structure
    23 min
  • CMMC in non-defense contracts, Customer experience, Gray-zone attacks – November 2, 2020
    GSA’s Polaris contract to include CMMC requirements
    Jim Williams, Partner at Schambach & Williams Consulting, discusses the possibility of the CMMC applying to all civilian agencies
    Customer Experience Officers at agencies
    Danny Werfel, Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, discusses the pros and cons of adding a Customer Experience Officer position at federal agencies
    Gray-zone attacks and the threat landscape
    Elisabeth Braw, Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, explains the threat of gray-zone warfare tactics and strategies to counter them
    23 min
  • Future of workplaces, Overseeing DHS acquisition officials, Shipbuilding & China – October 29, 2020
    The future of the government workplace
    Daniel Mathews, Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at the General Services Administration, discusses how the pandemic is influencing what agency workplaces will look like going forward
    Component Acquisition Executives oversight
    Marie Mak, Director of Contracting & National Security Acquisitions at the Government Accountability Office, goes over what GAO found regarding oversight of acquisition officials at DHS
    Preparing the U.S. maritime industry to compete with China
    Jon Kaskin, National Vice President of Legislative Affairs at the Navy League, discusses ways to maintain a big enough shipbuilding industry to be able to compete with China
    24 min
  • F-35 program delays, FY21 military challenges, National security in next admin. – October 28, 2020
    Tracking delays in the F-35 program
    Valerie Insinna, Air Warfare Reporter for Defense News, talks about the delay in the F-35 program moving to full-rate production and the replacement of the Autonomic Logistics Information System
    Top challenges facing the military in FY21 and beyond
    Mark Cancian, Senior Adviser in the International Security Program at CSIS, discusses five challenges the Department of Defense could be up against in coming years
    Top national security concerns for the next administration
    Katrina Mulligan, Managing Director at the Center for American Progress, goes over recommendations for international policy for the next administration
    23 min
  • Diversity & inclusion training EO, Defense contract spending, Employee mental health – Oct. 27, 2020
    The new diversity and inclusion training executive order and contractors
    Joe Jordan, CEO at Actuparo, discusses what contractors can expect regarding implementation of the diversity and inclusion training executive order
    Top trends in defense contracting
    Andrew Hunter, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, goes over trends and takeaways from his analysis of defense contract spending
    Prioritizing employee mental health during the pandemic
    Mallory Barg Bulman, Research Director of Finance Process Excellence at Gartner, discusses how change affects employees and what managers can do to promote mental health in the workplace
    23 min
  • New Schedule F executive order, Future of work in government – October 26, 2020
    The new executive order about Schedule F
    Ron Sanders, Staff Director of The Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida, and Jeffrey Neal, Chairman of the Board of Directors at NAPA, talk about the executive order about Schedule F and what it means for federal employees
    The future of work in government
    Mark Forman, Vice President of Digital Government Strategy for SAIC, advises federal executives about planning for the post-pandemic work environment
    Planning for long-term changes to work in the government
    John Kamensky, Senior Fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government, goes over some of the challenges managers of remote teams must master
    24 min
  • Lessons from COVID-19 at State Dept., AI at Pentagon, Recruiting Army data talent – October 25, 2020
    Lessons learned from the coronavirus at the State Department
    Stuart McGuigan, Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of State, describes the task force examining what worked from the State Department’s approach to remote work during the pandemic
    Taking a “whole-of-government” approach to national security
    Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) discusses the need for new ways to respond to threats from adversaries
    Recruiting and retaining top data talent in the Army
    Kate Kelley, Chief Human Capital Officer at Army Futures Command, talks about bringing talent in at Army Futures Command and modernizing the Army
    23 min
  • 2021 space priorities, Retaining pilots in the Air Force, New DoD data strategy – October 22, 2020
    The Space Agenda for 2021
    Jamie Morin, VP and Executive Director at the Aerospace Corporation, discusses the main areas of focus he and his colleagues are working on for Space Agenda 2021
    Recruiting and retaining pilots in the Air Force
    Tobias Switzer, Military Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, details recommendations for improving pilot retention in the Air Force
    Prioritizing data at the Pentagon
    Tara Murphy Dougherty, Chief Executive Officer of Govini, analyzes how the Defense Department’s new data strategy compares to her recommendations from earlier this month
    23 min
  • US 5G strategy, Declining small business DoD contractors, Military adaptability – October 21, 2020
    Improving on the National Strategy for 5G
    Brian Mazanec, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at GAO, goes over what he and his colleagues found when looking at the 5G National Strategy
    Addressing the declining number of small business DoD contractors
    Frank Kendall, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, discusses the declining number of small business contractors in government and ways it can be addressed
    Prioritizing adaptability in the military
    Nora Bensahel and Lt. Gen. David Barno, USA (Ret.), Contributing Editors at War on the Rocks, discuss their observations and recommendations pertaining to the adaptability of the U.S. military
    24 min
  • Federal real estate footprint, FRTIB updates, Streamlining FedRAMP certifications – October 20, 2020
    The Public Buildings Reform Board and the future of work
    Angela Styles, Partner at Akin Gump, discusses how the federal government should be rethinking real estate footprint amidst the pandemic
    Updates from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
    Kim Weaver, Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, talks about increased Thrift Savings Plan participation and Enterprise Risk Management
    Streamlining Federal Risk Authorization Management Program certifications
    Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, discusses using machine learning to streamline the FEDRAMP certification process
    23 min

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