Government Matters

NASA changes trajectory of asteroid

Lindley Johnson, lead program executive for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, discusses NASA’s successful Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and initial findings

TSA releases new Innovation Doctrine

Meg King, executive director for strategy, policy coordination and innovation at TSA, describes the agency’s new Innovation Doctrine to empower its workforce and stay ahead of emerging security threats

Transforming government technology

Raylene Yung, Technology Modernization Fund executive director at GSA, discusses major new investments to support tech modernization at agencies

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Christine Wormuth, secretary of the U.S. Army, discusses recruitment and retention, inflation, military housing improvements, mental health, diversity and inclusion, the war in Ukraine, weapons development, international collaboration, modernization and the future of the Army

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Military logistics in the Indo-Pacific region

Brig. Gen. Jered P. Helwig, commanding general of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command in the U.S. Army, discusses the Army’s role in the Indo-Pacific, supply and logistics strategy and international collaboration

Optimizing Army acquisition and investing in technology

Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, discusses the supply of weapons to Ukraine, acquisition and supply chain efficiency, JADC2 and digital transformation

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Interview with the chief of the Norwegian Army

Maj. Gen. Lars Lervik, chief of the Norwegian Army, discusses integration with the U.S. military, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, defense spending increases, NATO and the Arctic

Interview with the commanders of the Swedish and Finnish Armies

Maj. Gen. Karl Engelbrektson, commander of the Swedish Army, and Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki, commander of the Finnish Army, discuss the impact their countries’ accession to NATO would have, collaboration with the U.S., Baltic Sea security and the Russia-Ukraine war

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Christine Wormuth, secretary of the U.S. Army, discusses recruitment and retention, inflation, military housing improvements, mental health, diversity and inclusion, the war in Ukraine, weapons development, international collaboration, modernization and the future of the Army

Closing the digital divide

Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses the digital divide and funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for high-speed broadband

US munitions stockpiles

Maj. Gen. John Ferrari (U.S. Army, ret.), senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the war in Ukraine and the impact of U.S. assistance on American munition stockpiles

Iran supplies Russia with drones

Alex Vatanka, director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, discusses Iran’s supply of drones to Russia and potential sanctions from the U.S. and EU

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Military logistics in the Indo-Pacific region

Brig. Gen. Jered P. Helwig, commanding general of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command in the U.S. Army, discusses the Army’s role in the Indo-Pacific, supply and logistics strategy and international collaboration

Optimizing Army acquisition and investing in technology

Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, discusses the supply of weapons to Ukraine, acquisition and supply chain efficiency, JADC2 and digital transformation

The following program is sponsored by the Association of the United States Army

Interview with the chief of the Norwegian Army

Maj. Gen. Lars Lervik, chief of the Norwegian Army, discusses integration with the U.S. military, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, defense spending increases, NATO and the Arctic

Interview with the commanders of the Swedish and Finnish Armies

Maj. Gen. Karl Engelbrektson, commander of the Swedish Army, and Lt. Gen. Pasi Välimäki, commander of the Finnish Army, discuss the impact their countries’ accession to NATO would have, collaboration with the U.S., Baltic Sea security and the Russia-Ukraine war

Ensuring election systems security

Thomas Hicks, chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, discusses what his organization is doing to ensure the security of election systems and the safety of election officials as midterms approach

Preventing international child abductions and supporting adoptions

Michelle Bernier-Toth, special advisor for children’s issues at the Office of Children’s Issues, explains how her office prevents international child abductions, supports international adoptions and works with other countries on these efforts

US sending $625 million in weapons to Ukraine

Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, discusses the details of new weapons shipments to Ukraine, other requests from Ukraine and attacks on the Nord Stream undersea pipeline

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USPS sorting and delivery consolidation plan

Ivan Butts, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, discusses how the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to consolidate mail processing operations across the country could impact postal workers and supervisors

Accelerating US biotechnology

Theresa Good, division director for NSF’s Directorate for Biological Sciences, discusses a new executive order for advancing biotechnology and biomanufacturing and the National Science Foundation’s efforts in this area

Writing the Space Force’s service song

Jamie Teachenor, songwriter of Space Force’s ‘Semper Supra,’ discusses his process of composing the Space Force’s new, official service song that was unveiled Sept. 20

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