Government Matters

Mackenzie Eaglen, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses where the Defense Department needs funding for its uniformed personnel, civilians, and contractors

Joe Jordan, CEO of Actuparo, talks about how the current situation has affected acquisition and how the acquisition workforce has adapted

Joseph Kirschbaum, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management at GAO, discusses the progress the Defense Department has made on cybersecurity initiatives and recommendations made by the GAO

Thomas Mahnken, President & CEO of the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, goes over suggestions for making defense dollars go further

Jerry McGinn, Executive Director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, discusses problems with depending on countries like China in the public health supply chain

Cara Abercrombie, President of the Defense Security Cooperation University, details how the pandemic has impacted the Defense Department’s newest university and its goal to certify the defense cooperation workforce

Kim Weaver, Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains what is driving increased participation in the Thrift Savings Plan and how the CARES Act is affecting the TSP

Doug Merritt, Chief Executive Officer of Splunk, discusses how agencies can use data to make crucial decisions about coronavirus response

Steve Grewal, Chief Technology Officer of Cohesity, discusses cloud services at government agencies and some of the challenges of buying cloud services now

CMDR Bryan McGrath (USN ret.), Managing Director at The FerryBridge Group, provides his perspective on the idea of the Navy cutting two aircraft carriers from the fleet

Richard Spires, Principal at Richard A. Spires Consulting, discusses how the coronavirus could affect the FITARA scorecard and what CIOs can take away from it

Kirk Kern, Chief Technology Officer at NetApp, describes how contact tracing can be implemented while data and privacy are protected

Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of the U.S. Army, details how the Army is responding to the coronavirus through prevention, detection, and treatment and how the virus has affected Army initiatives

Tina Jonas, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and Mike McCord, Member of the Commission on National Defense Strategy for the United States, discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on defense spending this year and in future years

Mark Forman, Vice President of Digital Government for Unisys Federal, discusses why this is such a challenging time for Chief Information Officers in government and what changes the government needs to make to prepare for the future

Dr. Beth Ripley, Chair of the 3D Printing Advisory Committee at the Veterans Health Administration, describes how the Department of Veterans Affairs’ 3D printing network is helping the agency deliver personal protective equipment to facilities that need it

Tony Scott, Managing Partner at Ridge-Lane, explains how the coronavirus is creating opportunities for IT improvement in government agencies that people can benefit from after the pandemic

The case for getting rid of the JEDI contract

Jason Miller, Executive Editor of Federal News Network, explains why he does not think the Defense Department should continue with the JEDI contract

Reevaluating spending priorities at the Department of Defense

Dov Zakheim, Former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), discusses how the coronavirus has impacted defense spending, programs that may be cut, and how these cuts should be undertaken

New Air Force Academy graduates assigned to the Space Force

Kaitlyn Johnson, Associate Director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, provides updates on the Space Force, including hiring, acquisitions, and counterspace developments

Ellen Sundra, Vice President of Americas Systems Engineering at Forescout Technologies Inc., explains how Zero Trust Architecture allows agencies to secure their most important data with so many people teleworking

Chris Moran, Vice President of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Peter Newell, CEO of BMNT, talk about the current landscape in the venture market for companies trying to penetrate the defense space

Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, discusses the DIU and the new contract that will provide reporting on threat intelligence for Cyber Command

David Marchick, Director of the Center for Presidential Transition at the Partnership for Public Service, talks about how the coronavirus has intensified the importance of the presidential transition process and how we should prepare for the transition

Gordon Bitko, Senior Vice President of Policy in the Public Sector at ITI, lays out recommendations for government about what it needs to do to rethink the way it works in this environment

Bill Eggers, Executive Director of the Center for Government Insights at Deloitte, goes over the three phases of the government’s response to the coronavirus and actions it should take now and after the pandemic has ended

Suzette Kent, U.S. Chief Information Officer, discusses what her colleagues across government have learned from the pandemic, challenges they have been faced with, and successes they have had

Justin Doubleday, Managing Editor at Inside the Pentagon, and Frank Konkel, Executive Editor of Nextgov, provide insight into the JEDI contract award and the controversy surrounding it