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Democratic leaders this week announced a bill that would fund federal agencies through the end of the year and suspend the debt limit through December 2022. The plan would avert a shutdown, but the debt limit aspects will face major Republican opposition in the Senate.

GovExec reporter Eric Katz is covering the negotiations around the continuing resolution. He joined the show to discuss the state of play as we approach a potential shutdown.

President Joe Biden's administration has diversity, equity and inclusion as cornerstones of his administration's policies. Systemic problems lie at the heart of inequality and federal agencies need to address these problems both within and outside their organizations.

Shrupti Shah is a Managing Director with Deloitte Consulting LLP where she leads the Behavioral Insights practice. She is also one of the authors of a new Deloitte report titled "Government's equity imperative. The path toward systemic change" and currently advises the Biden White House about the federal government's racial equity initiatives. She joined the show to discuss the report.

The modernization of government has been a phrase often repeated in the public sector over the past few decades, with human capital, technology and broader management all factoring into the concept. Part of modernization, however, will also involve making it easier to support collaboration between different levels of governments and different agencies. The National Academy of Public Administration recently announced the establishment of the Center on Intergovernmental Partnerships to help rebuild the collaborative capabilities.

Terry Gerton is the President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration. She served for 12 years in the Senior Executive Service as a career member and as a political appointee, and 20 years as an active duty Army officer. She joined the show to discuss her post on our site recently headlined "The Case for Building a Collaborative Intergovernmental System."

A presidential administration still in its first year can mean shifting contracting priorities and policies. Additionally, the past 18 months of a worldwide pandemic have shifted public sector IT priorities for firms and agencies alike.

Todd Gustafson is President of HP Federal, and An Nguyen is President of NCS Technologies. They joined the podcast to discuss tech trends and the future of IT in the public sector.

As the Delta variant of COVID-19 has changed the federal government's calculus in combating the pandemic, the White House is putting into place new vaccine mandate requirements for federal employees and contractors. President Joe Biden announced the new rules last week.

Courtney Bublé writes the Coronavirus Roundup on Govexec.com. She joined the podcast to discuss the mandate and other news that she's been covering about the pandemic.

The bipartisan 9/11 commission recommended dozens of changes to information sharing and intelligence gathering. The war in Afghanistan initially focused the post-Sept. 11 military, while the Authorization for Use of Military Force kick-started the Global War on Terror. In these and other ways, the American response to the Sept. 11 attacks ushered in a new era of government. The United States continues to reckon with these effects, 20 years after the most devastating attack of its kind on American soil.

In the finale of our series marking the attacks' legacy on government, GovExec Daily explores the lasting effects on the administrative state and American political culture. Government Executive editor Tom Shoop, 9/11 commission member and former Rep. Tim Roemer, Dr. Alasdair Roberts, Dr. Lisa Parshall and Dr. Ron Sanders discuss how the attacks instigated major changes in government administration and the public's view of government.

The Sept. 11 attacks exposed vulnerabilities in American antiterrorism policy and execution. The government and public wanted to know what went wrong and what could be done to prevent further attacks. To better answer these and other pressing questions, President George W. Bush and Congress established The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The 9/11 Commission would eventually present its 500-plus-page report to the nation in July 2004.

As part of a series marking the attacks' legacy on government, GovExec Daily explores the military and foreign policy legacy of the American reaction to Sept. 11. Dr. Ron Sanders and commission members Dr. Christopher A. Kojm and former Ambassador Tim Roemer discuss their experiences with the commission, the restructuring of the intelligence community and the effects of the attacks on the national psyche that remain today.

Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force as a joint resolution a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The AUMF authorized the use of the military against terrorist organizations and every president since George W. Bush has interpreted that authority to extend operations beyond al Qaeda and the Taliban. The Global War on Terror has spanned the globe over the last two decades and continues to this day under the cover of secrecy, as the full list of targeted groups remains classified.

As part of a series marking the attacks' legacy on government, GovExec Daily explores the military and foreign policy legacy of the American reaction to Sept. 11. Ben Watson and Dr. Tony Brooks, veterans of the war in Afghanistan, discuss their experiences and Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko talks about the failures in nation-building.

Twenty years ago this week, terrorists struck the United States in the largest attack of its kind on American soil. The Sept. 11 attacks were a shock to the world and a turning point for the nation. In the subsequent decades, the federal government reoriented its intelligence gathering infrastructure, waged the Global War on Terror and shifted its thinking and resources around administrative power and function.

Over four episodes, GovExec Daily examines the ways the attacks have changed government and how government responded. First, people who were there on that day—current and former Government Executive staffers, Pentagon workers and others—explain what they experienced in the immediate aftermath of that fateful day.

In 2020, two parts of Raytheon technologies merged. When Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems came together, it brought tens of thousands of employees under one umbrella, all during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Roy Azevedo is president of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, where he leads 37,000 employees and is responsible for a broad portfolio, including advanced sensors, training, and cyber and software solutions. He joined the show to discuss managing in the pandemic.