Congress - Government Matters

Agencies await selection for IT modernization funding

Mike Hettinger, former congressional chief of staff and president of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics,...

Trump, GOP considering plan to rescind budget spending

Sarah Ferris, Budget and Appropriations Reporter at Politico and David Hawkings, Senior Editor of CQ Roll Call, discuss a possible...

Debate over 2019 NDAA starts on Capitol Hill

Bill Greenwalt, Senior Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council, discusses the House Armed...

Congressional priorities this week

Leo Shane III, deputy editor at the Military Times and Paul Shinkman, national security correspondent at U.S. News & World...

What’s ahead this week on Capitol Hill

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, and Jack Fitzpatrick, congressional reporter at Bloomberg Government, join Francis Rose to...

Congress facing Friday spending deal deadline

Claudia Grisales, congressional reporter at Stars and Stripes, discusses the impending shutdown if Congress misses the deadline to fund the...

Top priorities for Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, discusses how his committee is overseeing the Department...

Prioritizing IT in government spending bonanza

Jonathan Alboum, former CIO at USDA and CTO for Public Sector at Veritas, joins the program to discuss the upcoming...

Appropriations activity on Capitol Hill this week

Time is running out for 2018 budget appropriations, and federal agencies are starting to feel the pressure. While the offices...

Tracking DoD’s Future Years Defense Program

With every budget request, the Department of Defense sends a document called the Future Years Defense Program, which telegraphs what...

Appropriations to-do list for Congress

Now that the government has been funded for another year, Congress has moved on to appropriations. What has to be...

Breaking Down the Budget Deal

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discusses the ins and outs of the budget deal passed on Friday,...

Top IT modernization priorities for Congress in 2018

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Government Operations Subcommittee, discusses top IT priorities...

Countdown to next spending deadline on Capitol Hill

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, discuss the upcoming...

Impact of CRs & shutdown on agency modernization efforts

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the impact of short term...

Federal employees back to work after Congress reaches spending deal

Charlie Clark, senior correspondent for Government Executive, and Jack Fitzpatrick, congressional reporter for Bloomberg Government, discuss the short-term spending deal...

Spending deal reached in Senate

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discusses the long budget to-do list for members of Congress, following the...

Budget talks underway in Congress as funding deadline nears

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, discuss the upcoming...

Congress up against government shutdown deadline

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discusses the race this week on Capitol Hill to fund the government...

The DoD budget, build-up goals and BCA

Cameron Leuthy, senior defense and budget analyst for Bloomberg Government, discusses the Congressional Budget Office’s report on President Trump’s proposed...

Shutdown deadline approaching on Capitol Hill

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call and Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter for Politico, discuss the upcoming...

Budget negotiations on Capitol Hill

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call and Claudia Grisales, congressional reporter at Stars and Stripes, discuss the high-level...

Clock winds down on federal government funding

Senior Editor at CQ Roll Call David Hawkings, and Politico Budget and Appropriations Reporter Sarah Ferris discuss the budget and...

Tax reform & budget dominate Congressional calendar

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call and Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, discuss top budget...