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DoD and GSA collaborate on contract to move functions to the cloud

Terry Halvorsen, former DoD CIO & executive VP of IT & mobile communications at Samsung, discusses the administrative cloud contract...

DHS releases list of research areas to pursue with small businesses

Reggie Brothers, former under secretary of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, and executive vice president &...

Applying private sector cybersecurity lessons learned to government

Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder & chief technology officer at CrowdStrike, and Coleman Mehta, senior director of U.S. policy at Palo Alto...

DHA collaborates with other organizations during Open Season

DHA Director, Vice Admiral Raquel Bono sat down with Francis at the 2018 AMSUS Annual Meeting to discuss DHA’s efforts...

HHS provides medical outreach across government through Commissioned Corps

Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS, Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D. highlights the department’s work to provide medical care and public...

Greatest challenges facing federal health professionals

Brig. Gen. John Cho (USA Ret.), executive director and CEO of AMSUS, discusses challenges facing the federal health workforce, and...

Industry concerns over new security clearance organization

David Berteau, president & CEO of the Professional Services Council, details how the government is moving background checks to the...

GAO report: Corrosion prevention and mitigation efforts

Diana Maurer, director of defense capabilities & management at the Government Accountability Office, discusses the Pentagon efforts to prevent corrosion...

Pentagon’s formal Space Force proposal due to OMB Dec. 1

Jacqueline Klimas, national security reporter at Politico, discusses what a Democratic House means for the Space Force proposal, and what’s...

Pentagon looks at U.S. manufacturing & defense industrial base

Jerry McGinn, former principal deputy director of the Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy Office at the Department of Defense and...

Changes coming for Federal Employees Dental & Vision Insurance

Capt. Kathryn Beasley, USN (Ret.), Director of health affairs at the Military Officers Association of America, discusses what military beneficiaries...

Potential implications of first DoD audit results

Bill Greenwalt, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses how the results from the...

DoD recalls controversial contractor pay schedule change

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Pentagon’s rollback of a debated contractor pay change, and the state...

GAO looks at transfer of health facilities from DoD to DHA

Brenda Farrell, director of defense capabilities & management issues at the Government Accountability Office, details their review of the Defense...

Pentagon continues to expand its bug bounty programs

Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, details the benefits of bug bounties, and why their success at the Defense Department is...

Results from DoD’s first audit expected in two weeks

Roxana Tiron, defense reporter at Bloomberg Government, discusses the impact the DoD audit could have on future funding, and what...

Companies file protests over DoD’s JEDI cloud contract

Lauren Brier, associate attorney at the Federal Practice Group, discusses how the bid protests against the JEDI contract selection process...

What to watch moving forward in space defense

Government Matters convened a panel of experts to discuss what the latest Space Force news means for the Pentagon, industry,...

DoD moves $8B back-office cloud buy to GSA contract

Lauren Williams, cyber & defense reporter at FCW, and Billy Mitchell, editor of FedScoop, discuss the reasons behind moving the...

Defense industrial bases’ perspective on Other Transaction Authority

Robert Tuohy, chief operating officer of Advanced Technology International, gives an industry-based view on the growing use of Other Transaction...

Challenges facing the U.S. Army supply chain

Lt. Gen. Edward Daly, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, discusses the top equipment modernization priorities in...

DoD considers adding new cybersecurity measurements for industry

Stan Soloway, president and CEO of Celero Strategies, discusses the Department of Defense possibly judging industry members on cybersecurity practices...

Intersection of Army recruitment & readiness

Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Daniel Dailey details how the Army plans to optimize how it recruits new soldiers,...

Evolution of the role of the U.S. Army Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, chief & commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve, discusses the command’s top priorities and role...