Government Matters

Research & development funding trends in recent years

Reggie Brothers, chief technology officer at Peraton and former undersecretary for science & technology at the Department of Homeland Security,...

Uncertainty over Defense Department FY20 topline funding

Bob Hale, former DoD comptroller and senior executive advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses how Congress could pare down the...

Defense Department works toward $750B FY20 topline budget

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work outlines what decision-makers at the Pentagon could ask for in the FY20 budget,...

The Race to Pass Spending Packages

Congressional expert, David Hawkings and Politico Budget and Appropriations Reporter, Sarah Ferris dive into conference committee negotiations and both branches...

How to build a better budget process

Mike Veselik, managing director of the Building a Better Budget Process project at the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, discusses...

Financial management initiatives underway at the FBI

FBI Chief Financial Officer Richard Haley joins the program to detail financial management programs at the agency, and what the...

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...

White House budget cuts funding of government R&D

In everywhere except defense, the White House’s budget request has slashed funding for government R&D. Reggie Brothers, former undersecretary for...

DoD warns Congress about the impact of another CR

Tina Jonas, former chief financial officer at the Department of Defense, explains how another continuing resolution could impact the Pentagon.

The Pentagon Beat

Inside the Pentagon managing editor Justin Doubleday and Inside Defense editor Marjorie Censer join Francis for this edition of the...

The Federal Beat

Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko and Bloomberg Government editorial director Loren Duggan join Francis for this edition of the...

The Federal Beat

Politico budget and appropriations reporter Sarah Ferris, Military Times’ Capitol Hill bureau chief Leo Shane III, and Bloomberg Government legislative...

Former DoD CFO: Continuing resolution most likely budget scenario

Tina Jonas, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic & International studies and former chief financial officer at the Department...

Congress returns to a lot of work

CQ Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings and Politico budget & appropriations reporter Sarah Ferris discuss the daunting Congressional to-do...

The Pentagon Beat

Inside the Army managing editor Courtney McBride and The Hill defense reporter Ellen Mitchell join Francis for this edition of...

Exclusive: White House to announce phase one of management reform effort

Linda Springer, senior advisor at the White House Office of Management and Budget, sat down with Francis for an exclusive...

The White House budget proposal and federal labs

Mike Kuhlman, chief scientist of national security at Battelle, discussed the possible impact of President Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal...

President Trump’s first 100 days & the contracting community

Kevin Plexico, vice president of Deltek, breaks down the most significant trends and themes emerging in this year’s budget and...

Budget deal boosts defense spending

Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, discussed the budget deal reached in Congress and...

The Federal Beat

FCW editor-in-chief Troy Schneider, Government Executive senior technology editor Frank Konkel, and Fifth Domain Cyber editor Aaron Boyd joined Francis...

Defense industrial base reacts to federal budget plan

Steve Grundman, George Lund fellow at the Atlantic Council and former deputy defense undersecretary for industrial affairs and installations, discussed...

Congress makes deal, gives DoD 2017 spending boost

Roger Zakheim, counsel at Covington & Burling and former general counsel to the House Armed Services Committee, discussed the boost...

Congress reaches deal to fund government through September

Sarah Ferris, budget & appropriations reporter at Politico and John T. Bennett White House correspondent for CQ Roll Call, discuss...

The Federal Beat

Jonathan Nicholson, federal budget and house leadership reporter for Bloomberg BNA, Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter for Politico, and Capitol Hill...

OMB memo calls for long-term workforce reductions

Charlie Clark, senior correspondent for the Government Executive Media Group, discussed OMB’s call for agency reform plans and the impact...

Trump administration ends hiring freeze, starts government reorganization effort

A hiring freeze President Donald Trump instituted by executive memorandum in January will end Wednesday, as part of the Trump...

Air Force leaders: We’re smaller, older and busier than ever

Gen. Larry Spencer (USAF, ret.), president of the Air Force Association, discussed the White House’s proposed budget and what it...

Trump’s ‘skinny budget’ poised to get some meat on its bones

Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton Public Sector, discussed the possible implications of the Trump administration’s budget proposal for the...

Defense spending at the heart of Congressional budget battles

David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, discussed defense spending plans being considered in Congress and how well they...

Some agencies have more re-programming potential than others in 2017

The Trump administration wants to re-program priorities across government. But some branches of the military, and some civilian agencies, have...

White House sends proposed budget levels to agencies

Dan Tangherlini, president of Seamless Docs Federal and former administrator of the General Services Administration, discusses the topline budget numbers...

Congress, administration develop defense budget

Christopher Preble, vice president of defense & foreign policy at the Cato Institute, offered his view on the right way...

Trump 2018 budget request likely to face delays

Cameron Leuthy, senior defense and budget analyst at Bloomberg Government, discusses the timeline of President-Elect Trump’s 2018 budget request.

Reforming the federal budget process in 2017

Steve Redburn, director of fiscal studies at the Centers on Public Service at George Mason University, discusses why he believes...

The future of budget negotiations between DoD and OMB

Roger Zakheim, counsel at Covington & Burling, explained why President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks hint at future budget battles among...

Defense budget negotiations underway

Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discussed the implications of defense...

Planning and prioritizing funding at DoD

Robert Hale, a fellow at Booz Allen and former Undersecretary of Defense, discusses planning and prioritizing funding at the Defense...

What went wrong with budget negotiations

Bloomberg BNA Capitol Hill budget reporter Jonathan Nicholson explained what went wrong with budget negotiations in 2016.