Government Matters

House funding bill gives $25 million to Technology Modernization Fund

Mike Hettinger, president of Hettinger Strategy Group, and Rich Beutel, principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the latest number for the...

Moving to the Cloud – Delivering on the MGT Act

Watch the show on-demand now. The passage of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act brought with it a charge for...

House, Senate will go to conference over Technology Modernization Fund

Mike Hettinger, President of Hettinger Strategy Group and Rich Beutel, Principal at Cyrrus Analytics, discuss the future of the Technology...

TMF Board awards first round of funding

USDA Chief Information Officer Gary Washington discusses the funding his agency received from the Technology Modernization Fund to improve Farmers.gov,...

BREAKING: Technology Modernization Fund Board awards first round of funding

MGT Act funds will be distributed to the departments of Agriculture, Energy and Housing & Urban Development. Tune in this...

Advice for agencies still submitting for Technology Modernization Fund

Dave McClure, Principal Director of CIO Advisory Services at Accenture Federal Services, discusses what agencies will face as TMF proposals...

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,...

Exclusive: U.S. CIO Suzette Kent announces new details in Technology Modernization Fund Board awards

In this special two-part interview, Francis Rose sits down with U.S. Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent to discuss her top...

How to write a successful proposal to the TMF Board

Tony Scott, former federal CIO and senior data privacy & cybersecurity adviser at Squire Patton Boggs, discusses what a successful...

Technology Modernization Fund Board has first meeting

In this special two-part interview, Maria Roat, CIO at the Small Business Administration, talks about the first meeting of the...

Technology Modernization Fund board lays out guidelines

Sean Kelley, former Chief Information Security Officer at the Environmental Protection Agency and vice president of Business Development, Military and...

OMB issues guidance on MGT Act implementation

OMB issues guidance on MGT Act implementation The Office of Management and Budget has released extremely detailed guidance on...

OMB announces board to oversee IT modernization funds

The Modernizing Government Technology Act provides $250 million in 2018 and 2019 to update federal I.T. systems, but allocating that...

OMB memo sets MGT Act guidelines for agencies

Recently, The Office of Management and Budget established guidance for using money appropriated through Congress’ Modernizing Government Technology act. What...

Agency CIOs ready for incoming MGT Act funds

Bajinder Paul, executive director of IT solutions and strategy at ManTech, and Sanjay Sardar, vice president of data sciences at...

Agencies prepare for passage of the MGT Act

Hettinger Strategy Group president Mike Hettinger and Cyrrus Analytics principal Rich Beutel look to the future of Congress’ legislative priorities...

MGT Act poised to change the way government buys IT

Katell Thielemann, director of research at Gartner, discusses how working capital funds outlined in the Modernizing Government Technology Act could...

Agencies, industry prepare for the MGT Act

Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president of public sector at the IT Alliance for Public Sector, discusses industry preparations for the...

Senate passes MGT Act as an amendment to the NDAA

Jeremy Wilcox, managing director of federal public sector at ClearEdge Partners, discusses how the Modernizing Government Technology Act – which...

Future of the 2017 FITARA Enhancement Act

Hettinger Strategy Group president Mike Hettinger and Cyrrus Analytics principal Rich Beutel discuss the future of FITARA and offer insight...

The Federal Beat

Federal Times senior staff reporter Carten Cordell, Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas, and Fedscoop managing editor Billy Mitchell joined Francis...

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...

Will the MGT Act resurface in 2017?

Pamela Walker, senior director for federal public sector technology at the IT Industry Council, discussed the search for signals on...

Industry and the MGT Act

Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president at the Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS), discussed the IT to-do list for...

The Federal Beat

FedScoop managing editor Billy Mitchell, NextGov reporter Mohana Ravindranath, and FCW executive editor Adam Mazmanian joined Francis for this edition...

A former CIO’s view of the MGT Act

Unisys Global Public Sector digital government director Shawn Kingsberry — and former chief information officer at the Recovery Accountability and...

Hurd and Hoyer merge bills designed to modernize federal IT

The latest draft of Rep. Will Hurd’s (R-TX) MOVE IT Act has been renamed, and merges the ideas presented in...