Government Matters

Heritage Center for National Defense releases 2020 NDAA recommendations

Frederico Bartels, policy analyst for defense budgeting at the Heritage Foundation, discusses his organization’s recommendations on what should be included...

Priorities for House Armed Services Committee in 116th Congress

Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation & Institute, discusses goals and challenges for the new House...

DoD policy, NDAA, and National Defense Strategy

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood discusses making changes to space policy in advance of the Space Force,...

Defense spending negotiations underway on Capitol Hill

Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Institute and former general counsel of the House Armed Services Committee, discusses the...

Provisions in the FY19 NDAA impacting government contractors

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, details important provisions in the NDAA that contractors should know about, and why...

The future of civil service reform

Kristine Simmons, VP of Government Affairs at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses the civilian workforce changes in the 2019...

The Pentagon Beat – July 25, 2018

Federal News Radio Defense Reporter Scott Maucione and Military.com Reporter Oriana Pawlyk discuss the latest news from the Department of...

House & Senate reach an agreement on defense authorization bill

Gen. Larry Spencer (USAF, Ret.), president of the Air Force Association discusses the conferenced version of the National Defense Authorization...

Congress’ role in aligning appropriators and authorizers

Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, USAF (ret.), CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association, discusses the defense funding debate on Capitol...

Possible changes coming to the “Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States”

Bill Greenwalt, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses possible changes coming to an...

What’s happening this week on Capitol Hill

Sarah Ferris, budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, and Bloomberg Government Reporter Roxana Tiron detail the latest congressional priorities, such...

Military Officers Association of America tracks fiscal year 2019 NDAA provisions.

Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins, USAF (Ret.), President & CEO of the Military Officers Association of America discusses the different policies...

The Federal Beat – May 27, 2018

Fedscoop Senior Tech Reporter Carten Cordell and Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent at NextGov, discuss the new U.S. Digital Service certification,...

House committee proposes big changes to 28 defense agencies

Peter Levine, senior research fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses, discusses the cuts to the fourth estate in the...

Senate prepares to start work on FY19 NDAA

Roger Zakheim, director of the Reagan Institute and former deputy staff director of HASC, discusses the Senate’s defense authorization priorities...

The Pentagon Beat – May 2, 2018

USNI News Deputy Editor Megan Eckstein and Paul Shinkman, national security correspondent at U.S. News & World Report, discuss the...

Congress includes Section 809 findings into acquisition reform bill

David Drabkin, chair of Section 809 Panel and Mike Madsen, executive director of Section 809 Panel, discuss the 2019 National...

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...

Analysis of the FY18 NDAA

Katherine Blakeley, research fellow at the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, and Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis...

Prospects for a defense budget deal

Susanna Blume, a fellow with the Center for a New American Security, offers insight into negotiations over the National Defense...

Mattis: The time is not right for Space Corps, SecDef reorg

Roger Zakheim, partner at Covington & Burling, discusses Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ National Defense Authorization Act requests to negotiators in...

NDAA’s implications for DoD acquisition

Jon Etherton, founder of Etherton & Associates, continues the discussion on NDAA – specifically, how a DoD e-Commerce portal could...

How DoD measures R&D’s return on investment

Reggie Brothers, principal at the Chertoff Group, discusses a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would require DoD...

NDAA could create ‘Amazon for the DoD’

Stan Soloway, president and CEO of Celero Strategies, discusses a provision in the Senate’s version of the 2018 National Defense...

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...

House DHS authorization bill contains significant cyber provisions

Ron Marks, chair of the intelligence program at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, discusses cybersecurity reforms contained...

House version of NDAA seeks DoD cyber improvements

Maria Horton, founder and CEO of EmeSec, discusses changes to U.S. cyber strategy as lawmakers in both the House and...

23rd USAF Secretary James weighs in on Space Corps proposal

Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James discusses National Defense Authorization Act negotiations (including the Space Corps proposal), plans...

Senate version of NDAA seeks to split DoD CIO role

Terry Halvorsen, former chief information officer at the Department of Defense, discusses a proposal that would reorganize his former office....

The Pentagon Beat

Inside Defense editor Marjorie Censer and Inside the Pentagon chief editor Tony Bertuca joined Colby for this edition of the...

The Federal Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas, Fifth Domain editor Aaron Boyd, and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath joined Francis for this edition...

Addressing defense acquisition reform in the NDAA

The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act includes a new set of acquisition reforms pushed...

The Pentagon Beat

Federal News Radio defense reporter Scott Maucione and Bloomberg Government analyst Cameron Leuthy joined Francis for this edition of the...

GSA schedule contracts add paid sick leave

Eric Crusius, senior counsel at Holland & Knight, discusses changes to GSA schedule contracts and the 2017 NDAA’s limits to...

Acquisition reform & the National Defense Authorization Act

Jonathan Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, discusses the impact of the NDAA on the Pentagon’s acquisition process.

Defense Health Agency approaches MHS GENESIS roll out

Defense Health Agency director Vice Adm. Raquel Bono discussed the possible implications of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, the...

Future of the National Defense Authorization Act

Andrew Clevenger, defense acquisitions reporter at Bloomberg BNA, discusses the latest developments in the negotiations over the National Defense Authorization...

Latest on the National Defense Authorization Act

Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at the Washington Examiner, discusses why passage of the National Defense Authorization Act may now be...

NDAA’s impact on DoD acquisition shop

Vago Muradian, editor of the Defense and Aerospace Report, discusses the potential impact the National Defense Authorization Act could have on...

A unique perspective on negotiations over the National Defense Authorization Act

Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro (USMC, ret.), CEO of the Punaro Group, offered a unique perspective on negotiations over the National...

Sage grouse puts NDAA to roost

Washington Examiner defense correspondent Jacqueline Klimas discussed how a bird (the sage grouse) has the National Defense Authorization Act on...

Staffers working on NDAA during recess

Defense reporter at The Washington Examiner, Jacqueline Klimas, discusses the progress being made on the National Defense Authorization Act while...

House and Senate versions of the Defense Authorization Act

Roger Zakheim, former Dep. Staff Director, House Armed Services Committee, discusses the differences between the House and Senate versions of...

Carter takes ‘Force of the Future’ message on the road

Roger Zakheim, counsel at Covington & Burling and former general counsel for the House Armed Services Committee, discussed Defense Secretary...

Secretary Carter threatens to recommend a veto for NDAA

Jamie McIntyre, Senior National Security writer at the Washington Examiner discusses Secretary Carter’s threat to recommend a veto for NDAA.

Advancing NDAA during congressional recess

Advancing NDAA during congressional recess with Andrew Hunter, Senior Fellow – International Security Program, CSIS.

Horse-trading and the NDAA

Inside Defense editors Marjorie Censer and Tony Bertuca discussed horse-trading over the National Defense Authorization Act, and changes to the...

Government Matters (Full Show) – July 14, 2016

On Thursday’s edition of Government Matters: Inside Defense editors Marjorie Censer and Tony Bertuca discussed horse-trading over the National Defense...

Government Matters (Full Show) – July 13, 2016

On Wednesday’s edition of Government Matters: Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett (ret.), partner in Venable’s cybersecurity practice, discussed the lack of...

NDAA and Pentagon personnel reform

Booz Allen vice president Ron Sanders offered insight on how National Defense Authorization Act negotiations could impact the Pentagon’s personnel...

House and Senate still working on NDAA

CQ Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings discussed ongoing negotiations between the House and Senate on the National Defense Authorization...

DoD’s $2.6 billion reprogramming request

Professional Services Council CEO David Berteau discussed the practical implications of NDAA negotiations, DoD’s $2.6 billion reprogramming request, and...

NDAA negotiations and military service members

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Steve Strobridge, director of government relations for the Military Officers Association of America, relayed MOAA’s...