Government Matters

The Federal Beat – April 14, 2019

Frank Konkel, executive editor at NextGov, and Adam Mazmanian, executive editor at FCW, discuss the vacancies across the Department of...

FBI delays release of solicitation for $5B IT services contract

Aaron Boyd, senior editor of NextGov, details what’s new with the FBI’s Information Technology Enterprise Contract Support contract, and the...

The Federal Beat – February 17, 2019

Adam Mazmanian, executive editor of FCW, and Aaron Boyd, senior editor at NextGov, discuss developments with the Technology Modernization Fund,...

The Federal Beat – December 9, 2018

Federal News Network Reporter Nicole Ogrysko, FCW Cyber & Defense Reporter Lauren Williams, and Aaron Boyd, senior editor of NextGov,...

Agencies rush to spend as end of FY18 nears

Frank Konkel, executive editor of Nextgov, discusses the huge amounts of money moving out of the federal government as the...

Report: VA stopped publishing breach reports for 9 months

Joseph Marks, senior correspondent at NextGov, discusses his article about the lack of quarterly breach reports from the Department of...

Report: Controversy surrounding DoD’s JEDI cloud contract

On this edition of the Pentagon Beat: Military.com Reporter Oriana Pawlyk and Frank Konkel, senior technology editor at Government Executive,...

The Federal Beat – August 17, 2018

Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller and Joseph Marks, senior correspondent at NextGov, discuss some of this week’s top...

The Federal Beat – August 5, 2018

Fedscoop Senior Tech Reporter Carten Cordell and NextGov Executive Editor Frank Konkel discuss the week’s top stories. Topics on this...

The Federal Beat – July 22, 2018

NextGov senior editor Aaron Boyd, Federal News Radio Reporter Nicole Ogrysko and Federal Times Senior Reporter Jessie Bur discuss the...

The Federal Beat – July 8, 2018

Aaron Boyd, Senior Editor at NextGov and Derek Johnson, Staff Writer at FCW, discuss some of the week’s top stories....

The Federal Beat – June 17, 2018

NextGov Senior Editor Aaron Boyd, Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Billy Mitchell, Managing Editor at FedScoop, discuss the latest...

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,...

The Federal Beat – April 15, 2018

Lauren Williams, Cyber & Defense Reporter at FCW, Joseph Marks, Cybersecurity Correspondent at NextGov and Fedscoop senior tech reporter Carten...

CLOUD Act passes in omnibus spending bill

FCW Staff Writer Derek Johnson and Joseph Marks, Cybersecurity Correspondent at Nextgov, discuss the latest cybersecurity stories out of Congress,...

The Federal Beat – March 18, 2018

FedScoop Managing Editor Billy Mitchell, NextGov Senior Editor of Technology & Events Aaron Boyd and Military.com Staff Writer Hope Hodge...

The Federal Beat – February 25, 2018

On this packed edition of the Federal Beat roundtable, reporters discuss the Department of Energy’s planned cyber office, federal websites...

DHS orders agencies to implement email, website encryption tools

Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent at NextGov, discusses the Department of Homeland Security’s Monday directive to agencies to implement new security...

The Federal Beat

In this week’s Federal Beat roundtable, Frank Konkel, executive editor at NextGov, Nicole Ogrysko, reporter at Federal News Radio and...

The Federal Beat

Nextgov executive editor Frank Konkel, FCW executive editor Adam Mazmanian, and FedScoop senior tech reporter Carten Cordell join Francis for...

Are arcane budget rules threatening government cybersecurity?

Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent for NextGov, discusses the budget rules and processes that could be impacting the governments cybersecurity.

Government Matters (Full Story) – August 16, 2017

Defense Department pushes toward CAC replacement Robert Bigman, founder of 2BSecure Cybersecurity Consultancy, discusses the Defense Department’s effort to phase...

The Federal Beat

Carten Cordell, senior tech reporter for FedScoop, Mohana Ravindranath, reporter for NextGov, and Adam Mazmanian, executive editor at FCW, discuss...

Government Matters (Full Show) – March 5, 2017

Forecasting the future of U.S. Cyber Command Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett, deputy director of current operations at U.S. Cyber Command,...

The Federal Beat

WFED reporter Meredith Somers, Washington Technology editor Nick Wakeman, and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath joined Francis for this edition of...

The Federal Beat

FCW editor-in-chief Troy Schneider, Military Times Capitol Hill bureau chief Leo Shane III, and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath joined Francis...

The Obama administration’s cyber legacy

Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent at NextGov, discusses the good and the bad of the Obama administration’s cyber legacy.

Two cyber experts among list of Trump’s federal landing teams

Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent for NextGov, discusses the two cyber experts appointed to President Elect Trump’s landing team.

The Federal Beat

Federal News Radio reporter Meredith Somers, FCW staff writer Sean Carberry and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath discuss the weeks biggest...

The Federal Beat

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

FBI teaching ransomware 101

Mohana Ravindrinath, a reporter at NextGov, discusses a new effort by the FBI to educate the public on ransomware.

The Federal Beat

FedScoop tech editor Greg Otto, NextGov executive editor Camille Tuutti, and Bloomberg cybersecurity reporter Jordan Robertson joined Francis for a...

White House releases new open source policy

NextGov reporter Mohana Ravindranath explains the possible impact of a new open source policy from the White House.

Government Matters (Full Show) – August 10, 2016

Wednesday on Government Matters: Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett (USN, Ret.), co-chair of the telecommunications group and cybersecurity practice at Venable,...

The Federal Beat

Washington Technology editor-in-chief Nick Wakeman, NextGov senior correspondent Aliya Sternstein, and Federal News Radio reporter Meredith Somers discussed some of...

IT modernization fund vs MOVE IT Act

NextGov reporter Mohana Ravindranath discussed some of her latest articles — on the MOVE IT Act, the General Services Administration’s...

Government Matters (Full Show) – July 18, 2016

On Monday’s edition of Government Matters: Kimberly Holden, deputy associate director of recruitment and hiring at the Office of Personnel...