The Business of Government Hour

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Driving Development Results: A Conversation with Reggie Mitchell Aug 15, 2022

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What is the mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its Office of Chief Financial Officer? What are USAID’s key financial management priorities? How has USAID’s CFO transformed how this office operates? Join Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Reggie Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer at USAID. Next week on The Business of Government Hour.

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Delivering hosting and compute services to warfighters: A Conversation with Sharon Woods, director, DISA's Hosting and Compute Center Aug 08, 2022

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What is the mission of the Defense Information Systems Agency DISA’s Hosting and Compute Center? How is the HaCC transforming the way DISA does business? What does the future hold for DISA’s Hosting and Compute Center? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Sharon Woods, Director, Hosting and Compute Center at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

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Leading Treasury's Office of Fiscal Services: A conversation with Dave Lebryk Aug 01, 2022

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What is the mission of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Fiscal Service? How does the pandemic response compare to the recovery act response and what have we learned? How is Treasury’s Office of Fiscal Service using innovative approaches to meet its critical mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dave Lebryk, Fiscal Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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Educating public leaders: A conversation with Diogo Costa Jul 25, 2022

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What is the mission of the National School of Public Administration of Brazil? How does it work to shape, enhance, and educate Brazil’s public servants? What can we learn from their experiences? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Diogo Costa, President of National School of Public Administration of Brazil

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Proactively Shape the Future: A Conversation with Kara Cunzeman, Lead for Strategic Foresight, at The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy Jul 18, 2022

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What is the mission of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation? How does it use innovative approaches such as strategic foresight and futures thinking to meet its mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Kara Cunzeman, Lead for Strategic Foresight, at The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

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Emerge Stronger and More Resilient: Responding to COVID-19 and Preparing for Future Shocks with Mike Stone and Tim Paydos Jul 12, 2022

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How can governments emerge stronger and better prepared for future shocks? What actions can be taken to modernize supply chains? How does emerging stronger and more resilient rest on a solid foundation of data analytics and systems security? Join host Michael J. Keegan as he explores these questions and more with IBM Global Government leaders Tim Paydos and Mike Stone, authors of the IBM Center report, Emerge Stronger and More Resilient: Responding to COVID-19 and Preparing for Future Shocks.

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Reforming DoD programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process: A conversation with John Whitley Jun 27, 2022

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How does the U.S. Dept of Defense allocate and manage its resources? What is its Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process? How can PPBE Reform Commission address weaknesses oin this system? What pitfalls should it avoid? Host Michael Keegan explres these questions and more with John Whitley former acting secretary of the U.S. Army & author of the IBM Center report, Three Reforms to Improve Defense Resource Management.

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Delivering on the Vision of Multi-domain Command and Control (MDC2): A Special SPADE Defense Conference 2022 Edition of The Business of Government Hour Jun 20, 2022

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What is Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2)? How is the U.S. and its allies collaborating to deliver on the vision of MDC2? How is Canada’s Defence Team pursuing MDC2? What lessons can be learned from previous efforts? Michael Keegan welcomes Len Bastien, CIO, Canadian Department of National Defence, Terry Halvorsen, former DoD CIO and IBM executive, and retired Major General Bob Wheeler next week on The Business of Government Hour.

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Connecting and protecting the warfighter in cyberspace: A conversation with Lt. General Robert Skinner, Director, DISA Jun 13, 2022

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What are the strategic priorities of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)? How is it strengthening the security and resilience of networks and systems? What is it doing to prioritize command and control and leverage data as a Strategic Asset? Michael Keegan explores these questions and more with Lt. General Robert Skinner, Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

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Leveraging information and technology: A conversation with Gary Washington Jun 07, 2022

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What is the IT strategy for the USDA? How is it modernizing its IT systems and infrastructure? How USDA using technology to transform the way it operates and meets its mission? Host Michael Keegan explores these questions and more with Gary Washington, CIO, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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