The GovNavigators Show

The GovNavigators are joined this week by the smartest man in government - the Comptroller of the United States Gene Dodaro. Robert and Adam reflect on Gene's 50 (!) years of service at the Government Accountability Office, the changes he's seen in the government over that time, and the areas he's particularly proud of in his almost 15 years leading the government's watchdog organization. And you'll probably learn a few things about him you might not know.

Show Notes
Inside the Blunders That Plunged the College Admission Season Into Disarray
HHS opens probe into UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity as hack fallout continues
IRS Tax-Filing Pilot Opens Wide, With Aim of 100,000 First-Year Users
Fact Sheet: President's FY2025 Budget

Upcoming Events
Coleridge Initiative's 4th Annual Convening
ACT-IAC Shared Services Summit

Drew Friedman from Federal News Network checks in on the GovNavigators and talks about everything you'd want to know about Federal Executive Boards. Drew spent upwards of a year talking to FEB leaders around the country about its role, operations, and what's ahead for FEBs. She also has likely gathered plenty of feedback to report back to our overlord, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller.

Show Notes
FNN Special Report: The 85 Percent: FEBs Burst the DC Bubble
Government Shutdown Averted as Senate Passes $459 Billion Funding Bill
Let AI Remake the Whole U.S. Government (oh, and Save the Country)

Sara Thomas and Holly Sydnor, #FOGN and Founders of All Women Leadership join the GovNavigators to talk about starting their #WOSB, favorite movie quotes, and innovative acquisition strategies they have employed to help improve outcomes for agencies.

Show Notes
Congress Avoids Shutdown
Marine Corps Becomes First Military Branch to Receive Clean Audit
NIST Releases Version 2.0 of Landmark Cybersecurity Framework

Upcoming Events
President Biden Delivers State of the Union Address (3/7)
ACT-IAC Innovation Awards Nominations Close (3/8)

On the cusp of yet another potential government shutdown during one of the most disruptive budgeting years ever, the GovNavigators pull in the big guns to explore some much needed reforms to the federal budget process.

Former OMB Senior Executive and current Professorial Lecturer at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at GWU Steve Redburn joins the GovNavigators Show to talk about a new report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government he authored capturing recommendations to reforming the federal budgeting process.

For the budget wonks in the audience, you've probably heard some of these recs before, but there are likely a few new ones too. Grab your green eyeshades and tune in!

Show Notes
Opportunities for Management when Budgeting
House Launches Bipartisan AI Task Force
11-Nation Operation Takes Down World’s ‘Most Harmful’ Cybercriminal Group
Understaffing and Mismanagement Contributed to Hundreds of Deaths in Federal Prisons
VA Sexual Harassment Investigation Recommends Firing, Recouping Bonuses from Supervisors
Get Your Leap Day On!

Upcoming Events
AGA National Leadership Training
ACT-IAC Small Business Matchmaking Event
SludgeDaily Shutdown Countdown Clock

The GovNavigators are bringing back the highest rated episode in GovNavigators history for an encore performance this week. If you didn't listen to #BFOGN Traci DiMartini, Chief Human Capital Officer at the IRS the first time around - you don't want to miss this.

And Robert and Adam recorded an updated news segment too - the excitement of the release of the long-awaited federal programs inventory just had to be talked about.

Show Notes
Federal Program Inventory
GAO: FY 2023 and FY 2022 Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Government
FedScoop: GSA Updates TMF Repayment Policy Following Lawmakers' Proposal
PSC Law Enforcement Conference

The GovNavigators check in with Deputy Performance Improvement Officer Steve Brockelman at the General Services Administration to talk about performance management and organizational health in government. From swapping stories about Adam Hughes's performance reviews to making up acronyms for OMB Memos to the nitty gritty of performance management, this episode has it all!

Show Notes
Opportunities for Management when Budgeting, by Steve Redburn of George Washington University (and former OMB executive).
CBO Says Deficit to Grow Slower Under McCarthy-Biden Agreement (Washington Post coverage)
CBO Budget and Economic Outlook
IRS: Fund Us and We'll Collect Billions from Tax Cheats
Bill Introduced to Extend Credit Monitoring to Victims of 2015 OPM Breach
#GovLove Week
Senior Executive Association 2024 Leadership Summit

Amy Edwards Holmes, Executive Director of the Bloomberg Center on Government Excellence (GovEx) and Friend of GovNavigators (#FOGN) joins the show to talk about working with mayors and local government leaders tobuild a data-driven public sector that fairly and justly uses data, research, and analytics.

We're back with another #FOGN this week as Dan Chenok, Executive Director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government joins to talk about the Center's 25th anniversary and the decades of outstanding work it has undertaken in order to improve government management.

Show Notes
IBM Center for the Business of Government
AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Summit 2024 (January 30-31)
ACT-IAC Acquisition Forum (January 31)
HSGAC Business Meeting (January 31)
Results for America: Celebrating 5 Years of the Evidence Act (January 31)

Another Friend of GovNavigators (#FOGN) Kris Rowley, the Chief Data Officer of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors joins the GovNavigators Show to ruminate on popular depictions of oversight of the banking community, the importance of data and data management and whether AI will rise up and destroy humanity. You don't want to miss this one.

Show Links
It's a Wonderful Life: Better in Color or Black and White?
Conference of State Bank Supervisors

Upcoming Events
Coleridge Initiative’s Data for Evidence-building Webinar
AFCEA DC's Monthly Luncheon: DISA's 2024 Priorities
AGA's Wake up Wednesday Webinar: Finding the Data to Drive Improved Performance: Tips for Government Practitioners

Friend of GovNavigators (#FOGN) Charles Cooper (aka Mr. Sunshine) joins the show again to preview the upcoming legislative agenda in Congress in 2024 and how the presidential election will impact what gets done (and what doesn't). Despite his perfect record predicting tough legislative outcomes, we're sure he'll hit a roadbump sometime in 2024.

Robert and Adam also mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day and review the latest happenings in government management.

Show Notes
Brumidi Group
Wasabi Fenway Bowl Results
HSGAC AI Hearing: Wonder Women of Tech
January 17: AGA Webinar: Uniform Guidance and Grant Accounting