The Business of Government Hour show

The Business of Government Hour

Summary: The Business of Government Radio Hour, hosted by Michael J. Keegan, features a conversation with a federal executive who is changing the way government does business. The executives discuss their careers and the management challenges facing their organizations. Guests include administrators, chief financial officers, chief information officers, chief operating officers, commissioners, controllers, directors, and undersecretaries.

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 Exploring Homeland Security’s procurement strategy: A conversation with Paul Courtney | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What is the DHS’s procurement strategy? What are the key procurement and acquisition challenges facing DHS? How is DHS improving the operational performance of its acquisition function? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with our very special guest, Paul Courtney, Chief Procurement Officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

 Delivering world-class IT for DoD leadership: A conversation with Danielle Metz | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How does technology form the connective tissue that ties the missions of the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) together? How is the IM&T directorate maximizing the use of technology to support OSD? What does the future hold for OSD’s IT Enterprise? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Danielle Metz, Director, Information Management & Technology Director and CIO, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

 Exploring government-venture arrangements: A conversation with Arun Gupta | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What are the characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset? How can government and entrepreneurial ventures work together to address significant challenges facing us today? What does a thriving “venture meets mission” ecosystem look like and what is the future of government-venture arrangements? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Arun Gupta, co-author of VENTURE MEETS MISSION: Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Innovate and Transform Society on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour.

 Defining a new reality in healthcare: A conversation with Dr. Anne Bailey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What is the mission of the Strategic Initiatives Lab (Strat Lab) at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)? How is it using virtual reality and other immersive technologies to change how the department serves veterans? What does the future hold for the VHA’s Strat Lab? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Anne Bailey, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Lab within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). 

 Transforming the business of government: Insights on resiliency, innovation, and performance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How can we find value in the unexpected? What can we do to be more resilient? How can we leverage innovation to improve government performance? Join Michael Keegan on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour as he explores these questions and more marking the 25th anniversary of the IBM Center for The Business of Government. 

 Transcending the performance paradox: A conversation with Eduardo Briceno | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What is the performance paradox? What is the difference between learning while doing and learning by doing? How can overcoming the performance paradox make government executives more effective? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Eduardo Briceno, author of the new book THE PERFORMANCE PARADOX: Turning the Power of Mindset into Action on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour. 

 Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program: A conversation with Jeff Jackson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What is the National Flood Insurance Program? How does it work? What is being done to modernize and transform the program and how it operates? How is innovation and technology helping? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Jeff Jackson, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance Directorate at FEMA.

 Experts in government: A conversation with Professor Don Kettl | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How do we balance the age-old battles between expertise and accountability in government? What is the role of experts in governance? Why have the challenges of bureaucratic capacity and control become far greater in the twenty-first century? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Professor Don Kettl, author of EXPERTS IN GOVERNMENT: The Deep State from Caligula to Trump and Beyond on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour – Conversations with Authors. 

 Transforming the taxpayer experience: A conversation with Karen Howard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What is the mission of the Office of Online Services at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? What is the IRS doing to advance its digital services and enhance customer experience? How is the IRS leveraging AI and other emerging technologies to meet mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Karen Howard, Executive Director, Office of Online Services at the IRS. 

 Finding value and opportunity in the unexpected: A conversation on preparing for uncertainty with Margaret Heffernan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

Has our discomfort with uncertainty given rise to forecasting industries that profit off our “prediction addiction.”? Why election predictions, polls, and surveys won't tell us who will win? To what extent are predictions really just hypothesis that need to be challenged? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Margaret Heffernan author of Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future. Originally broadcasted on 11/30/20.

 Leveraging technology to meet mission: A conversation with Chris Johnson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

What is the mission of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s CIO-T directorate? How is NGA maximizing the use of technology to meet its mission? What are the technology priorities for NGA? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Chris Johnson, Acting Chief Technology Officer at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.

 Special edition of The Business of Government Hour: Insights on leadership, mindset, and thriving on disruption | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How can the U.S. federal government rebuild its digital capabilities and truly transform how government does business? What is the difference between learning while doing and learning by doing? How can government agencies become more adaptive and thrive on disruption. Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with thought leaders interviewed this year on The Business of Government Hour. 

 A special edition of The Business of Government Hour: Leadership in action on mission and execution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How are supplies and innovation delivered effectively to the warfighters? What are the best ways to deliver products and services to federal agencies? How are federal agency’s Putting People First? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with a host of government leaders interviewed this year on The Business of Government Hour. 

 Ensuring a world-class IT experience for DoD leadership: A conversation with Danielle Metz | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How does technology form the connective tissue that ties the Office of Secretary of Defense missions together? How is the IM&T directorate maximizing the use of technology to support OSD? What does the future hold for OSD’s IT Enterprise? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Danielle Metz, Director, Information Management & Technology Director and CIO, Office of the Secretary of Defense. 

 Transforming the Business of Government: Insights on resiliency, innovation, and performance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3540

How can we find value in the unexpected? What can we do to be more resilient? How can we leverage innovation to improve government performance? Join Michael Keegan on a Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour as he explores these questions and more marking the 25th anniversary of the IBM Center for The Business of Government. 

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