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On episode 54, The FedHeads welcome Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition on Government Procurement. Roger promotes common sense in government procurement and works to ensure the procurement system provides sound business opportunities that deliver best value for customer agencies. The Fedheads and Roger discuss the trend of agencies moving away from doing their own procurement, but using vehicles that already exist. They also talk about the reason behind the broader use of procurement,...

FedHeads welcomes co-host of Gov Actually, Danny Werfel, a director with the Boston Consulting Group. They discuss the importance of the podcasts, to share governments mission, federal service, celebrate public service, and how to approach issues in government management. Tune in for a surprise call!

Robert Shea and Francis Rose talks about President Donald Trump's selection of Dale Cabaniss to be the next director of the Office of Personnel Management.

Robert Shea and Francis Rose discusses the one year anniversary of the President's Management Agenda, and the importance of the PMA and how to improve the operations of government.

On episode 51, Robert Shea and Francis Rose welcome Traci DiMartini, Chief Human Capital Officer at Peace Corps, to discuss the impact of the government shutdown on people who are managing agencies across the country.

On episode 50, Robert Shea and Francis welcomes Christian Hoehner, Senior Director of Policy, Data Coalition, to discuss the Legislative agenda for the Data Coalition and the future of Open Data.

The FedHeads are live at #sxsw to discuss the President’s budget proposal. Robert Shea and Francis Rose discuss the proposal to reorganize OPM and GSA, the future of shutdowns, and some of the key management reforms in the budget.

This week on episode 48 of the FedHeads, Robert Shea and Francis Rose discuss the new OPM director nominee and the GEAR awards.

The latest report from the 20/20 Project on the Homeland Security Enterprise - a joint project between the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council and Grant Thornton Public Sector - looks at how things have changed in the last year as parts of the homeland security enterprise continue to become more integrated and efficient in defending America

The FedHeads welcome Ann Ebberts, CEO of the Association of Government Accountants, and Jim Taylor, Managing Director at Grant Thornton Public Sector to discuss what insights can be gathered from our latest CFO survey.

This week, the FedHeads welcome Emily Loeb, partner at Jenner & Block to discuss the nature and importance of oversight in Washington DC.T Robert, Francis and Emily Loeb talks about expected changes in congressional oversight now that Democrats have taken over the majority in the House of Representatives.

Shut down is over- the Government is open! Robert and Francis discuss on today's episode what to expect with the government reopening. What is effected, next steps and what to look forward to in the next couple days or weeks.

This week on episode #44, the #FedHeads welcome Asif Khan, Director at the GAO, to discuss the results of its first ever audit of the Department of Defense.

A special bonus episode of #FedHeads where Robert and Francis check in on the ongoing partial government shutdown. About FedHeads FedHeads are Robert Shea and Francis Rose, who love to talk about the arcana of government management and the people who are trying to make it better. They don't have t-shirts yet, but are open to ideas. If government is your bag, you've got to listen to 'em. They're the FedHeads.

This week on Episode 43, Robert and Francis welcome Data Foundation consultant Jim Harper and Adam Hughes, Director at Grant Thornton Public Sector to discuss key findings from the 3rd edition of The State of the Union of #Open #Data report. State of the Union of Open Data Report: : gt-us.co/SOTUofOpenData About #FedHeads FedHeads are Robert Shea and Francis Rose, who love to talk about the arcana of government management and the people who are trying to make it better. They don't have...

Episode #42 of #FedHeads welcome Tom Ross, President of Volcker Alliance, to discuss how they are working to improve government from the outside in. www.volckeralliance.com Tom Ross bio: https://volckeralliance.org/thomas-w-ross About FedHeads FedHeads are Robert Shea and Francis Rose, who love to talk about the arcana of government management and the people who are trying to make it better. They don't have t-shirts yet, but are open to ideas. If government is your bag, you've got to listen...

Season 2 of #FedHeads kicks off with Robert and Francis wishing for a mailbag segment on FedHeads with listener questions and talking about the consequences of the partial government shutdown - including difficulties with restarting the government after a prolonged shutdown. Connect with the FedHeads on Social Media: Francis Rose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FRoseDC Francis Rose on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frosedc/detail/recent-activity/posts/ Robert Shea on Twitter:...

Robert and Francis wrap up the year with a bow (and a potential government shutdown). Tune in to hear the latest on shutdown, some reflections on the first season of FedHeads, and hear Robert sing his favorite Christmas song. About FedHeads FedHeads are Robert Shea and Francis Rose, who love to talk about the arcana of government management and the people who are trying to make it better. They don't have t-shirts yet, but are open to ideas. If government is your bag, you've got to listen to...

Episode #39 of #FedHeads features Trey Bradley, Program Manager at GSA and lead on the Cross-Agency Priority Goal on Leveraging #Data as a Strategic Asset. Trey Bradley LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trey-bradley-b472253/ CAP Goal #2: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset: https://www.performance.gov/CAP/CAP_goal_2.html About FedHeads FedHeads are Robert Shea and Francis Rose, who love to talk about the arcana of government management and the people who are trying to make it better....

Robert and Francis cover the top headlines in government management on this week's #FedHeads. Shutdown watch is back, potential (added) chaos in the Trump administration in 2019, whether the federal government will close on Christmas Eve, and Francis teaches Robert how to be a curmudgeon. About FedHeads FedHeads are Robert Shea and Francis Rose, who love to talk about the arcana of government management and the people who are trying to make it better. They don't have t-shirts yet, but are...