The GovNavigators Show

Hope everyone’s enjoying a well-deserved day off! On this pop-up episode of the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam run through the news and events of last week, recapping an exciting conference on federal lending and discussing new compliance guidance from OMB. Plus, some presidential action on SI (we got the new name straight eventually).   Special thanks to Allocore for sponsoring!  Show Notes...

Drumroll, please! This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam sit down with Mary Peterman , the newly hired CEO of AGA . Learn about Mary’s longstanding involvement in the organization, her view on the role AGA should play in public policy issues, and her thoughts on the impact of AI in government financial management. Plus, how AGA is here to help you adjust to an evolving federal landsc...

The oracle is back, and he's not holding back. This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome the return of Charles Cooper , Founder and Managing Partner at Brumidi Group , for a deep dive into the state of play on Capitol Hill with just weeks to go before the midterms. Will there be a government shutdown? What does a lame duck Congress actually get done? And is divided governme...

Who knew Jaws could come up in a conversation on data? This week, Robert and Adam sit down with Nick Hart , President and CEO of the Data Foundation to debrief their GovDATAx conference and discuss the many factors at play in the national data ecosystem. Learn what progress Nick believes has been made in the federal data sphere and hear what he thinks is still left to be done. Plus, insights on th...

From inside the House, it’s Christian Hoehner!   This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome their good friend Christian Hoehner , Policy Director for the Majority staff at the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . Christian walks us through the committee’s expansive work, including their new legislation addressing the “dire problem” of fraud and improper payments. Plus,...

Happy Labor Day!   On this pop-up episode, Robert and Adam wish a happy holiday to all, with a special shoutout to our federal workforce. Plus, some quick updates from Congress and upcoming events to tie you over through the long weekend.  Show Notes:   Allocore.com   Federal News Network: House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election   Bloomberg Government: House Ca...

Christina Ho knows some people would describe audit as “painful,” so what if there was a way to make it “faster, better, and cheaper?”  In this episode, Robert and Adam sit down with Christina Ho , former PCAOB Board Member and Chief Assurance Officer at Oath to discuss her new project using AI to improve the auditing process by testing 100% of transactions. Plus, learn about her vision for a “who...

Congress passed a major bipartisan housing bill, and Robert has three daughters renting apartments, so this one is personal. This week, Robert and Adam are joined by Nicole Upano , AVP of Housing Policy and Regulatory Affairs, and George Ratiu , VP of Research, both at the National Apartment Association , to unpack what the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act does for Americans everywhere, and what c...

Special thanks to Allocore for supporting this episode.  Ensuring politicians remain accountable to those who vote for them is no easy feat, but our guest this episode may have the solution. On this episode of the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam try not to have too much fun talking with John Bernard , Founder, President, and CEO of America’s Pulse , as he takes us through his project to measur...

Thank you to Allocore for supporting this week's episode of the GovNavigators Show. Are we all clear on opsec? This week, Robert and Adam are getting (almost) all the details on how the latest technologies are rewriting the rules of national security. Shelby Pierson , retired national security official and the newest member of the GovNavigators Network , talks us through her longtime career s...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome Lauren Lombardo , Policy Director for Recoding America , to discuss her work driving collaborative and coordinated government management policy reform. Lauren walks us through how working on campaigns at 13 years old sparked an early interest in public service, and describes her professional path working as a data scientist in the privat...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome back Howard Mortman , Director of Communications at C-SPAN . Howard reveals what’s new with the network, the trends he’s been seeing, and how public affairs broadcasting has been changing. The episode dives into the role C-SPAN footage plays in spurring political conversation on social media, and the network’s new show aiming to bring to...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome Dana Fowler , member of the GovNavigators Network , to walk us through her career path and offer insights on government performance reform. Dana details her interesting start in the federal government as “basically a deckhand on a fishing boat,” before moving onto the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the CDC, th...

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome Alex Snider , a former GSA and State Department official and author of the new book Sometimes You Should Be Late , to talk about what mindfulness has to do with government management. Alex walks through his career path in the Executive branch, and explains how recovering from a bike accident and the concussion that followed sent him towa...

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome Tyler Davey , CEO of ClearGov , to talk about how technology can finally make city budgets accessible to the people paying for them. The show digs into the problem with the traditional 300-to-500-page budget book, why context is the key to real citizen engagement, and how ClearGov's AI-powered chatbot and Engagement Studio turn comp...

On this Independence Day pop-up episode of the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam mark America's 250th birthday by surfacing some lesser-known milestones in the history of government management. From pre-Declaration government auditing, to a revolutionary-era grievance against King George that sounds surprisingly familiar to anyone who's worked in federal bureaucracy, to the creation of...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam are joined by Maureen Klovers and April Harding, co-founders of We the Doers , who tackle the big question: How do we make government more efficient and effective? They discuss their project to measure success in government based on what matters to citizens and use that framework to see what changes make a difference. Maureen and April also desc...

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome Larry Allen , Associate Administrator for GSA 's Office of Government-wide Policy, now 15 months into the role. Larry brings a big update on the historic FAR overhaul, with the first four chapters expected to be out for public comment within the next two weeks. He describes the enthusiastic engagement from the acquisition workforce...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam are joined by Andrea Sampanis , Director of the Grants Quality Service Management Office (Grants QSMO) at HHS , and Stacie Massey , Deputy Director for Grants and Financial Reporting at the Office of Budget and Management for the state of Ohio. Andrea takes us on a deep dive into the new SIN launch for grants management services, walking us thro...

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam welcome back Charles Cooper , Managing Director at Brumidi Group and GovNavigators' resident oracle of all things Capitol Hill. With six months until the midterms and a staggering legislative to-do list full of reconciliation, the farm bill, the surface transportation bill, 12 appropriations bills, the NDAA, FISA, and more, Charles breaks d...

In this Memorial Day pop-up episode of the GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam break down a week of Washington false starts and delayed announcements, namely the Senate’s stalled reconciliation push and the White House pulling the plug on a major AI EO signing at the last minute. They also spotlight a new HHS fraud oversight initiative aimed at tightening grant accountability using AI-powered audi...

This week on The GovNavigators Show, Robert and Adam are joined by Robbie Holmes, founder and CEO of Holmes Consulting Group and member of the GovNavigators Network , for a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation on technology, government modernization, and what it really takes to build systems that serve people. Robbie traces a remarkable career arc, from the New York City welfare system an...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Adam and Robert sit down with Daniel Gaush , Acting Director of the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services Service Center at the U.S. Department of State, for a fascinating look at one of the federal government’s largest and least understood shared services operations. Daniel explains how the ICASS system coordinates administrative support fo...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, Adam and Robert sit down with the GovNavigator Network 's Josh Martin , former Chief Data Officer for the State of Indiana turned founder and AI practitioner, for a candid, highly practical conversation about what AI can (and can't!) do in government today. Josh shares how he’s building AI-powered tools to solve real-world problems, like instantly pre...

This week on the GovNavigators Show, hosts Adam and Robert sit down with Dr. Amanda Cash of the Data Foundation and Dr. Adita Karkera of Deloitte to unpack the latest Federal Chief Data Officer (CDO) Survey and what it reveals about the state of data, AI, and capacity across government. Drawing on six years of survey data, Amanda and Adita explain how the federal CDO role has evolved since the Fou...