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PROJECT 38: How the Biden administration can accelerate digital services

Many people see little change from the Trump administration to the Biden administration as far as tech priorities are concerned. But in this conversation with Editor Nick Wakeman, 18F co-founder Greg Godbout describes what he sees as an opportunity to accelerate the evolution toward a digital transformation of government.

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PROJECT 38: COVID's permanent impact on GovCon and human capital

Government contracting is a people business even as technology and connectivity loom large. In this episode of Project 38, senior staff writer Ross Wilkers talks with Jon Barney of Odgers Berndson, and Sam Dinte of Dinte Executive Search about permanent changes COVID has brought to how GovCon firms recruit and develop their workforce.

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PROJECT 38: Microsoft's federal focus and the importance of mission resiliency

As president of Microsoft's U.S. regulated industries, Toni Townes-Whitley looks across the legacy of the software giant as well as its future. She shares that vision with Editor Nick Wakeman as they talk major contract wins, social justice, emerging technology and mission resiliency.

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PROJECT 38: How the presidential transition impacts your BD, capture activities

Even in normal election year, the transition from one administration to the next create uncertainty in the market. Business development and capture management expert Bob Lohfeld tells us what companies should do to successfully move through these next few months.

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REPORTER ROUNDTABLE: The presidential transition and other pressing GovCon issues

In this episode of Project 38, Editor Nick Wakeman leads a discussion with colleagues from Washington Technology and FCW about what the presidential transition means to the government contracting market and other issues having an impact as well.

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PROJECT 38: How small businesses can breach the barrier of silence during the time of COVID

Govmates founders and matchmakers Katie Bilek and Stephanie Alexander return to Project 38 to speak with Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers about the challenge of silence that small businesses face in today's COVID marketplace.

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PROJECT 38: How implicit bias can lead to bad decisions

In this episode of Project 38, diversity and inclusion expert Minal Bopaiah tells us how unconscious bias can permeate how we make decisions and even how we design our technology. But Bopaiah also sees ways to mitigate the impact.

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PROJECT 38: What fiscal 2020 spending tells us about the market

With fiscal 2020 just wrapped up, Bloomberg Government's senior defense analyst Rob Levinson and WT senior staff writer Ross Wilkers take the opportunity to look back at those 12 months and they look ahead at what might happen next, particularly with how civilian agencies have stepped up their spending.

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PROJECT 38: Your next big tech hub might be in rural America

In this Project 38 episode, Brendan Walsh from 1901 Group talks with Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman about how today's tech revolution is creating an opportunity to build successful businesses in rural America.

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PROJECT 38: How COVID drives cultural change

The COVID-19 crisis has forced agencies and companies to field a dispersed workforce that relies on technology to stay productive and connected. In this episode of Project 38, Gary Hix of Hitachi Vantara Federal discusses with WT Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers how many of those changes could be permanent.

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REPORTER ROUNDTABLE: CMMC, CARES Act and the risk of a shutdown

In this Project 38 podcast a panel of leading journalists discuss some of the pressing topics of concern to both the federal government and contractors -- including the latest on the Pentagon's CMMC cyber standards, one piece of the CARES Act getting extended and the risk of a shutdown.

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PROJECT 38: Why Leidos isn't standing still

Leidos is the largest company in the market coming in at No 1. on the 2020 Top 100, but isn't sitting back as business development chief Roy Stevens explains in this podcast with Washington Technology editor-in-chief Nick Wakeman.

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PROJECT 38: SAIC CEO on how focus drives the company's success

Nazzic Keene has led Science Applications International Corp. for just over one year. Listen to this podcast conversation with Editor-in-Chief Nick Wakeman on how Keene's priorities continue to drive the company forward, plus how COVID-19 is complicating everything.

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PROJECT 38: How the Top 100's telecom giants keep us connected during the pandemic

In this Project 38 episode, Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers talks with top public sector executives from the 2020 Washington Technology Top 100’s three highest-ranked telecommunications firms on their work to keep government agencies and people connected during the coronavirus pandemic.

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PROJECT 38: Inside Serco's monster year

In our continuing series of Top 100 related podcasts, Serco Inc. CEO Dave Dacquino explains how the company started laying the groundwork years ago for a monster 2019.

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PROJECT 38: Inside BAE's Top 100 strategy and COVID-19's impact on operations

BAE Systems Inc. CEO Tom Arseneault explains why the company moved quickly to buy the military GPS and airborne radio units from Raytheon Technologies and he shares how COVID-19 has impacted the company's operations.

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PROJECT 38: Top 100 insights into Leidos' capture strategy

Leidos' executive vice president Roy Stevens shares how the company chased the $6.5 billion Global Solutions Management Operations and $7.7 billion Navy NGEN contracts simultaneously.

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PROJECT 38: GovCon's most important number isn't strictly about a dollar sign

In this episode of Project 38, Kea Matory of the National Defense Industrial Association updates us on a hoped for extension of Section 3610 of the CARES Act, the provision provides relief to contractors with employees sidelined due to COVID-19. It is set to expire Sept. 30.

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PROJECT 38: COVID-19 as a trigger for innovation

Science Applications International Corp.'s Charles Onstott explains how COVID-19 is an innovation trigger that is changing how we work and the technologies that we rely to make decision, protect our health and increase our security.

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PROJECT 38: How the ban on Chinese tech impacts GovCon

Defense policy expert and attorney Samantha Clark explains the far ranging implications of a new rule that bans agencies from awarding contracts to companies using or selling telecommunications equipment from certain China based companies