FedHeads
Summary: 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.
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Hope you take time this weekend to remember those who have fought and died for our country.
Tune in for the conclusion, part 2, of the Category Management and Acquisition featuring Lesley Field and Anne Laurent, author of Buying as One: Category Management Lessons from the United Kingdom. Learn about each one of the 6 key insights for the U.S. Government pulled from Anne's research and discuss where the Government is right now.
On episode 57, Robert and Francis welcomes Lesley Field, Deputy Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy at OMB, and Anne Laurent, author of Buying as One: Category Management Lessons from the United Kingdom. Today, they discuss the evolution and methodology behind category management.
Robert is on assignment in West Virginia and checks in to talk with Francis about the latest effort to establish shared services across the Federal government and discusses whether the current effort will be successful and why.
On episode 55, Robert Shea and Francis Rose invites Howard Mortman, Communications Director at C-SPAN, to return on the FedHeads to celebrate their 40th Anniversary. On this episode, we learn about C-SPAN’s background and their most profound moments.
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, searching for efficiency, creating bridge between government and industry, understanding their customer requirements, and future of this Administrations first term and what to expect.
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.
