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WT 360: Defense One's Lauren Williams on the new world order of acquisition
Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One who covers the industrial base, jumps in to go over the Pentagon’s new ways of working with contractors and how commercial buying is more than just about products.
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WT 360: Known risks and potential rewards in the post-shutdown catchup
Christine Williamson, a partner in the GovCon industry practice at CohnReznick, lays out five lingering challenges contractors must take into consideration in the reopening and how to respond to them.
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WT 360: Amentum’s post-merger growth strategy targets space, energy and defense
CEO John Heller discusses the company's positioning in markets such as nuclear power for artificial intelligence data centers, space systems, and multi-domain defense solutions.
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WT 360: Shutdown fallout, SAIC and market churn lead this episode’s agenda
Carten Cordell and Edward Graham, respectively managing editors at WT’s partner publications Government Executive and NextgovFCW, join Nick and Ross to go over all things shutdown in this episode’s first part. Then for part two, Nick and Ross unpack SAIC’s CEO transition against the backdrop of today’s market landscape.
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WT 360: A banker’s guide to navigating the shutdown and staying ready for the reopening
Phil Poliquin, a market executive for J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking’s government sector team, offers general guidelines for contractors on how to carry on during a period when payments from customers are frozen.
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WT 360: Action items for contractors in the shutdown’s second week
Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, outlines how government contractors are keeping busy on several fronts as they prepare for their customers to reopen.
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WT 360: Our first look at the shutdown and fiscal 2026's landscape
John Caucis and James Wichert, public sector market analysts at Technology Business Research, preview the opportunity set for contractors in this new federal fiscal year after first addressing what the government shutdown means for industry.
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WT 360: Booz Allen’s roadmap for collaborating with startups after an investment
Booz Allen Hamilton’s move to triple its venture capital commitment is the focal point of this episode featuring Matt Calderone and Brian MacCarthy, respectively chief financial officer for the corporation and VC organization leader.
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WT 360: All about pathways for tech talent into the public sector
Arun Gupta, chief executive of NobleReach Foundation, says having more 'dual citizens' of industry and government will help people understand both sides of the ecosystem and attract more talent.
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WT 360: How AI drives Accenture Federal's growth plans
Ron Ash, CEO of Accenture's U.S. federal subsidiary, joins to describe how AI-driven initiatives are reshaping strategic partnerships and opening more opportunities for outcome-based contract work.
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WT 360: ICF’s pillars for its technology modernization outlook and approach
David Birken, senior vice president for digital modernization and experience at ICF, joins to go over some keys for mapping technology implementations to workforce trends and what customer delivery looks like in today’s landscape.
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WT 360: Is employee ownership right for your company?
David Blauzvern, a managing director and ESOP specialist at CSG Partners, lays out some answers to that question and what employee stock ownership plans can offer government contractors for their next phases.
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WT 360: SAIC Ventures’ methods for investing in and working with tech startups
Michael Hauser, managing partner for Science Applications International Corp.’s venture capital arm, walks through how this part of the company works to bring emerging technologies forward after they invest in a young company.
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WT 360: One founder’s guide to making hard pivots and picking the right investor
Sophia Harris, founder and chief executive of ODRG, charts the path her company has taken since its inception in 2013 and how a full change in approach positioned it for an investment from Advantage Capital.
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WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on reindustrialization and its underlying ecosystem
Lauren Williams, our Defense One colleague and a senior editor there, jumps in to help connect some dots between the defense industrial base and the U.S.’ efforts to regain global manufacturing leadership.
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WT 360: Our EIC Frank Konkel on Uber’s federal pact and procurement centralization
Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for all GovExec publications including WT, jumps in to help connect the rideshare giant’s agreement with the General Services Administration and the agency’s agenda for reforming government contracting.
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WT 360: All about messaging and its relationship to business performance
Dustin Siggins and Katie Helwig, public relations and GovCon practitioners respectively, go over the past decade in corporate culture shifts and how external messaging connects directly to communications with government customers.
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WT 360: Adaptation is essential for companies to thrive in today’s market
Aaron Myers -- partner for aerospace, defense and government advisory at Aprio -- goes over how contractors should balance change with staying true to themselves in a customer landscape full of demands to do business differently than before.
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WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s David DiMolfetta on Iran, cyber and the Salt Typhoon breach
David DiMolfetta, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers all things cyber, jumps in to explain how U.S. government agencies are monitoring Iran’s cyber activities and why a major intrusion into telecommunications networks keeps getting worse.
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