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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

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PROJECT 38: Reporter Roundtable on Alliant 2 SB cancellation, NDAA and Lockheed's new CEO

Reporters from FCW and Washington Technology discuss the latest news including the cancellation of Alliant 2 Small Business, the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act and the direction Lockheed Martin's new CEO wants to take it in.

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PROJECT 38: Understanding the impact of COVID and the social justice movement on the GovCon market

The continuing acceleration of the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the simultaneous revival of diversity and social justice movements in the United States can be overwhelming. In this episode of Project 38, we attempt to distill what it all means with the help of Capitol Hill veteran and GovCon community leader Tonya Saunders.

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PROJECT 38: Stress test on the defense industrial base

In this episode of Project 38, John Luddy of the Aerospace Industries Association explains how COVID-19 has put the defense industrial base through a stress test unlike any other event and how the sector has weathered the pandemic so far.

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PODCAST: What Deltek's Clarity report says about today's market

Deltek’s Amy Champigny lives and breathes the annual Clarity report, a survey that serves as a benchmark for the industry. In this episode of Project 38, discusses this year’s findings and how the coronavirus pandemic brings extra meaning to the findings.

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PROJECT 38: Making competent diversity happen in national security

The conversation around diversity has hit a peak in recent weeks and Maggie Feldman-Piltch, founder and CEO of #NatSecGirlSquad shares how talk and action on diversity go hand-in-hand.

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PROJECT 38: How the coronavirus has changed business as usual

Closely-aligned sales and marketing teams can be the difference between success and failure in a market turned upside down by the coronavirus. In this episode of Project 38, marketing expert Allan Rubin shares how he sees successful companies overcoming the challenges of this new environment.

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PROJECT 38: PSC's David Berteau on COVID challenges and the path forward

David Berteau sees the myriad ways the coronavirus pandemic from his perch as President and CEO of the Professional Services Council. In this episode of the Project 38 podcast, Berteau shares his thoughts on the health of the market and where it could go from here.

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PROJECT 38: Global IT issues hit the federal landscape

How do the COVID-19 disruptions in global IT supply chains impact the federal government and the leading systems integrators? We take an “outside-in” approach to finding some answers in this episode with Michael Hong and Jeff Sorensen of Kearney’s public sector practice.

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Reporters' Roundtable: COVID-19's impact on work, business and policy

In this episode of the Project 38 podcast, three reporters from Washington Technology and our sibling publication FCW.com share insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on business, policy and work in the government market.

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PROJECT 38: Looking both ahead and back at the enduring innovation agenda

A glance at what the pre-coronavirus world looked like for federal agencies quickly brings technology modernization back to the forefront, and that is where we pick up part two of this two-part interview with ICF CEO John Wasson.