GovNavigators

GovNavigators is a government-focused show that won’t make you seasick. We hope to enlighten and enliven your week with news and insightful, entertaining guests all on the topic of government management.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • #FOGN Nick Hart joins the GovNavigators Show and brings a friend – Natalie Evans Harris – the new Vice President for External Engagement at the Data Foundation. Nick and Natalie talk about the expanding work…
    April 8, 2024
  • One of the leading candidates for Best Friend of GovNavigators status Katie Malague joins the GovNavigators Show for a second time.  Katie recently joined the Office of Personnel Management as its Chief Management Officer overseeing…
    April 1, 2024
  • This week, the GovNavigators are graced by evidence-based policymaking royalty! The Founder and President of the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy Jon Baron joins to talk about how far evidence-based policymaking has come and what remains…
    March 25, 2024
  • The GovNavigators are joined this week by the smartest man in government – the Comptroller of the United States Gene Dodaro. Robert and Adam reflect on Gene's 50 (!) years of service at the General…
    March 18, 2024
  • Drew Friedman from Federal News Network checks in on the GovNavigators and talks about everything you'd want to know about Federal Executive Boards. Drew spent upwards of a year talking to FEB leaders around the…
    March 11, 2024
  • Sara Thomas and Holly Sydnor, #FOGN and Founders of All Women Leadership join the GovNavigators to talk about starting their #WOSB, favorite movie quotes, and innovative acquisition strategies they have employed to help improve outcomes…
    March 4, 2024
  • On the cusp of yet another potential government shutdown during one of the most disruptive budgeting years ever, the GovNavigators pull in the big guns to explore some much needed reforms to the federal budget…
    February 26, 2024
  • The GovNavigators are bringing back the highest rated episode in GovNavigators history for an encore performance this week. If you didn't listen to #BFOGN Traci DiMartini, Chief Human Capital Officer at the IRS the first…
    February 19, 2024
  • The GovNavigators check in with Deputy Performance Improvement Officer Steve Brockelman at the General Services Administration to talk about performance management and organizational health in government. From swapping stories about Adam Hughes's performance reviews to…
    February 12, 2024
  • Amy Edwards Holmes, Executive Director of the Bloomberg Center on Government Excellence (GovEx) and Friend of GovNavigators (#FOGN) joins the show to talk about working with mayors and local government leaders to build a data-driven public…
    February 5, 2024
  • We're back with another #FOGN this week as Dan Chenok, Executive Director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government joins to talk about the Center's 25th anniversary and the decades of outstanding work…
    January 29, 2024
  • Another Friend of GovNavigators (#FOGN) Kris Rowley, the Chief Data Officer of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors joins the GovNavigators Show to ruminate on popular depictions of oversight of the banking community, the importance…
    January 22, 2024
  • Friend of GovNavigators (#FOGN) Charles Cooper (aka Mr. Sunshine) joins the show again to preview the upcoming legislative agenda in Congress in 2024 and how the presidential election will impact what gets done (and what…
    January 15, 2024
  • Friend of GovNavigators (FOGN) Kyle Murphy, Founder of Alpha Advisors, joins the show to talk about the promise and perils of AI tools in 2024. Robert and Adam also cover some hot topics from the…
    January 8, 2024