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.


  • What is a QSMO? Does anyone really know? Long-time listener from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service Garen Behnke joins The GovNavigators Show to share the latest on the FM Quality Service Management Office. Garen…
    June 26, 2023
  • On this week’s episode of GovNavigators, friend of the program and certified favorite guest Katie Malague joins Adam Hughes and Robert Shea to discuss her work as the Principal Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Management…
    June 19, 2023
  • This week on the GovNavigators Show, Jason Miller, executive editor of Federal News Network, joins us for an extended discussion of the latest news and headlines in government management, including Tik Tok bans, vacancies at…
    June 12, 2023
  • Debt Deal’s done. Now we can go back to worrying about the specter of AI! Tech Guru & AlphaAdvisors.xyz founder Kyle Murphy joins the GovNavigators to break down AI; what it means for you &…
    June 5, 2023
  • The GovNavigators are taking a break this week — enjoy a brief, pop-up Memorial Day episode. We hope you’re taking time out to reflect on the ultimate sacrifice many have made safeguarding our fragile democracy…
    May 29, 2023
  • Max Stier, Founding President and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service and Brooke Bollyky, Managing Director and Partner, North America Public Sector Practice Lead at BCG join the GovNavigators Podcast to talk about the…
    May 22, 2023
  • Friend of the show Matthew Cornelius joins the GovNavigators Podcast to reflect on his time on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and his contributions to federal IT policy over his career. He…
    May 15, 2023
  • This week, Robert and Adam are joined by Doug Criscitello and Dr. Monique Mansoura, two of 34 renown experts who came together to sift through an enormous amount of information related to COVID to try…
    May 8, 2023
  • This week on the GovNavigators Podcast, Robert and Adam discuss Speaker McCarthy's triumph taking all night to pass a bill that will never become law and OPM's release of its new data strategy. Also, former…
    May 1, 2023
  • Sandwiched between a discussion of the Professional Services Council annual conference, the release of the biennial GAO High Risk List, and a look at the week ahead, the GovNavigators talked with Independence Hydrogen's urbane CFO,…
    April 24, 2023
  • Friend of the show Charles Cooper from Brumidi Group joins the podcast this week to share some keen observations and his optimistic view from Capitol Hill as Congress returns to Washington. In the news, Robert…
    April 17, 2023
  • With Congress still out of session for a district work period, Robert and Adam discuss a pretty hefty week in government management news, including an OMB regulatory process overhaul, a nastygram from the Department of…
    April 10, 2023
  • Adam and Robert are off to a rocky start in Episode 2 of the GovNavigators Podcast, until some friends inadvertently come to the rescue. Listen in for a tour de force of luminaries who were…
    April 3, 2023
  • Adam Hughes and Robert Shea are back on the podcast circuit with the inaugural episode of the GovNavigators Podcast. After some shameless self-promotion, Adam and Robert cover the release of President Biden's FY24 budget, including…
    March 27, 2023