Mike Hettinger
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The Modernization Government Technology Act received approval from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Sept. 15 and will likely get voted on by the full House on Sept. 20.
September 19, 2016 -
Lawmakers are offering the Modernizing Obsolete and Vulnerable Enterprise IT (MOVE-IT) Act as an alternative to the White House’s $3.1 billion IT Modernization Fund proposal to help agencies update technology networks and applications.
July 18, 2016 -
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking GAO to review how the U.S. Digital Services prioritizes programs as well as how agencies are implementing the CIO authorities under FITARA.
July 04, 2016 -
The White House sent its legislative proposal to Capitol Hill and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) plans on introducing legislation based on that proposal this week.
April 11, 2016 -
Mike Hettinger, president and managing principal of the Hettinger Strategy Group LLC, argues for OMB to change its approach to modernizing financial management systems.
March 01, 2016 -
If the Internet of things is a technology megatrend, federal agencies should pay attention to it. So says the non-profit Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, or ATARC. It asked professors, contractors and federal IT managers about the Internet of things and boiled the answers down into five recommendations. Mike Hettinger of ATARC told Federal Drive with Tom Temin the group started out with a question.
November 30, 2015 -
Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and Mike Hettinger of the Hettinger Strategy Group count down the week's top stories with Francis Rose.
August 28, 2015 -
Shawn Kingsberry, director of Cloud Solutions at Englity, and Mike Hettinger, managing principal at Hettinger Strategy Group, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
June 26, 2015 -
Mike Hettinger, former senior vice president for public sector at TechAmerica, and Martha Johnson, former GSA administrator, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
January 16, 2015 -
Mike Hettinger, federal IT expert, and Jeff Koch, federal consultant, count down the week's top stories with Francis Rose.
October 10, 2014 -
The industry association is once again in turmoil as it gets rid of Mike Hettinger, who was brought in to stabilize the association after a tumultuous year. TechAmerica brings in two consultants, Larry Allen and Bill Greenwalt, to handle the day-to-day activities of the organization in the meantime.
September 23, 2014 -
The Defense Department's Industrial Policy Chief, Elana Broitman, stepped down in July, after only five months on the job. The departure comes as relations between industry and the Pentagon are somewhat strained. Mike Hettinger is the senior vice president for the public sector at Tech America. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss what Broitman's departure means for contractors.
August 19, 2014 -
You may think you've heard enough advice on cloud computing. But there's always something new to learn. That's the idea behind the just-published Cloud Buyer's Guide for Government. It was produced by the Tech America Foundation. Tom and Emily spoke with Mike Hettinger of TechAmerica on the Federal Drive about this update in cloud computing.
June 02, 2014 -
The White House has issued six recommendations for protecting privacy in the era of big data. It's the result of a 90-day review of big data policies and practices. One of the top recommendations was to pass a National Data Breach bill, similar to the cybersecurity bill the administration proposed in 2011. Mike Hettinger, vice president for Public Sector at TechAmerica, gave industry's take on the recommendations to Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp.
May 07, 2014 -
In a special report, The Government Shutdown: Six Months Later, Federal News Radio checks back in with some of the companies it talked to in October to find out what long-term effects the work stoppage had on them. Overall, large and small contractors say they've lost some revenue and are seeing delays in contract awards and solicitations.
May 01, 2014