Podcast appearances and mentions of loren dejonge schulman

Loren DeJonge Schulman, Associate Director of the Office of Performance and Personnel Management within the Office of Management and Budget, joins the GovNavigator show to reflect on her experiences in the federal government and celebrate her team's achievements. In her discussion with Adam and Robert, Loren shares her favorite memories from OMB, what she is most proud of, and what she would pursue if she had more time. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!Events on the GovNavigators' RadarJanuary 20: Inauguration of the 47th President of the United States January 23: Data Foundation's Live Virtual event: Understanding OMB's new “Open by Default” Data Management Guidance  February 2: PSC's Annual Leadership Summit  February 19: ACT-IAC's Digital Transformation SummitFebruary 19-20: AGA's National Leadership Training  February 20: PSC's Federal Law Enforcement Conference 

The Biden administration is coming to a close. As the president's term nears its end, what better way to take stock of the last four years than to reflect on some of the top goals from the President's Management Agenda and what's been accomplished. Loren DeJonge Schulman, associate director for performance and personnel management at the Office of Management and Budget, joins the podcast to talk PMA progress in areas like customer experience, hiring and cybersecurity, and how the White House hopes to sustain that progress as a new administration is set to take over next January. Also: A bipartisan bill would extend the life of a council of the government's top data officials and require that body to look at improving data management practices for artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. The Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act (S.5109) was introduced last week by Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Todd Young, R-Ind., and announced on Monday. That legislation would specifically renew the Chief Data Officers Council — which is set to expire in 2025 — for seven years, and add new requirements for several AI-related actions. And, federal agency direct hire authorities for STEM, cybersecurity and acquisition positions have been extended through the end of 2028, the Office of Personnel Management said in a memo released Monday. OPM had previously signed off on direct hire authorities for those positions on Oct. 11, 2018, and again on Sept. 29, 2023. In the Monday memo, OPM acting Director Rob Shriver said the new DHA window will be open through Dec. 31, 2028 or until the personnel agency “terminates this authority, whichever occurs first.”

Ever heard of the Office of Performance and Personnel Management (OPPM) at OMB? You have? Gold star for you! OPPM is an unheralded office, but one that has grown in size, scope, and importance. And we can think of few (except perhaps Robert Shea) who are better suited to lead it than Loren DeJonge Schulman. Listen in to hear about her role as Associate Director of OPPM, the important initiatives her office is leading across government, and whether Robert will apply for the open Deputy position working for Loren.  Show NotesCalling All Americans! OMB requesting ideas about how to make a more inclusive, responsive, and transparent government (you can also respond through the traditional Federal Register notice).GSA announces Login.gov will pilot facial recognition techWhite House, Senate Democrats release pandemic fraud legislation (White House fact sheet; Senate press release). Stamp prices are going up! EventsUiPath: AI at Work in the Public SectorACT-IAC Climate Change Summit

FedHeads, including returning cohost Loren DeJonge Schulman, heard about the work of the CDO Council from CDO Chair Ted Kaouk and Vice Chair Dan Morgan. And they both shared the secret to a pristine GAO report card!

Did you see the House Speaker vote on C-SPAN? FedHeads Robert Shea and co-host Partnership for Public Service's Loren DeJonge Schulman grilled C-SPAN Communications Director Howard Mortman about how C-SPAN cameras got to the House floor and whether they'll remain. Listen and enjoy!

Happy New Year! FedHeads were joined once again, this time in a co-host role, by Partnership for Public Service's Vice President of Research, Evaluation, and Modernizing Government, Loren DeJonge Schulman. In this inaugural 2023 episode, Loren and Robert talked about what the last Congress accomplished and what to expect in the next couple of years ahead.

On this episode, we welcome Loren DeJonge Schulman, Vice President of the Partnership for Public Service and Academy Fellow, to discuss her public service journey in the national security realm, how networks can help government meet the security challenges of our time, and how the government can build trust with the public through transparency of its decisions.Check out Loren's podcast, "Profiles in Public Service."Support the Podcast Today at:donate@napawash.org or 202-347-3190Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

‘Russia has grossly miscalculated and mismanaged this war,' Ambassador Kristjan Prikk saysEstonia's Ambassador to the U.S. Kristjan Prikk discuses giving aid to Ukraine and security against RussiaCreating a better customer experience in the federal government Loren DeJonge Schulman, vice president of research, evaluation and modernizing government at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses how to improve the customer experience for citizens. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The peaceful transfer of power from one presidential administration to another, or from a first to second term, is the cornerstone of American democracy. In this episode of “Profiles in Public Service,” Rachel Klein-Kircher and Loren DeJonge Schulman are joined by three practitioners and experts on presidential transitions who discuss the major challenges the Biden-Harris team had to overcome during the toughest transition in modern U.S. history, how a new administration identifies, recruits and nominates the right people to fill the nearly 4,000 presidential appointee positions who serve across government, and lessons that can be learned by examining the complex process that is fundamental to our democracy. Our expert guests include: Gautam Raghavan, the current director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel for the Biden Administration and a former presidential team lead for Biden-Harris transition. David Marchick, author of, “The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of Presidential Transitions,” a joint project between The University of Virginia Press, UVA's Miller Center, and the Partnership for Public Service, released in October 2022. Valerie Smith Boyd, current director of the Partnership's Center for Presidential Transition. A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Additional resources: Purchase “The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of Presidential Transitions.” Read Valerie Smith Boyd's blog post about the importance of chronicling presidential transitions. Learn more about the Center for Presidential Transition. Listen to Transition Lab, a podcast from the Partnership for Public Service. Learn more about the White House Personnel Office. Submit your resume to serve as a political appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration. Explore internship opportunities at The Executive Office of the President. Apply to be a White House Fellow.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The peaceful transfer of power from one presidential administration to another, or from a first to second term, is the cornerstone of American democracy. In this episode of “Profiles in Public Service,” Rachel Klein-Kircher and Loren DeJonge Schulman are joined by three practitioners and experts on presidential transitions who discuss the major challenges the Biden-Harris team had to overcome during the toughest transition in modern U.S. history, how a new administration identifies, recruits and nominates the right people to fill the nearly 4,000 presidential appointee positions who serve across government, and lessons that can be learned by examining the complex process that is fundamental to our democracy. Our expert guests include: Gautam Raghavan, the current director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel for the Biden Administration and a former presidential team lead for Biden-Harris transition. David Marchick, author of, “The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of Presidential Transitions,” a joint project between The University of Virginia Press, UVA's Miller Center, and the Partnership for Public Service, released in October 2022. Valerie Smith Boyd, current director of the Partnership's Center for Presidential Transition. A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Additional resources: Purchase “The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of Presidential Transitions.” Read Valerie Smith Boyd's blog post about the importance of chronicling presidential transitions. Learn more about the Center for Presidential Transition. Listen to Transition Lab, a podcast from the Partnership for Public Service. Learn more about the White House Personnel Office. Submit your resume to serve as a political appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration. Explore internship opportunities at The Executive Office of the President. Apply to be a White House Fellow.

Co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher speak with two experts about how agencies are working to improve their performance and transform their customer experience efforts as outlined in the President's Management Agenda—the Biden administration's overarching vision for building a more effective federal government. Our guests include Robin Carnahan, the current administrator of the General Services Administration, and Robert Shea, a national managing principal of public policy at Grant Thornton Public Sector and a former public servant. Carnahan and Shea unpack how and why the President's Management Agenda is created, what is unique about the current administration's priorities, and why every interaction that an individual has with the government—from accessing benefits to securing natural disaster aid—is an opportunity to build public trust and prove that government works. A complete transcript is available here. Additional resources: Check out the Partnership's research, solutions, and impact stories about efforts to build public trust in government and improve customer experiences. Robin Carnahan's bio. Learn more about the Tech Modernization Fund and Cloud.gov as mentioned by Administrator Carnahan. Robert Shea's bio. Listen to the FedHead's podcast hosted by Shea to hear more about government management from government leaders and public policy experts.

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, one of the Department of Defense's newest job postings is for the leader of the Defense Innovation Unit. Current DIU Director Michael Brown will leave at the end of September. Stan Soloway, president and CEO of Celero Strategies LLC and former deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition reform, talks about the future of innovation in DOD. Federal employees are less satisfied with their jobs than previous years, according to the Partnership for Public Service. Loren DeJonge Schulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses the results of the 2021 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings. Military services are reporting they're struggling to meet their recruiting goals for this year. Dan Sitterly, president and CEO of Sitterly Alliance Solutions and former principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, explains the difficulties the U.S. military is having finding recruits. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Partnership Vice President of Leadership Development Andrew Marshall joins co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Elda Auxiliaire, to discuss the Partnership's new Public Service Leadership Institute. Marshall discusses the institute's goals to amplify public service leadership through policy recommendations, research and commentary, to create a shared standard of effective federal leadership around the Partnership's Public Service Leadership Model, and to provide federal leaders and offices with world-class training programs and custom offerings. To date, Marshall and his team have helped tens and thousands of federal employees working at all levels of our government become more effective leaders. A complete transcript of this episode is available here. Additional Resources: Watch the launch event of the Public Service Leadership Institute. Head to the Public Service Leadership Institute Website. Learn more about the Public Service Leadership Model. Roadmap for Renewing our Federal Government.

Washington Post journalist Lillian Cunningham joins co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher for a conversation on how to lead in government during normal times and times of crisis, as well as why the study of public service leadership is critical for our nation's public servants. Cunningham is the creator and host of The Post's “Presidential,” “Constitutional” and “Moonrise” podcasts. As an editor and reporter of the newspaper's “On Leadership” section that explores leadership and management challenges in the public and private sectors. Additional resources: Lillian Cunningham's podcasts “On Leadership,” The Washington Post The Partnership's Public Service Leadership Model Interested in learning more about employment opportunities in the federal government? Check out the Partnership's Go Government website. A transcript of this episode can be found here. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The first episode of our second season features a panel discussion headlined by several of our 2022 Service to America Medals finalists, a group of exceptional public servants who have dedicated their careers to improving the health, safety, and security of our country. Event speakers shared their insights on why public trust in government matters, what agencies are doing to bridge the trust gap and what leaders can do to motivate a new generation to enter public service. The event—hosted by the Partnership for Public Service as part of Public Service Recognition Week—was moderated by Margaret Talev, managing editor for politics at Axios and CNN political analyst, and included remarks from Partnership President and CEO Max Stier as well as Shalanda Young, the newly appointed permanent director of the Office of Management and Budget. A complete transcript of this episode can be found here. 2022 Service to America Medals finalists from panel: Mitch Zeller, former director at the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products Kyle Armstrong, former supervisory special agent at the FBI Bob Fenton, Region 9 administrator at FEMA Resources mentioned during the episode: Public Service Recognition Week 2022 Activities Trust in Government Report Service to America Medals finalists and People's Choice Voting Follow the Partnership for Public Service on social media: Twitter @publicservice Instagram @rpublicservice LinkedIn Check out the “We The Partnership” Blog See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) honors the efforts of government employees at the local, state, and federal levels for making #GovPossible. Over the course of this past week, local and national events celebrated government service, educated the public about civil service, and honored outstanding employees. These exhibitions of talent and service offer the public a glimpse into public service—the good, the bad, and the ugly. This week on FEDtalk, host Jason Briefel discusses the importance of public service recognition with Loren DeJonge Schulman, Vice President of Research, Evaluation, and Modernizing Government; Rachel Klein-Kircher, Director; and Jordan LaPier, Senior Communications Manager at the Partnership for Public Service (PPS). Among the resources available to celebrate PSRW, the Partnership has offered a celebration toolkit, social media templates, and a number of audience guides tailored toward teachers, federal agencies, and Capitol Hill officials to highlight the value of federal workers.

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, a new chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services. Loren DeJonge Schulman, vice president for research and evaluation Partnership for Public Service, discusses the importance of employee engagement and the impact organizational leadership has on employee engagement. Department of Energy Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin joins FedScoop Editor-in-Chief Billy Mitchell during ITModTalks to discuss the projects DOE has going on leveraging the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Presidential transitions are always a difficult process, but the 2020–21 transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden was particularly arduous due to a combination of crises facing the country. This included the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic downturn, a nationwide reckoning on race, the outgoing president's unwillingness to accept the election results and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In this week's episode, former Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-DE, former Gov. Chris Christie, R-NJ, and Stanford law professor Anne Joseph O'Connell join PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff for a conversation about lessons learned from this challenging transition. Valerie Smith Boyd, director of the Center for Presidential Transition, joins co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher to provide context on our new report analyzing the Trump-to-Biden handoff.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, federal agencies will be able to draw on support from the U.S. Digital Service and the General Services Administration to implement the White House EO on customer experience. Loren DeJonge Schulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, explains why she thinks the executive order is one of the most exciting pieces of policy to come out of the Biden Administration. The latest continuing resolution funds the federal government through February 18. Bob Hale, senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former DOD Comptroller and CFO, explains why starting the fiscal year on October 1 and the series of CRs that follows is bad for the Pentagon. The Army will update its data plan and its cloud plan to sync with its new Digital Transformation Strategy. Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer says those updates will happen this coming fiscal year. Iyer also breaks down lessons learned from Project Convergence 2021. Sam Curry, chief security officer at Cybereason, explains how elevating the role of cybersecurity teams can help organizations improve their cyber posture. This interview is underwritten by Cybereason. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Jamie Rhome has revolutionized the way the government tracks and predicts storm surges. In this episode, Rhome, a storm surge specialist at the National Hurricane Center, talks about why effective public communication is critical to hurricane preparedness, how his work has built public trust in the government's weather forecast, how the NHC has adapted to COVID-19 and why Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call for the way the center operated. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we're giving you a front-row seat to the nation's premier awards program honoring excellence in government: The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals®—or the Sammies, for short. You'll hear President Joe Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Geoff Bennett of NBC News and a host of others recognize exceptional public servants doing remarkable things for our country, from driving America's wireless revolution to designing the basic structure of the COVID-19 vaccine. To learn more about this year's finalists and winners, visit servicetoamericamedals.org. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking for a new AI Ethics leader following the recent departure of Alka Patel. Jerry McGinn, Executive Director, Center for Government Contracting, George Mason University, discusses the ongoing efforts in the Pentagon and in the defense industrial base to increase supply chain resiliency. Loren DeJonge Schulman, VP for Research and Evaluation, Partnership for Public Service, updates the current state of the confirmation process for the Biden Administration's political appointees. Michelle Rosenberg, Director of Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office, details the GAO's latest findings on federal agencies' initial office reopening efforts and safety measures in the workplace. Bill Burnham, Chief Technology Officer, US Public Sector, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, joins the podcast to analyze what hybrid cloud transformation should like for organizations today and how government can adopt practices from private industry in this area. This interview is underwritten by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad, director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, discusses the Army's past work to control infectious diseases, his efforts to develop a new vaccine that protects against a range of coronaviruses and what his team is doing to prepare for the next pandemic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When Victoria Brahm arrived as the new acting director of Wisconsin's Tomah VA Medical Center in 2015, she encountered declining staff morale, high employee turnover and an organization in crisis that was failing to fulfill its mission. In this episode of Profiles in Public Service, Brahm discusses how she overcame these challenges to ensure that veterans at Tomah receive the care they deserve and the medical center's leading innovations in pain management.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Best-selling author Michael Lewis explains how shutdowns—and shutdown threats—affect government's ability to keep us safe, manage risks and tackle our most pressing challenges. He also shares the story of Arthur Allen, a former Coast Guard oceanographer who was deemed an inessential employee during the 2018-2019 shutdown even though his groundbreaking search and rescue work had saved thousands of lives over a 35-year career. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, talks about launching the organization in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the bright spots in the federal response to COVID-19, why an effective government is critical to our democracy and what's next for the Partnership as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After 9/11, investigators concluded one of the factors that put America at risk was that only 57 percent of nominees for top national security positions had been confirmed by the Congress and were in place. Today, that number is just over 26 percent. Random holds on nominees for indefensibly political reasons are putting this country at risk. The two worst offenders? Senators Cruz and Hawley. We discuss this with expert Loren deJonge Schulman, VP for Research at the Partnership for Public Service as well as AEI's Kori Schake, the FT's Ed Luce and Georgetown Law's Rosa Brooks. We also discuss Kori's and Rosa's prominent opeds on the controversy surrounding General Mark Milley. Plus a little bit about French submarines. Don't miss it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After 9/11, investigators concluded one of the factors that put America at risk was that only 57 percent of nominees for top national security positions had been confirmed by the Congress and were in place. Today, that number is just over 26 percent. Random holds on nominees for indefensibly political reasons are putting this country at risk. The two worst offenders? Senators Cruz and Hawley. We discuss this with expert Loren deJonge Schulman, VP for Research at the Partnership for Public Service as well as AEI's Kori Schake, the FT's Ed Luce and Georgetown Law's Rosa Brooks. We also discuss Kori's and Rosa's prominent opeds on the controversy surrounding General Mark Milley. Plus a little bit about French submarines. Don't miss it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week marks 20 years since a series of terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. Mark Jacobson, who was serving in the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the western side of the building and Mr. John Sherman, a duty officer in the White House Situation Room, reflect on what the day was like, how public servants stepped up in the aftermath of the attacks and how 9/11 shaped their commitment to public service.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bob McDonald, former secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Andrew Marshall, vice president of leadership development at the Partnership for Public Service, discuss why good leaders are the key to a good government. McDonald and Marshall discuss leading in the public sector versus the private sector, the impact and evolution of the Partnership's leadership development work and how strong leaders can help rebuild public trust in our most important democratic institution. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Things That Go Boom, we look at some of the ways civilian and military cultures are merging — and diverging — after two decades of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. If Americans are distanced from the messy work of national security, how can the Biden administration have an honest conversation with them about priorities? GUESTS: Lacey Hopper, rucking aficionado; Timur Nersesov, US Army Reserve Officer; Loren DeJonge Schulman, Center for a New American Security. ADDITIONAL READING: Who signs up to fight? Dave Philipps and Tim Arango, The New York Times. Biden's Foreign Policy Starts at Home, Peter Nicholas, The Atlantic. // This episode comes at a chaotic and frightening time in Afghanistan, as Taliban fighters pour into the capital and US troops rush to evacuate allies. The following organizations are just a few providing aid to those in Afghanistan who need help: Doctors Without Borders International Rescue Committee No One Left Behind

Reps. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., and William Timmons, R-S.C., talk about their work on the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, a group striving to make our nation's legislative branch more effective, efficient and transparent. Kilmer and Timmons discuss how and why the committee formed, the major issues it tackles and how it fosters bipartisan problem-solving in an era of congressional gridlock. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Monica Hawkins and Charles D. Eldridge, two leaders at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, discuss the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative, a groundbreaking program that provides housing vouchers and other forms of assistance to young people aging out of foster care. Hawkins and Eldridge discuss why they launched FYI, its impact on at-risk youth and what others in government can learn from their work. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Washington Post reporter Lisa Rein talks about her distinguished career covering the federal government, her favorite stories and how President Biden has approached the federal workforce differently than his predecessor.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher speak with Mary Gibert and Gail Lovelace, two former leaders at the General Services Administration, about ensuring smooth presidential transitions, getting more young people into public service and managing historic transfers of power—from the first conducted after 9/11 to our most recent one in 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher talk to Ian Brownlee, acting assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, about the State Department's recent efforts to rescue more than 100,000 Americans stranded abroad at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brownlee shares stories from the front lines of this unprecedented multi-agency campaign, discussing the challenges it posed across government, the lessons it provides for future rescue operations and the bureau of consular affairs' unheralded work in serving the American people. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Washington Post columnist James Hohmann talks to Dr. Fiona Hill, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and former Ambassadors to Ukraine William B. Taylor and Marie Yovanovitch about why young people should go into public service, the importance of the career workforce and the state of our democratic institutions. Then, hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher offer their perspectives on the discussion. This conversation was hosted by the Partnership for Public Service on May 6, 2021, as part of Public Service Recognition Week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher talk to Drs. Gary Gibbons and Eliseo Pérez-Stable from the NIH about their groundbreaking efforts to tackle COVID-19 health disparities. The two leaders discuss the importance of diverse vaccine trials, what the pandemic has taught them about promoting health equity and the latest vaccine acceptance rates in underserved communities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher talk with three NASA leaders about how the agency thrived in the midst of unprecedented challenges over the last year, from the return of manned spaceflight from American soil to new achievements in Mars exploration. These leaders share how they have built a culture of innovation and success, and NASA's vision for the future.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Profiles in Public Service tells the compelling stories about the unsung public servant leaders who have driven government's most important accomplishments.Co-hosts Loren DeJonge Schulman and Rachel Klein-Kircher help break down common myths about government by highlighting the critical ways in which federal employees have demonstrated bold leadership to protect our health, safety and general well-being. In an age when people continue to hold negative views about government—but also rely on it to solve big problems and crises—the stories we share promise to rebuild public faith in the nation's largest public organization.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On FEDtalk this week, join us for a discussion on elevating the importance of human capital management. Office of Management and Budget Associate Director of Performance and Personnel Management Pam Coleman provides an introductory keynote address on the Biden Administration’s effort to strengthen human capital management in the federal government and revitalize the career federal workforce. Following Coleman’s address, host Jason Briefel sits down with Loren DeJonge Schulman, Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service and Terry Gerton, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration. The group discusses NAPA’s recent report on the Office of Personnel Management and the Partnership’s recent report on Transforming Human Resource in the federal sector. Through the lenses of these reports, the group discusses ways for agencies and Congress to elevate the importance of human capital to ensure the strength and efficiency of the federal workforce. The show airs live on Friday, April 9th, 2021 at 11:00 am ET on Federal News Network. You can stream the show online anytime via the Federal News Network app and listen to the FEDtalk podcast on PodcastOne and Apple Podcasts. FEDtalk is a live talk show produced by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., a federal employment law firm. Bringing you the insider’s perspective from leaders in the federal community since 1993. FEDtalk is sponsored by the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP). The FLTCIP is sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, insured by John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company, under a group long term care insurance policy, and administered by Long Term Care Partners, LLC (doing business as FedPoint).

On FEDtalk this week, join us for a discussion on elevating the importance of human capital management. Office of Management and Budget Associate Director of Performance and Personnel Management Pam Coleman provides an introductory keynote address on the Biden Administration’s effort to strengthen human capital management in the federal government and revitalize the career federal workforce. Following Coleman’s address, host Jason Briefel sits down with Loren DeJonge Schulman, Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service and Terry Gerton, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration. The group discusses NAPA’s recent report on the Office of Personnel Management and the Partnership’s recent report on Transforming Human Resource in the federal sector. Through the lenses of these reports, the group discusses ways for agencies and Congress to elevate the importance of human capital to ensure the strength and efficiency of the federal workforce. The show airs live on Friday, April 9th, 2021 at 11:00 am ET on Federal News Network. You can stream the show online anytime via the Federal News Network app and listen to the FEDtalk podcast on PodcastOne and Apple Podcasts. FEDtalk is a live talk show produced by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., a federal employment law firm. Bringing you the insider’s perspective from leaders in the federal community since 1993. FEDtalk is sponsored by the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP). The FLTCIP is sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, insured by John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company, under a group long term care insurance policy, and administered by Long Term Care Partners, LLC (doing business as FedPoint).

On March 16, 2021, the CNAS Technology and National Security Program hosted a virtual event on “Crafting a U.S. National Technology Strategy.” Speakers for this event included Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors; Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security; and Martijn Rasser, Senior Fellow of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. Panelists included Secretary James "Hondo" Geurts, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, Director Sue Gordon, Senior Advisor at Pallas Advisors and Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Loren DeJonge Schulman, Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. The panel was moderated by Megan Lamberth, Research Associate for the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.

On this Veterans' Day/ post-election episode of Thank You For Your Service, we talk to Loren DeJonge Schulman about the draft and the civilian national security workforce. Then Alice and Jim discuss the personnel churn at DoD and what the change in presidential administration might mean for civ-mil relations. And we leave you with a little something to get inspired.

This week’s episode of Transition Lab features three leaders from the Partnership for Public Service. One is special guest host Loren DeJonge Schulman, a national security expert who spent 10 years at the Defense Department and National Security Council, most recently as the senior advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice during the Obama administration. Currently, she serves as the vice president of Research and Evaluation at the Partnership. Joining Schulman is Max Stier, the Partnership’s president and CEO, and David Marchick, director of the Partnership’s Center for Presidential Transition, who previously held several positions in the Clinton administration and worked as an executive at the Carlyle Group. In this episode, Stier and Marchick discuss the center’s work, their concerns about the 2020 transition cycle and why transitions have improved in recent years.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are broadcasting an armchair discussion with Richard Fontaine on “Modernizing American Homeland Defence” from our 29 Jan. 2019 Modernizing North American Defence conference. The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. This conference was made possible by the MINDS program from the Department of National Defence. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Richard Fontaine: Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He served as President of CNAS from 2012-19 and as Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow from 2009-12. Prior to CNAS, he Fontaine served as foreign policy advisor to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign and subsequently as the minority deputy staff director on the Senate Armed Services Committee. RECOMMENDED READINGS: - “Rising to the China Challenge: Renewing American Competitiveness in the Indo-Pacific” by Ely Ratner, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Rush Doshi, Chris Dougherty, Richard Fontaine, Peter Harrell, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Eric Sayers, Daleep Singh, Paul Scharre, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya, Ashley Feng, Joshua Fitt, Megan Lamberth, Kristine Lee and Ainikki Riikonen [CNAS Publication] (https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/rising-to-the-china-challenge) - “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann (https://www.amazon.ca/1491-Second-Revelations-Americas-Columbus/dp/1400032059) - “1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created” by Charles C. Mann (https://www.amazon.ca/1493-Uncovering-World-Columbus-Created/dp/0307278247/) - “The Cremation of Sam McGee” By Robert Service [Author], Ted Harrison [Illustrator] (https://www.amazon.ca/Cremation-Sam-McGee-Robert-Service/dp/1554532728) Related Links: - “Modernizing North American Defence” [Conference Program] (www.cgai.ca/modernization_of_no…th_american_defence) - “Centre for a New American Security” (https://www.cnas.org/) Recording Date: January 29, 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

RadioPublic|LibSyn|YouTube|Patreon|Square Cash (Share code: Send $5, get $5!) Happy Holidays! It's not Groundhog Day, but the idea is the same, as we re-bring you our Valentine's Day 2019 episode. Like most holidays, Valentine’s Day doesn’t bear much scrutiny, it is what you make of it... And, you can make the most of your day, by making David Waldman and KITM your morning information choice!  A tentative deal is reached in #DenverTeacherStrike. Denver teachers ♥ teacher unions! The House doesn’t ♥ Saudis like Donald Trump does.  Americans don’t ♥ Trump's tax plan. The GOP ♥s AOC. No one ♥s the Tea Party anymore. Rep. Ilhan Omar doesn’t ♥ Elliott Abrams, or any genocidal war criminals. Trump ♥s golf. Who doesn’t ♥ Greg Dworkin? Greg continues the discussion of the Paul Manafort bombshell, and the deepening mystery in the Russia probe. The US foreign policy community is poorly equipped to cope with individual and community failures, and Loren DeJonge Schulman will tell you how. Sen. Chris Coons went to the National Prayer Breakfast last week thinking it was a Christian event. Donald Trump set him straight. Trump helps Chuck Grassley find religion. Trump is beginning to figure out that the spending/border bill might not be a winning deal for him. Mitch McConnell hopes Donald figures that out slowly. Does Lou and Sean still ♥ Donald? Laura Ingraham grows a bit cold. Tomi Lahren finds herself the wisest, most sane commentator in her twitter feed. Donald wishes he knew how to quit his wall, but he just can’t. Trump urges the TVA to keep open a coal-burning power plant for the good of coal, his buddy, and money. Trump’s DHS guts task forces protecting elections from foreign meddling. Every day Is a new low in Trump's White House.  At least the latest threat of measles epidemics inspires cool animations. It is also the one year anniversary of the Parkland Tragedy, the beginning of the Parkland Students fight against gun death, and one year closer to Alex Jones going to Hell.

Patrick Gookin, director of the Department of Defense Hotline, discusses how whistleblowers can utilize their interactive forms online, and how the office was able to reduce the case backlog by two-thirds. Rick Berger, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Loren Dejonge Schulman, deputy director of studies at CNAS, discuss Mark Esper’s confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Defense, and what news came from it. Lt. Gen. David Barno, USA (Ret.) and Nora Bensahel, contributing editors for War On The Rocks, discuss how political influences could impact perspectives on the military.

Nicholas A. Heras asks three notable experts on U.S. national security decision making—Frances Z. Brown, Melissa Dalton, and Loren DeJonge Schulman—whether the United States should remain committed to maintaining a presence in Syria, and if President Trump is right that all that remains for the U.S. in Syria is "sand and death."

RAND’s Radha Iyengar Plumb, CNAS’s Loren DeJonge Schulman (two of the Bombshell podcast hosts), and CSIS’s Alice Hunt Friend discuss mentoring young women (and men) and what it’s like to be leading women in international affairs and national security.

RAND's Radha Iyengar Plumb, CNAS's Loren DeJonge Schulman (two of the Bombshell podcast hosts), and CSIS's Alice Hunt Friend discuss mentoring young women (and men) and what it's like to be leading women in international affairs and national security.

Debates over civil-military relations have reached a fever pitch since the 2016 presidential campaign and the beginning of the Trump administration. Many have focused on the top-down questions: What role should retired generals play in our political system? What are the consequences of having so many former military leaders at the upper-most ranks of a presidential administration? Should we be worried about the state of civilian leadership in the Pentagon? But to put those in their right context, it is important to look at civil-military relations from the bottom-up. How are ethics taught to our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines? What is the state of the profession of arms? What does it really mean for the American people to honor their troops? In this episode, we tackle many of these questions from the top-down and the bottom-up with a terrific panel of experts: Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Security, Alice Hunt Friend of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Steven Foster of the U.S. Army and one of the contributors to Redefining the Modern Military: The Intersection of Profession and Ethics.

Radhya Almutawakel started human rights work in 2004; as she criticized the unfolding war in Yemen in a local newspaper, families of those who had been detained reached out to her for help. Now, Radhya is the co-founder and chairperson of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, which documents human rights violations by all parties of the conflict in Yemen. This week, Ravi and Grant talk to Radhya about the challenge of documenting famine as a tool of war, the future of the conflict in Yemen, and how to train a new generation of human rights advocates. Displaced is a production by the International Rescue Committee and Vox Media. You can read more about this episode in our show notes. Tell us what you think! Make sure you use #DisplacedPodcast on Twitter to discuss the season. You can also get in touch with Grant @grantmgordon and Ravi @rgurumurthy.  Catch up on our series about the future of war: hear from Robert Malley, president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, about the top conflicts to watch in 2019, and Loren DeJonge Schulman and Erin Simpson, two defense industry experts, about how technology is changing war.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Ravi and Grant turn to Loren DeJonge Schulman and Erin Simpson to discuss how technology is changing war and what that means for humanitarians. Both Loren and Erin have years of experience working in the defense industry - so not only are they experts on this issue, they also provide a unique view on how militaries around the world are actually thinking about and implementing technologies like autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare. Loren and Erin are two of the three co-hosts of their own podcast called Bombshell, where they unpack more national security and defense issues. Check it out. If you haven’t listened to Ravi and Grant’s conversation with Robert Malley, president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, about the top conflicts to watch in 2019, catch up here. Displaced is a partnership between Vox Media and the International Rescue Committee. Find our show notes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on The Smell of Victory Podcast, Bob Hein and Phil Walter sat down with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Security to discuss the draft. Issues touched on and quotes from this episode include: – As the world returns to great power competition, is it time to bring back the draft? –...

This episode kicks off with a discussion of the national security implications of the mid-term elections. With the Democratic Party retaking control of the House of Representatives, we expect to see fights over Pentagon spending, and more oversight of the Trump administration across-the-board. The show then turns to the curious story of a 1,300-page Army study of the Iraq War that has gone unpublished for two whole years. The case raises broader questions about the entire defense establishment’s capacity for self-reflection and analysis. Recent moves to shield the Pentagon from public scrutiny only add to these concerns. We focus our grievances on President Donald Trump in Europe, the New York Times re: North Korea, and Woodrow Wilson (for lots of things), and we mark the 243rd anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Marine Corps – or, as Bryan calls it, the Navy’s land force (Please direct your hate tweets to @ConsWahoo). Links Michael R. Gordon, "The Army Stymied Its Own Study of the Iraq War," Wall Street Journal, Oct. 22, 2018 Danny Sjursen, "Will Iraq Become Another 'Lesson Lost' Like Vietnam?" American Conservative, Nov. 6, 2018 Todd South, "Army's Detailed Iraq War Study Remains Unpublished Years After Completion," Army Times, Oct. 25, 2018 Adam Smith, "The Pentagon's Getting More Secretive – and It's Hurting National Security," Defense One, Oct. 28, 2018 Fred Kaplan, "Could House Democrats Cancel the Pentagon's Blank Check?" Slate, Nov. 07, 2018 Loren DeJonge Schulman and Alice Friend, "The Pentagon's Transparency Problem," Foreign Affairs, May 02, 2018 Eric Gomez, "The Revenge of Expectation: Trump's Rhetoric and Kim's Missile Bases," Cato Institute, Nov. 12, 2018 Paul Farhi, "What a Stupid Question: Trump Demeans Three Black Female Reporters in Three Day," Washington Post, Nov. 09, 2018 Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent, The Ties That Blind: How the U.S.-Saudi Alliance Damages Liberty and Security, (Cato Institute, 2018) Shawn Snow, "To Corps, Country, and Each Other: Top Marine's Birthday Message May Leave You Hiding Tears," Marine Corps Times, Nov. 01, 2018 Angelique Chrisafis and Ed Pilkington, "Trump Ramps Up Macron Spat by Mocking France in World Wars," Guardian, Nov. 13, 2018 Adam Rubenstein, "Did Steve King Just Refer to Immigrants as 'Dirt' ?" Weekly Standard, Nov. 06, 2018 Dylan Matthew, "Woodrow Wilson Was Extremely Racist – Even by the Standards of His Time," Vox, Nov. 20, 2015  Events Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen featuring Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), December 7th The Jones Act: Charting a New Course After a Century of Failure Music and Production by Tre Hester 

This week on the program: • We talk about drones, the national security bureaucracy, and the American way of war (1:49) with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Security — and co-host of the Bombshell podcast over at War on the Rocks. • Then (21:49) we’ll check in on the "Houthi war machine" in the mountains and valleys of Yemen. Dr. Michael Knights of the Washington Institute is back from a visit to the conflict’s front lines. And he joins us to paint a startling picture of a rapidly-evolving 21st-century insurgency. • And we’ll end (40:20) with a discussion on the prospects for nuclear war between the U.S. and North Korea. Dr. Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute for International Studies speaks with us about his new speculative novel, “The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States.” Extra reading: • Loren's report on U.S. drone use can be accessed here https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/08/trumps-secret-war-terror/150448/ • Find Michael's recent report on the Houthis here https://ctc.usma.edu/houthi-war-machine-guerrilla-war-state-capture/ • And Jeffrey's novel can be purchased on Amazon here https://amzn.to/2LIihij

If only someone had told us that Trump has distrusted alliances and the international order his whole life, that he was close to Russia and Russians, that he was unhinged and wholly unqualified for the presidency! If only we had known! Maybe then we would not be inviting Vladimir Putin to come to the White House to give him a hero's welcome commemorating his successful 2016 election hack...just in time for the 2018 elections which all signs suggest he will try to hack again. If only. Our panel including Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Bombshell podcast, Kori Schake of IISS and Ed Luce of the Financial Times discuss where we are and how we got here. Tune in!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If only someone had told us that Trump has distrusted alliances and the international order his whole life, that he was close to Russia and Russians, that he was unhinged and wholly unqualified for the presidency! If only we had known! Maybe then we would not be inviting Vladimir Putin to come to the White House to give him a hero's welcome commemorating his successful 2016 election hack...just in time for the 2018 elections which all signs suggest he will try to hack again. If only. Our panel including Laura Rosenberger of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Bombshell podcast, Kori Schake of IISS and Ed Luce of the Financial Times discuss where we are and how we got here. Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A lonely old man wandering the White House late at night in his bathrobe, perhaps with a half-eaten McDonald's cheeseburger in his pocket gets angry at the world...so angry that he hits the ALL CAPS button on his cellphone and starts to Tweet out threats at a foreign nation. "ALL CAPS?," says his target, "this means WAR!" That's very nearly where we were this week when Donald Trump lashed out at Iran. Was a clever distraction? A mental misfire? We may never know, but we know this: as long as the president can Tweet, none of us are really safe. Our great panel including Loren DeJonge Schulman of of the Bombshell podcast, Kori Schake of IISS and Ed Luce of the Financial Times discuss this, playing politics with security clearances and the rest of the week's latest developments. Tune in!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A lonely old man wandering the White House late at night in his bathrobe, perhaps with a half-eaten McDonald's cheeseburger in his pocket gets angry at the world...so angry that he hits the ALL CAPS button on his cellphone and starts to Tweet out threats at a foreign nation. "ALL CAPS?," says his target, "this means WAR!" That's very nearly where we were this week when Donald Trump lashed out at Iran. Was a clever distraction? A mental misfire? We may never know, but we know this: as long as the president can Tweet, none of us are really safe. Our great panel including Loren DeJonge Schulman of of the Bombshell podcast, Kori Schake of IISS and Ed Luce of the Financial Times discuss this, playing politics with security clearances and the rest of the week's latest developments. Tune in! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jenn sits down with returning guest Alex Ward and special guest Loren DeJonge Schulman, a defense expert at the Center for a New American Security, to talk about why the hell the Pentagon keeps getting caught off guard by big decisions coming from the White House. From Trump canceling military exercises with South Korea to creating a new “space force” to asking the military to prepare to house thousands of immigrant children on US military bases, Secretary of Defense James Mattis seems to be completely out of the loop these days. The gang talks about what that means for Mattis, Trump, and US foreign policy going forward. Jenn imagines Mattis’s inner thoughts, Alex decides that space war is boring, and Loren makes an awesome reference to the Netflix show The Crown.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erin, Radha, and Loren make it back to the Show (where we never handle our own luggage), welcoming back all-star guest Kori Schake to talk NSC turnover, civil-military relations, and everything else that's radical in a tubular kind of way.  We break down Kim Jong-Un's super-secret trip to Beijing and note that when the Saudi Crown Prince showed up for his two week tour of America, not all welcomes were warm. Meanwhile, VA Secretary Shulkin is out (sometimes you win), the president's personal doctor is in (sometimes you lose); and DoD tries to square the circle on the transgender ban (sometimes it rains). We substitute basketball for pop-culture, with predictable consequences. Oh, and when you speak of us, speak well.    Loren DeJonge Schulman, "John Bolton thinks he can be tough. Can he also be fair?" Washington Post Matthew Waxman, "The John Bolton I Knew," Lawfare Alex Ward, "Kim Jong Un's secret visit to China, explained by an expert," Vox Evan Osnos, "Why Kim Jong Un went to China," New Yorker Dan De Luce, Robbie Gramer, "Congress Sours on Saudi Arabia Over Yemen," Foreign Policy Dana Stuster, "What's on Mohammed bin Salman's Agenda?" Lawfare Ryan Hass, "What we know--and don't--about the meeting between Kim Jon-un and Xi Jinping," Brookings "Doubt cast on Saudi claims of Houthi missile interception," Al Jazeera Jeffrey Lewis, "Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere," Foreign Policy Phillip Carter, "Chaos Awaits Ronny Jackson at the VA," Slate Leo Shane III, "What we've learned from David Shulkin's post-firing media blitz," Military Times Philip Rucker, "Trump's Ohio speech to promote infrastructure ranges widely, from North Korea to 'Roseanne,'" Washington Post    Music by Future Teens Produced by Tre Hester

Erin, Radha, and Loren make it back to the Show (where we never handle our own luggage), welcoming back all-star guest Kori Schake to talk NSC turnover, civil-military relations, and everything else that's radical in a tubular kind of way.  We break down Kim Jong-Un's super-secret trip to Beijing and note that when the Saudi Crown Prince showed up for his two week tour of America, not all welcomes were warm. Meanwhile, VA Secretary Shulkin is out (sometimes you win), the president's personal doctor is in (sometimes you lose); and DoD tries to square the circle on the transgender ban (sometimes it rains). We substitute basketball for pop-culture, with predictable consequences. Oh, and when you speak of us, speak well.    Loren DeJonge Schulman, "John Bolton thinks he can be tough. Can he also be fair?" Washington Post Matthew Waxman, "The John Bolton I Knew," Lawfare Alex Ward, "Kim Jong Un's secret visit to China, explained by an expert," Vox Evan Osnos, "Why Kim Jong Un went to China," New Yorker Dan De Luce, Robbie Gramer, "Congress Sours on Saudi Arabia Over Yemen," Foreign Policy Dana Stuster, "What's on Mohammed bin Salman's Agenda?" Lawfare Ryan Hass, "What we know--and don't--about the meeting between Kim Jon-un and Xi Jinping," Brookings "Doubt cast on Saudi claims of Houthi missile interception," Al Jazeera Jeffrey Lewis, "Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere," Foreign Policy Phillip Carter, "Chaos Awaits Ronny Jackson at the VA," Slate Leo Shane III, "What we've learned from David Shulkin's post-firing media blitz," Military Times Philip Rucker, "Trump's Ohio speech to promote infrastructure ranges widely, from North Korea to 'Roseanne,'" Washington Post    Music by Future Teens Produced by Tre Hester

Loren DeJonge Schulman and Bob Scher sit down with Perry World House's Michael Horowitz to discuss careers in national security, global threats, and the blue whale. Ms. Schulman is the Deputy Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. Before that, she served as Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Mr. Scher is the head of International Affairs, BP America. Prior to that, Scher served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities in the Department of Defense.  (0:50) – How did you get interested in international affairs? (5:00) – Transitioning from government service to the private sector. (5:50) – What is the role of academics and academic institutions in the policy world?   (8:50) – What skill or trait has made you successful in the policy world? (12:50) – What are the two biggest challenges that the world will face over the next year? (15:20) – What the two biggest challenges that the world will face over the next 20 years (17:10) – Mike forecasts the implications of weaponized AI through the prism of Wall-E getting a gun. (20:50) – Interesting global facts segment (22:25) – Advice for college students interested in engaging the policy world Episode Readings: Bombshell (Podcast), Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar, & Erin Simpson, War on the Rocks, (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bombshell/id1195698408?mt=2) Washington Is Never Quite Sure Where It Is at War, Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic, (https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/niger-aumf-war-terrorism/544652/) The Necessity of Questioning the Military, Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic, (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/necessity-of-questioning-military/543576/) The Winds of War, Herman Wouk, (https://www.amazon.com/Winds-War-Herman-Wouk/dp/0316952664) Music and Produced by Tre Hester

Yochi, Zack, and special guest Loren DeJonge Schulman discuss President Trump's trip to Asia, where his warm feelings for foreign autocrats and refusal to discuss human rights abuses raise real questions about whether the leader of the world's biggest democracy actually cares much about democracy. Those concerns are magnified by Trump's ongoing calls for a criminal prosecution of Hillary Clinton, a move usually relegated to banana republics, not the US. On Elsewhere, they turn to one of the strangest US military scandals in memory: growing evidence that members of the elite Seal Team 6 killed an American Special Forces soldier who'd found evidence they were embezzling money. Yochi confesses to being a closet video game addict, Zack shares some strong feelings about Henry Kissinger, and Loren battles a Sudafed-fueled high.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CNAS experts Kate Kidder, Julie Smith, and Loren DeJonge Schulman discuss why they launched the women in national security project, what they've learned, and their personal struggles in how to talk about women in national security as a serious national security issue.

Yochi, Zack, and special guest Loren DeJonge Schulman of the great podcast Bombshell talk about the deaths of four US soldiers in Niger in October, a tragedy at the center of a nasty political fight between President Trump and a grieving military widow. They discuss what those troops were doing there, why no one in the military seems to understand how the mission went so wrong, and how America’s military presence in Africa is quietly growing in both size and risk without public debate or much Congressional oversight -- a dynamic that means these won't be the last US troops to die fighting a shadow war in an African nation. On Elsewhere, we try something new — a dispatch from a wind farm in Puerto Rico that Yochi visited earlier this month while looking into the island's decimated power grid.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nayyera Haq, CEO of Avicenna Strategy, talks about the power of women owning their femininity and authenticity in a field full of men. Hosted by Loren DeJonge Schulman, Deputy Director of Studies at CNAS.

You've read a bit about our alliance with the Texas National Security Network, brought to you by the University of Texas. Now you get to be a guest at our launch party in DC, where we ate Blue Bell ice cream, drank Shiner Bock (and scotch, of course), and held an awesome panel with the hosts of Bombshell -- Radha Iyengar, Loren DeJonge Schulman, and Erin Simpson -- alongside Jim Goldgeier of American University's School of International Service as well as William Inboden and Paul Miller of the Clements Center at the University of Texas. Ryan Evans tried to keep this rowdy crew in line as they talked about the push and pull between academics and policymakers.

Luke Hartig, a fellow in New America's International Security program, and Loren DeJonge Schulman, a senior fellow at CNAS, discuss transparency on the U.S. use of drones. Hosted by Paul Scharre.

Loren DeJonge Schulman, the CNAS Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow, discusses President Trump's first international trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Europe. Hosted by Neal Urwitz.

For the first time in eight years, we are watching a new team take over the national security infrastructure. Now is a good time to review, "Who is who in the zoo" and what exactly they do. In the alphabet soup of organizations, how do the NSC, NSA, CIA, DOD, DIA, DHS and DNI all work together - and in competition - to enhance national security? Though everyone likes to bash bureaucracies, they are important and are only as good as those who populate and lead them.Our guest for the full hour to help us navigate the swamp the "blob" lives in will be Loren DeJonge Schulman.Lauren is the Deputy Director of Studies and the Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. She most recently served as the Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Before returning to the White House in 2013, she was Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. She served as Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council staff from 2011­–2012 and prior to that as a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. She is a Texan (the obnoxious kind), mom to the most awesome pizza loving two year old ever, and spends too much time on twitter.

This week on Bombshell, we walk through the first week of the Trump administration. Sit down and listen to Radha Iyengar Plumb, Loren Dejonge Schulman, and Erin Simpson discuss America First, cabinet confirmations, Chelsea Manning, Wall of Stars + Hall of Heroes, re-organization of the National Security Council, and the immigration order. Stick around for our favorite podcasts and thoughts on Sherlock. Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens; Produced by Tré Hester

This week on Bombshell, we walk through the first week of the Trump administration. Sit down and listen to Radha Iyengar Plumb, Loren DeJonge Schulman, and Erin Simpson discuss America First, cabinet confirmations, Chelsea Manning, Wall of Stars + Hall of Heroes, re-organization of the National Security Council, and the immigration order. Stick around for our favorite podcasts and thoughts on Sherlock. Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens; Produced by Tré Hester  

This week on Bombshell, we walk through the first week of the Trump administration. Sit down and listen to Radha Iyengar Plumb, Loren Dejonge Schulman, and Erin Simpson discuss America First, cabinet confirmations, Chelsea Manning, Wall of Stars + Hall of Heroes, re-organization of the National Security Council, and the immigration order. Stick around for our favorite podcasts and thoughts on Sherlock. Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens; Produced by Tré Hester

Welcome to Bombshell.  This new bi-weekly series, brought to you by War on the Rocks, is hosted by three of your favorite Washington insiders who will dissect today’s foreign policy crises and tomorrow’s security challenges.  Our hosts — Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, and Erin Simpson — will talk military strategy, White House mayhem, and the best cocktails known to (wo)man. In this episode, our hosts introduce themselves and each other before launching into a guide to what is going to face the Trump administration as it takes hold of the reins of power. If you're wondering about new appointments, how the new National Security Council could run, and possible crises that could erupt as soon as day one, this is the episode for you. The first two episodes will be on the War on the Rocks feed. Don’t forget to sign up for the Bombshell feed on your podcast app of choice (Note: Most apps use the iTunes feed and iTunes is taking their sweet time approving it. Keep trying). Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens Produced by Tré Hester Image: U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Patrick Nichols

Welcome to Bombshell.  This new bi-weekly series, brought to you by War on the Rocks, is hosted by three of your favorite Washington insiders who will dissect today’s foreign policy crises and tomorrow’s security challenges.  Our hosts — Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, and Erin Simpson — will talk military strategy, White House mayhem, and the best cocktails known to (wo)man. In this episode, our hosts introduce themselves and each other before launching into a guide to what is going to face the Trump administration as it takes hold of the reins of power. If you're wondering about new appointments, how the new National Security Council could run, and possible crises that could erupt as soon as day one, this is the episode for you.  The first two episodes will be on the War on the Rocks feed. Don’t forget to sign up for the Bombshell feed on your podcast app of choice.  Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens Produced by Tré Hester