Best of In Depth

In Depth brings you the best interviews from recent shows. Tomorrow, In Depth is back with brand-new interviews.

• It’s been nearly two years since former Defense Contract Audit Agency Director April Stephenson sent proposals to the Pentagon to increase oversight of federal contractors. But those proposals have reportedly been ignored by the Pentagon. The Project On Government Oversight’s Director of Investigations, Nick Schwellenbach, told Federal News Radio exactly what those recommendations included.
• As the spatial data branch chief in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Response and Restoration, Amy Merten expanded on a new online data system that was instrumental in the cleanup efforts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill last spring and summer. That work has made her a 2011 Service to America Medal finalist. She joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how geospatial technology played a role in the new system and her Sammie nomination.
• Many agency budgets are feeling the squeeze. But that doesn’t mean their cybersecurity has to suffer.(ISC)2 Executive Writers Bureau recently released a list of eight tips for agency chief information security officers to get the most bang for their cyber buck.
• A little less than a year after the Thrift Savings Plan instituted automatic enrollment for new federal employees, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board said most new hires are opting for the automatic plan or even choosing higher contributions. Tom Trabucco, the director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board that oversees your TSP, told Federal News Radio the numbers so far look “pretty good.”

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