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  • Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type, explains why federal employees should be paying attention to the typeface they use. Plus, listen to interviews from Federal News Radio's coverage of the Excellence in Government Conference in Washington.

    September 06, 2012
  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today's news includes grants possible Hatch Act violations and new charges of waterboarding by the CIA.

    September 06, 2012
  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said both the United States and China are victims of increasingly frequent cyber attacks.

    September 06, 2012
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said he needs congressional approval to manage cybersecurity on the electric grid.

    September 06, 2012
  • Paragon Dynamics is paying more than $1 million to settle claims that it stole a competitor's bid information.

    September 06, 2012
  • Agency leaders hope employees will help the Census Bureau fill critical workforce skills gaps. The self-assessments are aimed at upgrading the way workers collect, process and analyze data about the U.S. ahead of the 2020 census.

    September 06, 2012
  • The DoD inspector general found more than half of military voting assistance offices were unreachable using contact information on the website. Pam Mitchell, the interim director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, said all the phone numbers now are accurate.

    September 06, 2012
  • With pay frozen and pensions threatened, federal workers and retirees have been waiting for the next shoe to drop — the what's-next moment. But it could be good news for a change, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, like changes to your health insurance package.

    September 06, 2012
  • The following is a full transcript of FedCentral’ s interview with Juan Zarate, a noted national security expert, and Frank Waikart, Financial Crimes Advisor, with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP conducted by Jane Norris on…

    September 06, 2012
  • The United States has leveraged its financial and economic power to influence a range of global security threats and concerns from terrorism to international organized crime the world over. Here the latest insights from the Honorable Juan Zarate, noted security advisor and Frank Waikart, former senior advisor on terrorist finance discuss how the United States can continue to isolate rogue and illicit financial activity to advance its national security.

    September 06, 2012
  • CISO, USDA Food & Nutrition Service Brad Nix is the Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food & Nutrition Service. In this role Brad is responsible for leading the organization’s information…

    September 06, 2012
  • Sanjay Sardar serves as the Chief Information Officer of the FERC. He has responsibility providing strategic direction for and managing the implementation of information technology at the FERC. Sanjay joined the FERC in 2008, prior…

    September 06, 2012
  • Tom Karygiannis is a senior researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His responsibilities include developing standards, metrics, tests, and validation tools to promote, measure, and validate security systems, particularly for new and…

    September 06, 2012
  • Chief Information Officer John B. Owens‚ II was appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the agency in December 2008. Since joining the USPTO in February 2008, Mr. Owens served as the director of the USPTO’s…

    September 06, 2012