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  • The hottest topic today in enterprise IT? That's simple: It's secure mobility that allows access from any device, anywhere, through borderless networks. But these networks are created only through deliberate implementation, disciplined security plans, and careful consideration of who needs to be mobile and why.

    September 06, 2012
  • On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

    September 05, 2012
  • Federal News Radio's Jason Miller will talk about a recent confrontation between a GSA official and an agent in the Inspector General's office. Steve Losey and Andy Medici from the Federal Times will discuss the pay debate and other issues affecing federal workers. September 5, 2012

    September 05, 2012
  • Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, discussed the Obama administration's revised defense strategy, which indicated a shift toward the Asia Pacific region and the Air-Sea Battle concept of overseas military operations.

    September 05, 2012
  • Federal employees submitted nearly 9,000 retirement claims in August - more than in any other month besides January, which typically sees a wave of feds taking retirement. The Office of Personnel Management received 8,973 retirement claims in August, nearly a thousand more than it projected. The agency processed 11,896 claims, also surpassing its goals.

    September 05, 2012
  • A federal union claims the Environmental Protection Agency fired two scientists for trying to organize a union at the EPA's National Exposure Research Lab in Athens, Ga.

    September 05, 2012
  • This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" Social Security Administration Council 220 President Witold Skwierczynski and Department of Housing and Urban Development Council 222 Executive Vice President Carolyn Federoff discuss the consequences of federal budget cuts. Former AFGE President Bobby Harnage also appears.

    September 05, 2012
  • Returns for the Thrift Savings Plan continued their steady upward climb last month, with all funds posting in positive territory for the month of August, according to new data from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

    September 05, 2012
  • Pentagon, press secretary George Little said that an official review of the book, "No Easy Day," determined that it reveals what he called "sensitive and classified" information. He didn't go any further, but said the author was required to submit the book to the Pentagon before publication for a formal review of potential disclosures of such information. Meantime the Admiral who runs the Navy Seals command said details in the book provide the U.S.'s enemies with dangerous insight into special operations.

    September 05, 2012
  • GSA sets the allowances for lodging, meals and other incidental expenses for federal employees who must travel for work. The standard per diem rate is $123 ($77 lodging, $46 meals and incidental expenses).

    September 05, 2012
  • The Combined Federal Campaign kicks off today. The head of the capital region coordinating committee has a preview of this year's charity efforts. And GSA's Director of Office of Strategic Programs explains how new cloud offerings are helping agencies meet OMB's cloud-first policy.

    September 05, 2012
  • DISA laid out its vision in a new five-year strategy. It said it will work with the U.S. Cyber Command to build up the Pentagon's cyber defenses.

    September 05, 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 a report by the General Accountablity Office on the Health and Human Services Department's plan to loosen its welfare-to-work program.

    September 05, 2012
  • If you move a few letters around the initials of the General Services Administration, you get G- A-S, as in explosive, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Just when you thought GSA couldn't get in any deeper there's another explosion.

    September 05, 2012