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  • Governing to Win Series Part 4: A Conversation on Understanding What's Driving the Annual Deficit with Lawrence J. Haas, contributor, Governing to Win: Enhancing National Competitiveness through New Policy and Operating Approaches

    August 23, 2012
  • Transportation Department CIO Nitin Pradhan is stepping down at the end of this month.

    August 23, 2012
  • U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park is naming 18 innovation fellows today to work on five "high-impact" federal IT projects.

    August 23, 2012
  • Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has recommended General Joseph Dunford to lead the war effort in Afghanistan once the outgoing commander of U.S. and NATO troops rotates out of the post. The final decision is President Barack Obama's and his nomination would need to be approved by Congress. Dunford, who served in the Iraq war, would replace General John Allen, who took over command of the Afghan mission in July 2011. Allen is expected to become the next head of U.S. forces in Europe sometime this winter.

    August 23, 2012
  • A 15-minute training video that cost $52,000 to make joins the examples of excessive spending at two Veterans Affairs' conferences last year with a total pricetag of $5 million.

    August 23, 2012
  • The fixes plug vulnerabilities in Flash Player. If left untreated, they could cause a system crash or allow attackers to take control of a computer.

    August 23, 2012
  • The missile strategy was mainly aimed a North Korea, China was the long term elephant in the room, one Congressional Research Service staff member said.

    August 23, 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 an investigation by Homeland Security into criminal activity by employees and objections to a VA training video.

    August 23, 2012
  • Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses the construction of three projects in the District.

    August 23, 2012
  • The union's new president hopes to add more than 20,000 federal employees to its membership within a year. J. David Cox hopes "underrepresented" parts of government will fuel that growth.

    August 23, 2012
  • We've been to the surface of the moon, and the bottom of the ocean but as yet, no one has answered the eternal question: Is there life after retirement? Today we have some clues, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    August 23, 2012
  • The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is probing more than 150 conferences hosted by 11 agencies since 2005 where wasteful spending or excessive spending may have have occurred, according to a committee release. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the oversight chairman, said the committee is using the lavish $823,000 regional conference hosted by the General Services Administration in 2010 as a "benchmark" to compare other agencies' conference spending. The committee found the Defense Department has held 64 such conferences.

    August 22, 2012
  • This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" National President J. David Cox opposes President Obama's decision to continue the federal employee pay freeze, while Public Policy Director Jacque Simon discusses the financial impact on workers. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and AFGE TSA Local 556 President Don Thomas also appear.

    August 22, 2012
  • “Engage with top minds across cybersecurity policy and implementation at the Cybersecurity Summit on September 28 at the Newseum. In today’s wired world, America’s technological infrastructure supports all segments of the economy and ensures the…

    August 22, 2012