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  • Feds filed 7,553 retaliation/reprisal complaints in fiscal 2011, followed by 5,105 complaints of age-related discrimination and 4,389 of race-related discrimination (black or African American), according to the report.

    August 20, 2012
  • Hezbollah Political leader Hassan Nasrallah has sent a warning to Israel. He says they have precision rockets that could hit a small number of targets and kill "tens of thousands" of Israelis He said "Hitting these targets with a small number of rockets will turn ... the lives of hundreds of thousands of Zionists to real hell, and we can talk about tens of thousands of dead." This threat comes as Israel debates whether or not to attack Hezbollah's benefactor Iran.

    August 20, 2012
  • The agency said it will release a draft request for proposals no later than Sept. 18 for the integrated professional services IT multiple award contract.

    August 20, 2012
  • Spa treatments, concert tickets and helicopter and stretch limo rides — the initial details in a Veterans Affairs' Office of the Inspector General investigation could overshadow the GSA conference spending scandal.

    August 20, 2012
  • Seth Harris was nominated to be the Deputy Secretary of Labor on February 23, 2009. Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Harris served as a Professor of Law at New York Law School and Director…

    August 20, 2012
  • VP, Public Sector CTO CA Technologies, Inc. Mr. Clark is the Vice President, Public Sector Chief Technology Officer for CA Technologies. In his role as Public Sector CTO, Mr. Clark works with CA Customer Executives…

    August 20, 2012
  • For government agencies already striving to do more with less, demands to improve customer service present a complex challenge to staff, systems, and technology which may already be pressed to the limit. In addition to federal mandates, such as President Obama's Executive Order 13571 to streamline service delivery and to improve customer service, many citizens now expect to interact with government using new self-service, web-based interfaces, which can be difficult to support on the aging technological infrastructures in many government agencies. And in times of economic downturn, citizens' need for responsive government services rise sharply as pressure on agencies' customer service operations increase—from the top down and the grassroots up.

    August 20, 2012
  • Rep. Jeff Miller discusses the investigation into two VA conferences that cost $5 million. Tim Scannell of TechTarget discusses the shift of the federal mobile toward a more consumer market.

    August 20, 2012
  • The military, working through DARPA, is trying to develop its own marketplace of apps for helping troops in the field.

    August 20, 2012
  • They say hackers who want to steal cars or just eavesdrop on conversations may have an easy time of it.

    August 20, 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 GSA officials missing a hearing.

    August 20, 2012
  • No ifs, ands or butts. Smoking is an issue at many federal agencies. A lot of nonsmokers resent giving people time off for what they consider is an unhealthy, smelly habit. But smokers say what they are doing is no worse than people who overeat or use their government computers for some naughty purposes. Where there's smoke there's fire.

    August 20, 2012
  • Federal News Radio's Beth Reardon speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about fun things to do in and near the nation's capital.

    August 18, 2012
  • John Walls with CTIA, The Wireless Association, discusses responsible use of cell phones, new technology, and the organization's consumer education programs.

    August 18, 2012