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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 link between two government websites and the State Department helping Mexico with surveillance.
May 01, 2012 -
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OPM Director John Berry detailed changes coming to the Presidential Management Fellows Program in a recent letter to Congress, obtained by Federal News Radio. The program came under criticism earlier this year for mistakenly sending out 300 letters of acceptance to applicants who had not been chosen for the program.
May 01, 2012 -
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After years of false alarms about benefit cuts and a brain drain, things are starting to happen, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The federal retirement program may be the next casualty.
May 01, 2012 -
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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.
May 01, 2012 -
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Washington Technology Editor in Chief Nick Wakeman joins host Mark Amtower for a wide ranging discussion of the big technology and acquisition stories. APril 30, 2012
April 30, 2012 -
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The federal workers' compensation program has long targeted by agency inspectors general, who have cited the program's lack of oversight and susceptibility to improper payments Some members of Congress also argue the program's benefit structure, which hasn't been meaningfully updated since the mid-1970s, has led to widespread inefficiencies.
April 30, 2012 -
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The American Veterans Center presents the 2012 National Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28th at 2pm on Constitution Ave. Join veterans groups, musical performers, hundreds of active duty troops and celebrity veterans for this…
April 30, 2012 -
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President Barack Obama's choices for two top Defense Department jobs have had their hearing before the Senate. Dr. Kathleen Hicks is the nominee for principal deputy under secretary of defense for Policy. Derek Chollet is the nominee for assistant secretary of defense for International Security Affairs.
April 30, 2012 -
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The Office of Personnel Management has released a draft version of a guide to using competency-based qualification standards, along with a new round of competency-based job requirements for certain clerical and administrative positions.
April 30, 2012 -
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The Manufacturing Extension Partnership has a goal of making U.S. manufacturers more competitive.
April 30, 2012 -
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Paul Lawrence, a principal at Ernst and Young, interviewed two dozen political appointees. Across the board, his subjects said they were impressed by the high caliber of the civil servants they worked with.
April 30, 2012 -
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Only one-third of Americans have a favorable opinion of the federal government — the lowest positive rating in 15 years, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
April 30, 2012 -
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Federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park is taking on the issue of big data - especially as it relates to the health care field. When asked during a recent Tweet-Up about the biggest barriers to big data, Park said the key is making information liquid and accessible while protecting privacy - which, he said, is doable. Park also encouraged agencies to make sure they release data in machine-readable formats. He pointed to healthdata.gov as a good example.
April 30, 2012 -
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The National Science Foundation is trying to turn massive amounts of random data into usable information. It’s awarded $10 million to the University of California Berkeley as part of the government’s Big Data Initiative. Professor…
April 30, 2012
