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  • Customs and Board Protection recently signed an agreement to adopt a program developed by the Labor Department that facilities the hiring of individuals with disabilities.

    January 12, 2012
  • The Agriculture Department\'s closing of 259 offices could result in buyout offers, said the agency\'s deputy secretary. This week Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the closures would save about $150 million year in the agency\'s $145 billion budget.

    January 12, 2012
  • Homeland Security Computer Emergency Response Team is warning government agencies about a new variant of the keystroke-logging \"Zeus\" virus.

    January 12, 2012
  • Congress is damaging the Internal Revenue Service by shortchanging its budget, making it harder for the agency to help taxpayers, detect fraud and bolster revenue collection even as budget deficits surge, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

    January 12, 2012
  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive host Tom Temin discuss throughout the show each day. Thursday\'s Newscast items include: civilian job cuts in the Air Force; Federal Employee Health Benefits for Indian tribes; mobile strategy dialogue for the federal government; cloud email services for the Interior Department; and a computer virus alert.

    January 12, 2012
  • Members of the public have until Jan. 20 to submit ideas for the National Dialogue on Federal Mobility Strategy.

    January 12, 2012
  • Reading about buyouts is as exciting and unrewarding as hearing about million-dollar lottery winners, unless you find out you may have one of the winning tickets, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    January 12, 2012
  • Administrators are preparing to expand the Federal Employee Health Benefits plan in May to thousands of employees of Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Tribes have urged the change for a long time. It was mandated by the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and is just now becoming a reality.

    January 11, 2012
  • The Air Force has targeted an additional 4,500 civilian positions for elimination as it completes a broad restructuring of its civilian workforce. The latest reductions follow a rebalancing in November, which saw 9,000 positions marked for elimination and a second wave of buyouts announced Jan. 3.

    January 11, 2012
  • Senior Executives Association president Carol Bonosaro will discuss civil service reform when she joins host Mike Causey on today\'s show. January 11, 2012

    January 11, 2012
  • Steve Kelman, a professor at Harvard University\'s Kennedy School of Government and a former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss lessons for better management and employee happiness.

    January 11, 2012
  • Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Dunn, president and CEO of the Air Force Association, discussed the Air Force\'s purported plans to scale back on In Depth with Francis Rose.

    January 11, 2012
  • Rebecca Grant, the president of IRIS Independent Research and the director of the General William Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss whether the cuts in DoD\'s new strategic plan are reversible.

    January 11, 2012
  • This week on AFGE\'s \"Inside Government\" Council of Prison Locals President Dale Deshotel addresses the reasons behind a recent spike in violence at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Also, AFGE Communications Director Enid Doggett provides communications tips and strategies for union members while personal finance columnist Karen Blumenthal discusses her new book, \"The Wall Street Journal Guide to Starting Fresh: How to Leave Financial Hardships Behind and Take Control of Your Financial Life.\"

    January 11, 2012