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Defense Appropriations Bill signed by President Obama gives the Defense Department the ability to conduct cyber attacks.
Request for information covers maintenance of all joint staff networks and applications, and ensuring the network is secure through risk management mitigation, network vulnerability analysis and security auditing.
As the result of a successful effort to add the chairman of the National Guard Bureau to the membership of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the Guard\'s top officer, becomes the seventh member on the panel.
What kind of people worked during the dead-zone period between Christmas and New Year\'s? their reasons and motives might surprise you, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
An amendment to the 2012 Homeland Security Department\'s authorization bill would require the DHS CIO to tighten spending on and better inventory the software licenses the department purchases. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), who introduced the amendment, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss his proposal.
The Postal Regulatory Commission has criticized the Postal Service\'s proposal to consider closing more than 3,600 post offices as part of its plan to avoid a projected $14 billion loss this year. The plan is causing anxiety in communities that depend on their post offices and it would not save that much money, PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway told Federal News Radio. The commission will be watching the agency\'s cash flow closely in the coming months.
Stan Soloway, the president of the Professional Services Council, predicted 2012 would be known as the \"year of the acting\" — referring to the influx of acting directors, secretaries and administrators that would be ushered in if political appointees step down.
Bob Behn, a lecturer at Harvard University\'s John F. Kennedy School of Government, chairs the executive education program. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss going for the big goals. He cited efforts by the VA and HUD to end veterans\' homelessness as an example.
John Kamensky, a senior fellow with the IBM Center for the Business of Government and an associate partner at IBM\'s Global Business Services, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss new ways of dealing with budget problems.
Prof. Gilliam Duvall, Dr. John Saunders and Dr. John Hurley of the National Defense University joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss a cybersecurity workshop they hosted that focused on identifying and combating cyber threats.
Amid the partisan wrangling, near shutdowns and crises averted 2011 saw serious proposals to reduce the federal workforce, rework its benefits and retirement structures and lock in stagnant pay rates for another year or two. Here\'s what to look for in 2012.
Your Turn with Mike Causey welcomed retirement expert David Snell of NARFE and Federal Times\' Sean Reilly and Steve Losey.
Peter Schroeder, a reporter with the Hill, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin that he doesn\'t expect any surprises when Congress reconvenes to vote on the President\'s debt limit increase request.