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  • Federal employees with the Agriculture Department developed the variety of turkey that many of us choose for our Thanksgiving feast, but Congress is working on a new model that may reverse things and carve up civil servants, postal workers and retirees at the same time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    August 26, 2011
  • New department chief information officer is finding her way with the federal government, while making improvements across Treasury. She says the agency will implement ITIL and collaboration software. August 25, 2011(Encore presentation October 27, 2011)

    August 25, 2011
  • Texas Senator John Cornyn says the agency should be working harder to promote the aircraft.

    August 25, 2011
  • These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today. Simplicity can be a great defense. That’s what The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s senior fellow Ron Ross argued recently at a…

    August 25, 2011
  • The Chief Human Capital Officer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development is under investigation for hiring abuses. HUD’s Inspector General is looking into allegations Janie Payne used her position to get her daughter…

    August 25, 2011
  • The agency\'s chief human capital officer is at the center of the IG\'s inquiry. Janie Payne is accused of influencing the hiring of her daughter. Payne is on paid administrative leave during the investigation and denies any wrongdoing.

    August 25, 2011
  • CIO.com reports a security company was able to reverse-engineer a Microsoft patch and launch a denial-of-service attack on Windows DNS Server.

    August 25, 2011
  • David Olive of Catalyst Partners discusses what could have gone better in the earthquake aftermath.

    August 25, 2011
  • In the last 20 years, independent evaluations of EPA\'s labs have turned up operations and management problems, according to the GAO report. EPA also struggles with consolidating its labs.

    August 25, 2011
  • Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton and the former Associate Director for the Office of Management and Budget, explains how agencies can take advantage of Performance.gov.

    August 25, 2011
  • Marissa Levin is founder and CEO of Information Experts.

    August 25, 2011
  • The Xinhua News Agency characterized the Pentagon\'s annual assessment of China\'s military capabilities — reporting that Beijing is building a modern, regionally focused military — as scaremongering. China maintains that its military posture is entirely defensive.

    August 25, 2011
  • Greg Schaffer, the acting deputy undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department\'s National Protection and Programs Directorate, joined the Federal Drive to discuss what changes have been made to the nation\'s communications systems after 9/11.

    August 25, 2011
  • The Washington Monument was damaged in the 5.8 earthquake that impacted D.C. August 23. Damage to the monument was greater than initially thought. Follow-up inspections found more cracks in the topmost pyramidion section. The monument remains closed to the public as the Park Service works with engineering firms to determine repair efforts.

    August 25, 2011