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Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief of Government Executive magazine, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what federal employees can expect to hear in the State of the Union.
January 24, 2012 -
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The Government Printing Office has announced more than 300 employees left the agency in the second half of 2011, mostly because of the buyouts and early retirements the agency offered last year. GPO\'s workforce is now stands at its lowest levels in a century, the agency said in a release.
January 24, 2012 -
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The White House will push Congress to \"finish the job\" on spectrum policy, Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said. First responders still are using analog communications to talk to each other during emergencies.
January 24, 2012 -
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Alan Paller, the director of research at the SANS Institute, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the a proposed cybersecurity bill that the Senate has moved closed toward debating.
January 23, 2012 -
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David Hawkings, editor of the CQ Roll Call Daily Briefing, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the wave of announced congressional retirements this year and whether it will lead to a potential knowledge vacuum.
January 23, 2012 -
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John Palguta of the Partnership for Public Service, Jessie Klement of the Federal Managers Association, Beth Moten of the American Federation of Government Employees will talk about the proposed federal pay freeze and other issues affecting federal employees. January 20, 2011
January 21, 2012 -
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The latest report on the 10-year effort to build a nationwide interoperable communications system shows law enforcement agents are still using 15-year-old radios. DoJ\'s Integrated Wireless Network program has been a victim of budget shortfalls and poor governance.
January 20, 2012 -
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The federal CIO said he\'s not concerned that the administration\'s cloud initiative will fall victim to the same types of roadblocks lawmakers set out for e-government seven years ago. VanRoekel said members of Congress need data on the value cloud computing brings. He also said vendor management organizations and mobile computing are among his short term priorities.
January 19, 2012 -
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Belva Martin, the director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the agency\'s latest report on the use of the national-security exception in defense contracting. GAO concluded the Defense Department\'s rules for when its agencies must disclose the use of the exception are unclear.
January 19, 2012 -
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The board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan is reminding federal employees that their G Fund investments are safe — even if the government reaches the debt ceiling and cannot issue new securities to the G fund.
January 19, 2012 -
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Agencies already are under the gun to put their public communications into plain language. A congressman behind the original effort now wants to get rid of government jargon in federal regulations.
January 19, 2012 -
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National Treasury Employees Union president Colleen M. Kelly and Federal Times reporters Sean Reilly and Andy Medici will discuss some of the big issues affecting government workers. January 18, 2012
January 18, 2012 -
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Every day that passes brings your agency a bit closer to automatic spending cuts under sequestration. If Congress can\'t figure something else out, the process of reducing spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years will start, with the 2013 budget. But any deal to avoid sequestration probably won\'t happen anytime before the election, said Erik Wasson, reporter for the Hill newspaper
January 18, 2012 -
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The Office of Personnel Management is trying to tackle its retirement services backlog with more staff and upgraded technology.
January 18, 2012
