Federal Insights

  • Jennifer Main Chief Financial Officer Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of the Treasury. November 2nd and November 4th

    November 04, 2009
  • November 4th, 2009 The ambitious information sharing project between the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department is a technologically complex one. The two agencies have built electronic health records, and have set the stage…

    November 04, 2009
  • We now know the names of the Drug Enforcement Administration special agents who lost their lives in the helicopter crash Afghanistan on Monday. Special Agent Forrest Leamon, 37 of Woodbridge, Va, Chad L. Michael, 30, of Quantico, Va. and Michael E. Weston, 37, of Washington, D.C. were killed when the chopper they were flying aboard western Afghanistan crashed in killing them and 8 members of the military. DEA says special Agents Leamon and Michael were members of DEA\'s FAST (Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams); and Special Agent Weston was assigned to DEA\'s Kabul Country Office.

    October 27, 2009
  • October 28th, 2009 It’s a big week for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, the entity that manages Recovery dot gov, and oversees spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This Friday is their…

    October 27, 2009
  • France will not send any more troops to Afghanistan and wants instead to see an enlarged Afghan army, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a newspaper interview released on Thursday. The United States is considering sending up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan and has urged its NATO allies to do something similar. Britain announced this week that it was ready to send 500 more troops but Sarkozy told Le Figaro daily that he was sticking to a long-standing pledge not to send more forces. He said it is necessary to stay in Afghanistan? And to stay to win. \"But France will not send one more soldier.\"

    October 16, 2009
  • German authorities are bracing for the possibility of terror attacks. On Friday they arrested a 25-year-old Turkish man they suspected of posting a video on the internet threatening Germany with an attack after yesterday\'s federal election. German media report pictures of Berlin\'s Brandenburg Gate and the Frankfurt skyline, and photos of top Germany government official were posted on the internet along with a threat the government believe came from the Taliban. The U.S. State Department, in a sign of just how serious this all is, is warning Americans to keep a low profile if they go to Germany.

    September 28, 2009
  • Anthony Fauci Director National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases September 21st and September 23rd

    September 15, 2009
  • Carolyn Clancy, M.D. Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) September 14th and September 16th

    September 09, 2009
  • September 9th, 2009 Two distinct positives for new media applications are attracting Federal agencies: they are cheap (most are free) and they are easy to use.

    September 09, 2009
  • Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 2:05pm During the past six months, government actions have begun a move toward \"Trust Networks.\" Four key components for creating successful Trust Networks include identity, trust management, data sharing, and security. These \"Trust Frameworks and Open Trust Networks\" are being designed to provide greater access and inter-operability between government agencies, the private sector, and public at large.

    September 04, 2009
  • The U.S. is watching Damascus very carefully today. Syrian President Bashar al Assad is hosting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez has made no secret of his disdain for the U.S. and Syria and the U.S. don\'t work well together because of their relationship with Iran, North Korea and terrorist organizations. The Presidents and their ministers are meeting to review a series of 11 existing agreements. One of the big worries for the U.S. intelligence community is that relationship give enemies of the US direct access to this hemisphere.

    September 04, 2009
  • September 2nd, 2009 Renovating the biggest office space in the world would be a challenge in any environment.

    September 02, 2009
  • Dr. Robert D. Childs Senior Director IRM College September 7th and September 9th

    August 31, 2009
  • Four policemen were killed and another wounded in an explosion carried out by a suicide bomber in Shalinskiy District of Chechnya, yesterday. A spokesman for the Argunskiy interior department an unidentified man came up to…

    August 25, 2009