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DHS officials said the department needs congressional help to increase teamwork among components as disparate as the Secret Service and FEMA.
August 27, 2015 -
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The Department of Defense has been working on guidelines to help its contracting officers decide whether potential noncompetitive contracts are worth their advertised prices. The new guidelines address different ways agencies can tackle situations where they don't have information available to them.
August 26, 2015 -
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Some missing controls at the Department of Homeland Security are keeping the agency from knowing everything it needs to know about how its employees are using charge cards. Mark Bell is assistant inspector general for audit at the Office of Inspector General at the Homeland Security Department. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the scope of the charge card program at the agency.
August 26, 2015 -
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Debra Katz, founding law partner at Katz, Marshall, and Banks, shared her view on whistleblowers within the government with Women of Washington hosts Gigi Schumm and Aileen Black.
August 26, 2015 The Department of Justice alleged Sandia used federal funds to lobby Congress for non-competitive extensions to its Management and Operating contract won in 1993.
August 26, 2015-
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The Acquisition Gateway at the General Services Administration is the culmination of a series of initiatives the administration and the agency have been focused on for a long time. Category management and hallways are just two of the initiatives rolled into the Acquisition Gateway. Laura Stanton is acting assistant commissioner for the Office of Strategy Management at the General Services Administration. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose the idea for the Acquisition Gateway sprung from talking to acquisition professionals in government.
August 25, 2015 -
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The Defense Department is working on new training and guidance to help its contracting officers decide whether potential contracts are worth the price. The Government Accountability Office sampled 32 commercial contracts. DOD contracting officials asked for cost, pricing and other information to help them determine if contracts were reasonably priced for 12 of them. Bill Woods is director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO. He said it's too early to say whether the Pentagon's training and guidance is working, but he tells In Depth with Francis Rose that contracting officers DO have some challenges.
August 24, 2015 A new IBM Center for The Business of Government report says CIOs lack understanding for innovation metrics, which could grow their operations if used.
August 24, 2015-
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Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, says the criminal investigation division of the IRS should become its own agency that reports directly the Treasury Department.
August 21, 2015 -
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The association that represents federal law enforcement officers wants its members out from under IRS management. The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) says the IRS should no longer have a criminal investigation division. FLEOA says the unit has suffered because of the scandal in the agency's tax-exempt division a few years back. Jon Adler is FLEOA's national president. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the association's current thinking.
August 20, 2015 -
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Just when Congress is considering tougher penalties for Veterans Affairs employees engaged in misconduct, the Senior Executives Association and the Federal Managers Association have asked lawmakers to investigate a "hit list" created by the American Federation of Government Employees, VA's largest labor union.
August 19, 2015 -
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The Federal Aviation Administration is making progress in its efforts to integrate unmanned aerial system flights into the national airspace. That's according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 directed the agency to safely integrate flights by aircraft without an onboard pilot that operate on pre-programmed routes or are remotely controlled. Gerald Dillingham is the director of physical infrastructure issues at GAO. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report and FAA's drone progress.
August 19, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management faces a third lawsuit in the wake of the cybersecurity breach it suffered in June that resulted in 22 million past, present, and potential federal employees having their personal information stolen.
August 18, 2015 Dr. Thomas Cellucci, CEO at Ecrypt Technologies Inc., joins host John Gilroy to discuss how innovation can be applied across the board in the federal government. August 18, 2015
August 14, 2015
