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We know a little more now about both cyber breaches at the Office of Personnel Management. But there are still plenty of questions. David Snell is the director of the federal benefits service department at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. He testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittees on Research and Technology and Oversight last week. He tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu that he's worried not just about the breaches themselves, but the lack of communication between OPM and the federal workforce since then.
July 13, 2015 -
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The risk of cyber attacks -- like the recent OPM cyber breaches -- are exactly the type of events risk management programs are designed to identify and plan for. The Treasury Department is one agency that has stood up an entire office to strategize enterprise risk management -- well in advance of OMB guidance for 2016. Montrice Yakimov is the chief risk officer for the Bureau of Fiscal Service at the Treasury Department and leads its Office of Enterprise Risk Management. She tells Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller why Treasury's mission itself prompted the agency to develop a risk management portfolio.
July 13, 2015 -
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A new Government Accountability Office report suggests the Veterans Affairs Department is being too generous with some of its benefits. More vets are claiming unemployability benefits because of service-related injuries, and a greater proportion of them are past retirement age. That raises the question of what unemployability benefits are supposed to do in the first place. Daniel Bertoni is GAO's Director of Education, Workforce and Income Security. He joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to answer that question.
July 13, 2015 -
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The crooks are always one step ahead of us. Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey provides tips so that no one robs the Social Security Administration piggy bank.
July 08, 2015 -
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The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum may be the second most popular museum in Washington. But's its falling apart. The museum has unveiled a comprehensive renovation plan to coincide with its 40th anniversary next year. When it's finished, it'll feature new digital displays and an integrated mobile experience. Claire Brown is the director of communications at the Air and Space Museum. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the renovations.
July 07, 2015 -
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Thirty-nine out of 41 of the Veterans Affairs Department's outpatient leasing projects -- worth about $2.5 billion -- are running behind schedule. Delays range anywhere between six months to 13 years. Most of the delays happened before the VA began the lease agreement because the Veterans Health Administration didn't detail the project's requirements on time. Dave Wise is a director of physical infrastructure issues at the Government Accountability Office. He testified recently before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose the reason behind most of the delays and where in the leasing process things started to slow down.
July 06, 2015 -
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Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) wants the Office of Personnel Management's inspector general to investigate the full-suite of systems OPM uses to store personal background investigation information.
July 06, 2015 -
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The government’s latest budget playbook, the Circular A-11, for the first time includes a specific mention of climate-smart buildings.
July 06, 2015 Think you've got what it takes to get some tough work across the line before the Obama administration expires? Then listen up. Back in December, the President promised to launch a career development program that would prepare future federal executives to lead the government through complicated, interdisciplinary hurdles. That program is getting off the ground now. Jenny Mattingley is its director. She tells Federal News Radio’s Emily Kopp that the program starts with a question.
July 02, 2015-
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The Office of Management and Budget gives agencies a summer deadline to implement smart ID cards for network and computer access. The White House wants system administrators and other privileged users to use two-factor authentication by mid-July and all employees by the end of August.
July 02, 2015 -
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Jeff Neely, the former General Services Administration official at the center of the Western Regions Conference scandal, will spend three months in prison and three months under home confinement. Neely had been placed on administrative leave in 2011 and later left the agency following revelations of a lavish $822,000 training conference held in Las Vegas.
July 01, 2015 The federal government keeps meticulous records on the past performance of contractors in order to help agencies decide whether to award more work to those firms in the future. But that’s not true when it comes to grants to local governments and nonprofits. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the White House wants to create a governmentwide repository of how grant dollars have been used in the past.
June 30, 2015-
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The Defense Department and General Services Administration have an information sharing problem. They aren't sharing information about space that's available on military installations and about the agencies that could use it. Brian Lepore is director of defense capabilities and management issues at the GAO. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how the two agencies can improve that collaboration.
June 29, 2015
