Agency Oversight
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A Dodd-Frank provision moving the Office of Thrift Supervision under the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency leadership has changed little in the way of operations, according to Tim Ward, deputy comptroller of thrift supervision at OCC.
July 26, 2011 -
Katie Rush is the special assistant to the director at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the National Institutes of Health.
July 25, 2011 -
Scott Thomas is a project manager for the GPS Directorate at the Space and Missile Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base.
July 25, 2011 -
The multi-generational workforce - with its differences in work styles, job expectations and technology use - requires federal managers to rethink their relationships with their employees.
July 25, 2011 -
The Social Security Administration will close its field offices 30 minutes early, in an effort to save money on overtime.
July 22, 2011 -
Tim McManus, vice president of the Partnership for Public Service, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss leadership development at federal agencies. He told Federal News Radio how to look for, develop and keep potential leaders.
July 22, 2011 -
Agencies have stepped up the pace of their data center consolidation efforts, leading to predicted data center closures numbering well above what the Office of Management and Budget predicted earlier this year.
July 21, 2011 -
By Ruben Gomez Federal News Radio The General Services Administration (GSA) will revamp federal IT purchase contracts, in keeping with the administration’s National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship released Wednesday. GSA will remove all products that…
July 20, 2011 -
Government Executive Editor-in-Chief Tom Shoop joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the official opening of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Earlier this week, former Ohio Attorney Gen. Richard Cordray was named the new head of the agency.
July 19, 2011 -
How can you keep your employees from pulling out their hair during the debt debate? Advice from John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service.
July 19, 2011 -
Eric Patterson, director of the Federal Protective Service, said at a recent hearing that reworking the agency\'s current reform programs will help to improve past issues of training, communication and security.
July 18, 2011 -
If you\'ve seen evidence of workers\' compensation fraud, the Government Accountability Office wants to know about it. Greg Kutz, director of GAO\'s Forensic Audits and Investigative Service on the effort.
July 18, 2011 -
Learn more about how many people are working for the government, and how many aren\'t from Christopher Goodman, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
July 18, 2011 -
It\'s time to drain away unneeded federal regulations. Cass Sunstein, the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, told Federal News Radio when to expect final plans from executive agencies and how independent regulatory agencies are now getting in on the review process.
July 15, 2011 -
The White House today launched the 2011 version of the SAVE award. Employees can submit ideas starting through July 29. Over the past two years, feds offered more than 56,000 potential money-saving ideas.
July 14, 2011