Agency Oversight
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A fellowship program that sends U.S. government officials to work in Japanese government offices is as determined as ever. We get details from the Mansfield Fellowship program\'s Paige Cottingham-Streater.
March 29, 2011 -
Ashton Carter, the Defense Department\'s undersecretary for acquisitions, said the Pentagon can buy things quickly when it truly needs to. But when it comes to supporting overseas contingency operations, he said the country needs a dedicated, permanent \"fast lane\" that leapfrogs DoD\'s notoriously slow methods of buying goods and services.
March 29, 2011 -
The Army is hoping a program to mold new civilian leaders will help one of its commands weather the budget storm.
March 28, 2011 -
OPM\'s list comes as the president has called for the hiring of 100,000 more people with disabilities by 2015.
March 28, 2011 -
The idea is to trade one of your acquisition experts to another agency in exchange for one who knows more about a specific procurement need you have.
March 28, 2011 -
March 28th and March 30th, 2011 Tangherlini serves as the principal policy advisor on the development and execution of the budget and performance plans for Treasury
March 28, 2011 -
The National Security Agency tests a new IT architecture for securing data on mobile devices.
March 28, 2011 -
Amy Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins are the managing partners and co-founders of consulting firm Isis Associates. And they\'ve put together a list of perils to organization wide meetings.
March 25, 2011 -
More than 260 service members were discharged under the Pentagon\'s outgoing \"Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell\" policy in the 2010 fiscal year.
March 25, 2011 -
The two agencies plan to implement healthier foods and sustainable options at all concessions in their buildings.
March 24, 2011 -
The Postal Service will offer $20,000 early retirement incentives to administrative employees, who must make a decision on whether to leave USPS by late April. RIF notices will be issued on May 25 to any affected employees who do not voluntarily retire or move to a lower grade.
March 24, 2011 -
Whistleblowers in the intel community could lose their pensions under a new bill, if they\'re caught leaking even non-classified information. We ask attorney Debra Roth if this changes what a leak is.
March 24, 2011 -
The agency plans to follow the model credit card companies use to identify potential problems on the front end instead of trying to chase down the money after the fact. CMS accounts for about 46 percent of all improper payments across the government. Overall, OMB wants to reduce the governmentwide error rate to 4.18 percent by 2013.
March 24, 2011 -
Female veterans still face significant frustration getting medical care, even in Veterans Affairs facilities with female-specific services.
March 23, 2011 -
Gen. Keith Alexander has outlined a series of next steps to be pursued by the six-month-old U.S. Cyber Command.
March 23, 2011