Agency Oversight
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One recipient explains why she\'s so proud of her job -- and being a federal employee.
June 22, 2010 -
The Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI) provides today\'s government officials with a concrete tool to improve programs and to deal with fiscal and programmatic challenges. Rich Rasa with Education\'s IG\'s Office explains how it works.
June 22, 2010 -
MeriTalk, the government IT network, today announced the results of the \"2010 Federal Data Center Demolition Derby\" study, which examines perceptions of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative guidance, key pain points, and recommendations to meet consolidation goals. NetApp\'s Mark Weber explains.
June 22, 2010 -
An organization representing companies that sell to the federal government is worried about newly approved provisions of the Defense Appropriation Bills now pending in the House and Senate. The Professional Services Council is worried that the provisions could cause more harm than good to contractors, and in some cases, were approved without the benefit of rigorous debate on their potential to affect the contracting community.
June 22, 2010 -
The Obama administration is attacking the $100 billion improper payments problem on yet another front.
June 21, 2010 -
Special WTOP series asks, \'Are we safer now\'?
June 21, 2010 -
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President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that extends limits on lobbyists serving in the federal government.
June 21, 2010 -
Data.edu.gov is part of the Obama Administration\'s Open Government Initiative.
June 21, 2010 -
Agencies rely on attracting the best and brightest workers in order to succeed. But those high-potential employees often have options when it comes to job opportunities. That\'s why Aon Consulting created Rewards On Board - a web-based, personalized total rewards profile that helps candidates see the value of benefits an agency offers in addition to pay. When sizing up opportunities, candidates understand the full picture with Rewards on Board, as opposed to the limited view salary only provides.
June 21, 2010 -
Winners have been announced in the most recent effort under the VA\'s Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA\'s most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. VA CTO Dr. Peter Levin has details.
June 21, 2010 -
The New York Times reports that the Agriculture Department has banned a leading American inspector of organic foods in China for conflicts of interest.
June 21, 2010 -
It doesn\'t happen as often as the federal workforce might like, but sometimes senior career executives find themselves on an equal footing with political appointees. How do you navigate that situation? We ask Shelby Hallmark, director of the Office of Workers Compensation at the Labor Department.
June 21, 2010 -
What stories made news for the week of June 13-19? Here are the most read stories across Federal News Radio 1500 AM … on the DorobekInsider.com … for Mike Causey’s Federal Report… on the Federal…
June 21, 2010