Agency Oversight
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I’ve been hearing a lot about changes at GSA — some concrete, and some just discussed. I’ll talk about potential changes later, but… a concrete move from Acting Administrator Paul Prouty Friday. In a memo,…
April 25, 2009 -
Last weekend, President Obama used his weekend address to announce the chief performance officer and the Obama chief technology officer. This week, he was talking government reform. (BTW, reporters just love it when they find…
April 25, 2009 -
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor FederalNewsRadio It isn’t always easy to innovate. So you should probably try and fail. “You need failure to have innovation because innovation requires experimentation, but how can you fail and…
April 24, 2009 -
New ideas are great, but how can you implement them at your agency? How can you foster the development of new ideas in the first place? William Eggers is with Deloitte and has written two…
April 24, 2009 -
A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House. Starting next month, he will be the Deputy…
April 24, 2009 -
Recently, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing called Public Service in the 21st Century: An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce. Tim McManus…
April 24, 2009 -
I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
April 23, 2009 -
One of the more vexing issues right now is transparency and the recovery program, and I keep pointing out that this is all unprecedented. There has arguably never been this level of transparency on this…
April 22, 2009 -
April 23rd, 2009 BIG Experience host: Mr. J. David Reeves, Blacks In Government National President, will have Mr. DaRayl Davis, CEO, Financial Assurance Corporation as the guest on Thursday at 11:00 AM. with the topics being \"Federal Government Thrift Savings, Financial Planning, and Retirement Planning.\"
April 21, 2009 -
FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about the new Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients. Though Zients comes with excellent credentials, some have pointed out he has little government experience. Don Kettl is with the Fels Institute…
April 21, 2009 -
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Gallup Organization is out with a new study that examines citizen perceptions of how the federal government does its job. The preliminary findings from the study were discussed yesterday at…
April 21, 2009 -
The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the…
April 20, 2009 -
Not only was the administration telling people about the new chief performance officer/OMB deputy director of management and the Obama chief technology officer/director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, but… the…
April 19, 2009 -
The White House issued a release earlier today — under embargo until 6a ET Saturday morning — about two senior White House posts. A number of organizations decided to reject the embargo, including, somewhat shockingly,…
April 18, 2009 -
The chief executive of Fannie Mae has been selected to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Reuters reports that Herb Allison, who has been heading Fannie Mae since it was taken over…
April 17, 2009