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FEMA is leading the effort to prepare for the impending hurricane, but also the aftermath of the storm. DHS is using lessons learned from a 2009 exercise to prepare for the hurricane. Agencies from HHS to FCC to the Coast Guard and many others are putting the pieces in place to respond and help recover from Hurricane Irene.
August 26, 2011 -
The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing 625,000 federal employees, is pushing for a stop to the proposed cuts to federal pay, benefits and workforces.
August 26, 2011 -
David Olive of Catalyst Partners discusses what could have gone better in the earthquake aftermath.
August 25, 2011 -
In the last 20 years, independent evaluations of EPA\'s labs have turned up operations and management problems, according to the GAO report. EPA also struggles with consolidating its labs.
August 25, 2011 -
Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton and the former Associate Director for the Office of Management and Budget, explains how agencies can take advantage of Performance.gov.
August 25, 2011 -
The dashboard focuses on eight governmentwide management areas. The site also details how agencies are meeting goals in each of the categories. The administration has been promising the portal for almost a year.
August 25, 2011 -
Thousands of office workers didn\'t have to deal with road construction and confusion about building closures after Tuesday\'s earthquake in Washington — because they telecommute. Agencies with robust telework policies largely avoided the chaos. But others have been slow to implement the new policies required by the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010.
August 25, 2011 -
John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, joined the Federal Drive to discuss how the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago affected.
August 24, 2011 -
Each service will have a board to approve technology buys. The Department of the Navy CIO established the level for sign-off at $1 million, but the Navy and Marine Corps set their thresholds much lower. The goal is to gain more control than ever over IT purchases in order to reduce the technology budget by 25 percent over the next five years.
August 24, 2011 -
Subhead: The Defense Department said preparing for an agencywide financial audit by 2017 is a good way to make sure every dollar counts in this budget climate. It is putting resources into training administrators and trying to improve its technology systems.
August 24, 2011 -
Tom Shoop, editor-in-chief of Government Executive, adds some clarity to OMB\'s budget guidance.
August 23, 2011 -
Linda Springer, former OMB Controller and former OPM Director, joined In Depth host Francis Rose on the day of the earthquake that rocked the D.C. region.
August 23, 2011 -
The plan includes more than 500 ideas to simplify or eliminate rules all over government. The plan aims to save businesses $10 billion over five years. Industry groups say it doesn\'t go far enough.
August 23, 2011 -
Trying to change the culture-driven patterns of IT spending in the military services by issuing edicts would not work, and should not work, the Pentagon\'s chief information officer said. She said she sees her role as making sure the services have what they need, and that their IT efforts benefit DoD as an enterprise.
August 22, 2011 -
A new governmentwide framework for evaluating the top career employees in the Senior Executive Service will be rolled out at the end of September. Steve Shih, a deputy associate director in the Office of Personnel Management, said it will bring uniformity and predictability to a process that now seems uneven.
August 22, 2011