Budget
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Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger\'s Personal Finance
April 21, 2011 -
As a result of Deepwater\'s failures, the Coast Guard has reformed the acquisitions management process. We talk with GAO\'s John Hutton about how that\'s going.
April 21, 2011 -
Former deputy defense secretary Rudy Deleon gives his take on the President\'s call for Defense to slash spending.
April 20, 2011 -
DHS will launch a new two-tiered approach April 26 to alert the public if there is a real or imminent threat.
April 20, 2011 -
The Pentagon\'s acquisition chief said Wednesday that Defense leaders would \"undoubtedly\" cut more major weapons systems, possibly as soon as next year. But undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter said there were more savings to be found in other areas of the Defense Department budget. Major weapons procurement makes up only one seventh of DoD\'s spending.
April 20, 2011 -
Erin Pitera is the VP of Federal Management Partners and describes how the Navy was able to bring on much sought-after acquisition professionals.
April 20, 2011 -
Neither of the two federal unions to represent 44,000 Transportation Security Agency employees received a majority of the vote. The election will go into a run-off in the next few weeks.
April 20, 2011 -
The Government Printing Office has named Charles Riddle as the new chief information officer. Riddle brings a background in information technology and most recently worked at the Agriculture Department.
April 20, 2011 -
The Federal Broadband Minute, provided by Hughes. \"Can your network save your agency money and still deliver bandwidth efficient service?\" The answer is yes and the savings are at the field office. Here\'s how: don\'t pay for high cost, dedicated access lines and MPLS ports for field office connectivity. Instead, call Hughes and get an affordable managed broadband service the benefits are huge. By replacing costly special access with affordable broadband, Hughes can save your agency up to $300 per month, per site multiply that by all your field offices and see the savings take off. Or…maybe you think your network should provide better service for the cost of what you already pay. Whether it\'s more savings or better quality, Hughes\' National Managed Broadband Service is the answer. And get a path diverse, back up solution for the same price as your primary network alone. Enable your government field office of the future from Hughes.
April 20, 2011 -
The White House and congressional Republicans on Tuesday signaled a new willingness to work together to reach a long-term budget deal. We get the latest from The Hill\'s Erik Wasson.
April 20, 2011 -
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) sees a perfect storm in the future for federal employees and anyone else trying to commute through his district as a result of BRAC. He tells Federal News Radio he\'s at his wits\' end trying to avert a traffic disaster.
April 20, 2011 -
Even in a year in which the Stuxnet attack targeted critical infrastructure systems and attacks on grid operators rose dramatically, operators of critical infrastructure around the world took few steps to increase their cyber defenses, a new report found.
April 20, 2011 -
The chairman of the subcommittee on federal financial management said legislation may be needed to ensure agency accounting procedures are focusing on stopping improper payments. He said progress across the government is good, but more tools are necessary. OMB is testing the Do Not Pay List and plans to launch the full portal in 2012.
April 20, 2011 -
The agency IG wrote a letter to the attorneys for Adair Martinez saying they overstated or misstated the facts about their investigation. George Opfer said his investigators followed protocol during discovery of the allegations of fraud and misconduct by Martinez in their August 2009 report. The MSPB ruled earlier this month that Martinez didn\'t receive due process and was wrongfully terminated.
April 20, 2011 -
April 18th and April 20th, 2011 Under Dr. Childs\' leadership, the college has become the international leader in providing graduate-level educational services and learning experiences.
April 19, 2011