April 11th and 13th, 2011 Deputy Mayor Goldsmith is focused on creating a City government for the 21st Century that is smaller, more efficient, and more cost effective; uses fewer vehicles; consolidates back office functions and reduces redundancies across agencies; shares data, and uses technology to better serve the public.
After a decade at war, the Army must transform itself to better face the challenges of the future, the general taking the helm of America\'s ground force said Monday, telling soldiers he will lay out a plan for the future in two months.
More details are emerging about the $38 billion dollar deal lawmakers say they reached to keep the government from shutting down. Some cuts were made by pruning money left over from previous years. More than half of the cuts affect education, labor and health programs. A vote in the House is expected as early as Wednesday and the Senate must pass it by Friday to prevent a shutdown.
A new southwestern border security technology strategy is in the works. We get details from CBS\'s Mark Borkowski.
Census is already working on the 2020 Census, even though the 2010 count just wrapped up. Census Director Robert Groves describes the agency\'s plans.
Stan Collender is a partner at Qorvis Communications and a regular budget guru on Federal News Radio. He says you\'re not out of the woods yet.
Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey continues explains how you can prepare for what come next.
Events are a huge business for the government. And in the past couple of weeks the threat of a government shutdown had many insiders worried.
A bill introduced last week in the Senate would hire more Federal Protective Service guards and increase resources for training.
New figures show U.S. defense spending grew by just under 3 percent last year. That\'s compared with more than seven percent on average for most of the decade.
Haley Van Dyck, director of citizen engagement at the Federal Communication Commission, says the agency wants to hear from users about its new website before launching completely next month.
Peter Alterman, the senior advisor to the chief information officer at NIH, tells Federal News Radio his agency is \"working to understand how new technology options can be used to advance the scientific research agenda\" at the agency.
Steve Ressler, founder and president of GovLoop, talks to Tom Temin about the current and future use of social media in government, and how social media changed the talk surrounding the potential shutdown.
Agency deputy director said leadership and management take different skill sets, but every organization needs both. NSA uses training, mentoring and other resources to ensure its managers and leaders can succeed.
Federal employees attending the Federal Senior Management Conference talked with Federal News Radio about the shutdown that almost was.