Budget
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Former federal procurement policy chief Steve Kelman says you should think about share-in-savings contracts.
April 01, 2011 -
Joe Sheppard is a former Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and joins the Federal Drive with insight.
April 01, 2011 -
James Rivera, the SBA\'s associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Assistance, joined the Federal Drive with details on the agency\'s response in California and Hawaii
April 01, 2011 -
The launch of phase two of the HR University moves the standardization and professionalization of federal human resources workers closer. The CHCO Council wants to expand the number of training courses and the specific types of classes for agencies. The HR University also provides a career path for federal HR workers.
March 31, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security is inviting professionals from the private sector to work at DHS - without government pay.
March 30, 2011 -
On the chopping block are the government\'s transparency programs and websites like USAspending.gov and Data.gov.
March 30, 2011 -
Two Senators have proposed a bill reducing the number of printed copies of the Congressional Record in order to reduce the overall deficit.
March 30, 2011 -
Jefferson Consulting Group\'s Kathy Conrad offers tips for managing in tough budgets.
March 30, 2011 -
The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service testified before a subcommittee with improvement to SES and ways Congress can help.
March 30, 2011 -
Federal News Radio asks readers to take a poll on their agency\'s shutdown preparations.
March 30, 2011 -
Any budget deal in Congress has to be reached a lot sooner than you might think. The House and Senate need more than just enough time to pass it. Because of that Russell Berman, congressional reporter, says not to be surprised if another continuing resolution is needed to keep the lights on at your agency.
March 30, 2011 -
A radical new plan would outfit postal service trucks \"with sensors to collect and transmit information about weather or air pollutants,\" including radioactivity! We talk about it with the originator, the Postal Regulatory Commission\'s own Chief Counsel to the chairman, Michael Ravnitzky!
March 30, 2011 -
Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Steve Losey, financial planner Arthur Stein, and president of the Senior Executives Association Carol Bonosaro join us to answer your questions.
March 30, 2011 -
Federal employees have some of the best knowledge about how our government works, and some of the best ideas of how to improve it so it best serves the American people. That\'s why the White House wants your input through a new online tool.
March 30, 2011 -
OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM\'s Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.
March 30, 2011