Budget

  • Two employee unions, NTEU and NFFE, want their members to make their voices heard about what they say is the real impact of a government shutdown. The organizations are asking federal employees to call their member of Congress April 5. The unions also are trying to improve how they communicate with members about the shutdown.

    April 04, 2011
  • Jim Horney, director of Federal Fiscal Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, offers his analysis of will happen this week and what that\'ll mean for your agency.

    April 04, 2011
  • Seventy two hours or bust? If push really comes to shove, The Hill\'s Erik Wasson tells Federal News Radio, the House\'s 72 hour rule could be waived and even a 24 hour CR is seen as better than a shutdown.

    April 04, 2011
  • Not every D.C. Council member likes the budget unveiled by Mayor Vince Gray Friday, but councilman Tommy Wells is showing some strong support for it.

    April 03, 2011
  • OPM Director John Berry is calling for agency executives to use their existing tools to get rid of poor performers. Berry tells House lawmakers that over the next year OPM will work with managers improve performance management. OPM also giving up on its retirement systems modernization program and putting its financial management system upgrade on hold.

    April 01, 2011
  • The bill would protect both active duty and reserve members.

    April 01, 2011
  • Nearly one-third of weapons systems the Defense Department has bought since 1997 are overbudget, and some of them by as much as 50 percent, GAO found.

    April 01, 2011
  • Next on the Federal Drive, 6-10 a.m. * Here we go again - the countdown to shutdown is underway. Congress has less time than you think to come to a compromise. * Find out about the new National Center for The Veteran Institute for Procurement, and how it helps small veteran-owned businesses land federal deals. Be sure to check out these interviews and more on the next edition of the [14]Federal Drive, weekdays from 6-10 a.m.

    April 01, 2011
  • 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