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The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act has passed the Senate, but the debate lives on. We get opinions from the National Whistleblowers Center, a member of Congress, and good-government group the Partnership for Public Service.
December 14, 2010 -
Lawmakers have urged President Obama to expand the State Department\'s cyber authority.
December 13, 2010 -
\"Hard, but do-able,\" says a former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy about OMB\'s new 25 point IT reform plan. Steve Kelman explains.
December 13, 2010 -
The National Security Agency plans to hire 1000 cybersecurity professionals in the next year. NSA\'s Associate Director for Human Resources, Kathy Hutson, told us how they plan to do that.
December 13, 2010 -
The Office of Management and Budget said many feds responsible for IT acquisition are so cautious about running afoul of ethics rules that they\'re passing up what could be productive interactions with the industry. The administration plans to start an awareness campaign to improve communication between agencies and vendors.
December 10, 2010 -
DoD Buzz reports that the DoD budget in 2011 may be short $19 billion.
December 10, 2010 -
The Partnership for Public Service\'s Tim McManus explained the findings of a report on best practices for federal hiring.
December 10, 2010 -
The recession and changes in the use of mail as transactions and messages go more and more electronic. How can the USPS keep up? The GAO\'s Phil Herr has details.
December 10, 2010 -
Effort to repeal \"Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell\" doesn\'t make it past a vote for debate in the Senate, and with it stalls billions of dollars in spending.
December 10, 2010 -
The administration detailed a 25-point plan to improve the way agencies buy and manage technology. Current and former government officials say OMB is using lessons learned from the past to set the agencies up for success.
December 10, 2010 -
It is a small agency but its impact is great. This week, host Derrick T. Dortch talks with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. December 10, 2010 (This is an encore presentation.)
December 10, 2010 -
Does acquiring or developing a system incrementally equate to managing it incrementally? In a word, the answer is \"no.\" Randolph C. Hite is the director of IT Architecture and Systems Issues at the Government Accountability Office.
December 09, 2010 -
A survey by HR professionals find more companies are holding holiday parties but the parties are scaled back.
December 09, 2010 -
The biggest issue facing chief information officers in 2011 is hiring. A new Robert Half Technology survey found CIOs are concerned that they will have a hard time finding skilled information security professionals to fill…
December 09, 2010 -
The Washington Post\'s Federal Eyes breaks down the spending items within the bill.
December 09, 2010