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SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue has taken extra funding, both from Congress\' annual appropriations and from the Recovery Act, and invested in staffing and technology to fight the case backlog, Government Executive reports.
October 06, 2010 -
The Technology CEO Council is making recommendations to streamline technology that could save the government $1 trillion, New York Times reports.
October 06, 2010 -
GSA’s chief spokesperson, Sahar Wali, is going to be leaving the agency. She will be joining the White House Council of Environmental Quality as their communications director next month, the DorobekINSIDER has confirmed. Wali has roots on Capitol Hill and she worked on the Obama campaign. She joined GSA soon after the election and has [...]
October 06, 2010 -
NCUA protects the money you have in a federally insured credit union up to $250,000, same as FDIC protects money in a bank account. Chairman Debbie Matz explains how.
October 06, 2010 -
From the soon-to-be renovated headquarters of the General Services Administration, to the green roof of the main New York City Post Office, the federal government is making energy-efficient-and-sustainable buildings a top priority. But a little over three years ago, one federal building in the D.C. area led the way in the design and construction of a new generation of green buildings.
October 06, 2010 -
DoE wants to make all of its roofs white or light color to help reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. GSA is testing solar panels, geo-thermal and solar chimneys in different buildings around the country. The goal is to help reduce the government\'s $25 billion annual energy bill.
October 06, 2010 -
The Defense Department announced reassignments for its Seniors Executive Service.
October 05, 2010 -
Government Executive Editor-in-Chief Tom Shoop describes agencies\' need to change cultures to attract a young IT workforce.
October 05, 2010 -
Marian Van Pelt, a principal with ICF International, describes how you can measure your sustainability efforts.
October 05, 2010 -
The Wall Street Journal reports on research into how ambivalence affects people\'s lives.
October 05, 2010 -
The Committee for Federal Responsible Budget recaps FY2010.
October 05, 2010 -
Things are looking up for the TSP in September. Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Thrift Savings Board, joined Chris Dorobek on The Dorobek Insider to talk about the numbers and the positive…
October 05, 2010 -
OMB created CyberScope to streamline the reporting process, enhance analysis, and importantly, reduce the $2.3 billion Feds spend annually on compliance. So why is no one using it? We ask McAfee\'s Ed White.
October 05, 2010 -
How to you inspire young people to go into science? If you\'re the head of the NIH, you sing to them! NIH Director Francis Collins demonstrates.
October 05, 2010 -
Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010 gives the administration-elect better access to feds. John Palguta has details.
October 05, 2010