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  • This week, host Ruben Gomez talks with Tom Harrigan, DEA chief of operations. July 29, 2010

    July 23, 2010
  • Creating a special group of people who look solely at innovation might help you be more successful.

    July 23, 2010
  • What happens when a brilliant scientist, technician or specialist gets promoted to being a manager. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a new government study indicates the promotion is often a disaster.

    July 23, 2010
  • Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau, says his office reimages 25-30 PCs each month because of irresponsible Web browsing. Ruland says some managers may choose to revoke employee Internet privileges to help fix the problem. Census is also developing a safe Web surfing handbook for all employees.

    July 22, 2010
  • New organization of transit officials will share technology information and best practices.

    July 22, 2010
  • The new emphasis on transparency and openness is requiring a different approach to leadership in many federal agencies. The NRC\'s Darren Ash gives us his take.

    July 22, 2010
  • A team of over 40 civilians is going to Afghanistan to set up a distribution facility where materials are stored and issued to members of the military. Rear Admiral Thomas Traaen tells us how it works.

    July 22, 2010
  • A well-crafted health management program leads to healthy employees, increased productivity and decreased health care costs. But most health programs lack the continuity needed to be as effective and efficient as possible. Aon Consulting offers benchmarking tools to measure the design and operation of your health management and lost time programs. With Aon\'s Health and Productivity Value-Based Assessment, your organization will be on the road to a healthy culture and successful program.

    July 21, 2010
  • Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau, says his office reimages 25-30 PCs each month because of irresponsible Web browsing. Ruland says some managers may choose to revoke employee Internet privileges to help fix the problem. Census is also developing a safe Web surfing handbook for all employees.

    July 21, 2010
  • Some of the investments listed on the IT Dashboard are already hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. David Powner, Director of Information Technology Management Issues for GAO explains.

    July 21, 2010
  • As the Government Printing Office continues with plans for electronic preservation of documents, it has created a new position. David Walls, GPO\'s first preservation librarian, tells us about this new job.

    July 20, 2010
  • Worksharing has grown so much and so fast at the Postal Service, it has created unintended consequences. We get details from Mohammad Adra is with the Office of Inspector General at the Postal Service.

    July 20, 2010
  • NIH hosts a free film festival designed to promote public understanding of science, health, and medicine. Films with a medical science theme are screened, and an expert on the subject provides a commentary and leads an audience question-and-answer period. Bruce Fuchs, Director of NIH\'s Office of Science Education, tells us about it.

    July 20, 2010
  • The General Services Administration is working to conform to a Presidential order mandating that companies who sell goods and services to the Federal government reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Ten months after that order was issued, GSA now has a green light from the White House to proceed with a voluntary, phased-in, incentive-driven program to get companies who sell to GSA to report their greenhouse gas footprint. And one industry trade group weighs in on the recommendations.

    July 20, 2010