The virtual fence, better known as SBInet, was originally proposed by the Bush Administration to monitor the southern U.S. border with Mexico. But now, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are quickly losing patience with a project that has had a troubled history, while hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars in costs.
Regular listeners to Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris got a preview of the announcement by the World Bank that they are opening up its treasure trove of…
Many GSA watchers believe that one of the longstanding systemic issues within GSA were regional administrators. The issue: Did the regional administrators report to the GSA administrator. Because the regional administrators are political appointees, it…
New survey results released by the Senior Executive Association show there is a lot of interest among many federal employees when it comes to applying for the Senior Executive Service, but more can be done by the federal government and Congress to make SES positions attractive.
EADS North America announced on Tuesday that it plans to bid on the U.S. Air Force\'s tanker modernization program.
President Obama has mandated that federal government service be \"cool\" again. In an effort to comply, OPM director John Berry says he\'s going to try to find room for cutting edge technology in the federal workplace. Even if it means going into the depths of the basement of the OPM Building at 19th and E Streets NW.
Just in — GSA Administrator Martha Johnson today named Michael Robertson to be GSA’s chief of staff. GSA's Michael Robertson That post was vacated earlier this year when Danielle Germain stepped down. The chief of…
We told you that the White House has appointed Michael Robertson as GSA’s chief of staff. Here is the memo that went out to GSA staff earlier today about the appointment: MEMORANDUM FOR ALL GSA…
Federal agencies are increasingly turning to the tools of social collaboration, and doing it in a way that fits the mission of the organization.
The Department of Homeland Security and the National Academy of Public Administration teamed up to create the document; NAPA has released a report about how they did.