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OMB drafting new guidance to let agencies use function to better understand citizen Web behavior. Draft policy includes opt-in option.
May 28, 2009 -
Department decision part of efficiency review to save money and improve business processes.
May 28, 2009 -
We have been hearing for weeks now that Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration was close to naming a new CIO…and we have heard that it was a woman and we have heard that she came…
May 28, 2009 -
With the help of a speed reader, Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman of California successfully guided a so-called “Cap and Trade” bill thru through his Energy and Commerce Committee last week. The bill is formally known…
May 27, 2009 -
I mentioned earlier that I was on DC’s NewsChannel 8 tonight — their Federal News Tonight program — talking about transparency. You can read the “liner notes” here. But they have posted the video of…
May 26, 2009 -
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he is combining White House staffs dealing with international and homeland security, predicting the change will make Americans safer. The Associated Press is reporting, Obama also is creating a new office intended to communicate more effectively with other countries about U.S. security policy. The Homeland Security Council, created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will be kept as a venue for discussing issues concerning domestic security, including terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters and pandemic influenza. Its staff will be integrated into the National Security Council.
May 26, 2009 -
I’ll be on DC’s NewsChannel 8 in the 7:30p ET half-hour — their Federal News Tonight program — and I’ll be talking about (what else) transparency. They stream the show live… and I’ll post the…
May 26, 2009 -
The Defense Department is going to start requiring senior executives to have held positions in multiple agencies if they want a promotion. Nancy Kichak is OPM’s Associate Director for the Human Resources Policy and tells…
May 26, 2009 -
The changing face of war is changing the way war fighters are educated to prepare for war. The House Armed Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing called Another Crossroads? Professional Military Education Twenty…
May 26, 2009 -
Allegations of contracting misconduct, a former agency head pleads the Fifth, and the possibility of another bailout. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is under the microscope in the Senate Aging Committee. Last week the committee…
May 26, 2009 -
The IRS continues to work to stamp out the use of offshore accounts to commit tax fraud. The problem has been around for years, but one man’s efforts — along with his team — have…
May 26, 2009 -
Dr. Reginald Wells Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources May 27, 2009
May 26, 2009 -
I am happy to announce the next selection for the Federal News Radio Book Club selection — the book is Fired Up or Burned Out: How to reignite your team’s passion, creativity, and productivity by…
May 22, 2009 -
We\'re learning more about the plot to blow up a synagogue in New York and shoot down military planes in the same area. The men allegedly began their plot in 2008 and were discovered by authorities when they recruited an undercover informant operating out of a mosque into their group. The informant allowed law enforcement agencies to monitor the group\'s activities, and gave the men inert plastic explosives and an inoperable FIM-92 \"Stinger\" missile two weeks ago.
May 22, 2009 -
Significant milestones for the Obama transparency initiative. And a lot of good stuff out there to read about it. The DorobekInsider “reader” series try to pull the best of those links together in one place.…
May 22, 2009