New ideas are great, but how can you implement them at your agency? How can you foster the development of new ideas in the first place? William Eggers is with Deloitte and has written two…
A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House. Starting next month, he will be the Deputy…
Recently, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia held a hearing called Public Service in the 21st Century: An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce. Tim McManus…
I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
One of the more vexing issues right now is transparency and the recovery program, and I keep pointing out that this is all unprecedented. There has arguably never been this level of transparency on this…
April 23rd, 2009 BIG Experience host: Mr. J. David Reeves, Blacks In Government National President, will have Mr. DaRayl Davis, CEO, Financial Assurance Corporation as the guest on Thursday at 11:00 AM. with the topics being \"Federal Government Thrift Savings, Financial Planning, and Retirement Planning.\"
FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about the new Chief Performance Officer Jeffrey Zients. Though Zients comes with excellent credentials, some have pointed out he has little government experience. Don Kettl is with the Fels Institute…
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Gallup Organization is out with a new study that examines citizen perceptions of how the federal government does its job. The preliminary findings from the study were discussed yesterday at…
The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the…
Not only was the administration telling people about the new chief performance officer/OMB deputy director of management and the Obama chief technology officer/director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, but… the…
The White House issued a release earlier today — under embargo until 6a ET Saturday morning — about two senior White House posts. A number of organizations decided to reject the embargo, including, somewhat shockingly,…
The chief executive of Fannie Mae has been selected to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Reuters reports that Herb Allison, who has been heading Fannie Mae since it was taken over…
As FederalNewsRadio has been telling you, documents from the Justice Department have been released detailing certain interrogation techniques used on prisoners by the CIA. The papers offer the fullest account to date of Bush administration…
Many think the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 is deeply flawed and politicians have been struggling for years to come up with a comprehensive plan on immigration. President Barack Obama is trying…
The third episode of the Federal News Radio Book Club is coming up on Friday, April 17 at 2p on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s In Depth with Francis Rose . The third book is…