Management

  • There\'s waste and confusion among the six trade- and business-focused agencies that the White House wants to consolidate. That\'s the conclusion of four panelists who debated the merits of the proposed merger at the American Enterprise Institute, a free-market Washington think tank. They disagreed, however, on the best solution.

    February 23, 2012
  • The military service depends on retired federal workers\' expertise to help with policy development and buying goods and services. Congress extended the ability of agencies to hire annuitants through 2015. The Army said these experienced workers are helping to fill the acquisition workforce gaps that it created with huge reductions in the 1990s.

    February 23, 2012
  • Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on federal financial management, told In Depth with Francis Rose the comparison between the Postal Service and Detroit auto-makers may seem \"unlikely.\" But the plan that turned around the bailed-out auto industry could prevent having to bail out the Postal Service in the first place.

    February 22, 2012
  • The space agency\'s CIO Linda Cureton said the I3P contracts are helping NASA stay on pace as technology matures. The agency already is seeing benefits from the three awards made in 2011. February 23, 2012

    February 22, 2012
  • Host Mike Causey will talk about the Thrift Savings Plan with Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs for Federal Retirment Thrift Investment Board. Federal Times Reporters Stephen Losey and Sean Reilly also join the show to discuss how Congress is changing your federal benefits package. February 22, 2012

    February 22, 2012
  • President Barack Obama has asked Congress to let his administration reshape the way the federal government is structured — a power the office of the President last held in 1984.

    February 22, 2012
  • David Berteau, the senior vice president and director of the CSIS International Security Program, and Ryan Crotty, a CSIS research associated with the group\'s Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss the 2013 budget.

    February 22, 2012
  • Nominations are now being accepted for the third annual Causey Awards. The awards honor exceptional performance by individuals in the human capital management field.

    February 22, 2012
  • Van Hitch will work in the company\'s federal practice as an advisor to clients about long-term technology and transformational opportunities.

    February 22, 2012
  • Host John Gilroy will talk fraud prevention with Larry Benson, director of Strategic Alliances at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. February 21, 2012

    February 21, 2012
  • Doing \"more with less,\" is a catchphrase that has spread throughout the federal government, as agency budgets constrict. But critics contend that\'s all it is — a catchy slogan that has no basis in reality. Bill Eggers, global director of Deloitte Research\'s public-sector division, said it\'s possible to do more for less, but it requires new innovative ways of doing business — not just budget cutting.

    February 21, 2012
  • The agency wants to make it easier for customers to buy non-IT professional services under one contract. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner at the Federal Acquisition Service, said the business case will be posted for governmentwide review by June.

    February 21, 2012
  • Host Roger Waldron talks federal procurement with David Drabkin, corporate director for Acquisition Policy at the Northrop Grumman Corporation. February 21, 2012

    February 21, 2012
  • Tom Shoop, the editor-in-chief of Government Executive Magazine, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how efforts to rebrand federal agencies could put them in better graces with the public.

    February 21, 2012