Management

  • Jacques Gansler, former undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss competition in contracting, including in-sourcing and A-76 public-private contracts.

    January 16, 2012
  • John Marshall was at the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in the mid-1990\'s and wrote the committee report on the president\'s power to merge agencies. He\'s currently co-founder of Government Transaction Services and joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin with his perspective.

    January 16, 2012
  • A new memo from the White House requires agencies involved in trade, exporting or competitiveness to develop an inventory and map them to programmatic and organizational structures and strategic plans. The test initiative will help inform a governmentwide effort to reduce the number of redundant programs across the government.

    January 16, 2012
  • After spending four months as a fellow at Harvard, Vivek Kundra becomes the executive vice president for emerging markets at the cloud computing services company.

    January 16, 2012
  • The deadline for nominating a federal worker for a Service to America Medal is Jan. 18.

    January 16, 2012
  • A new Defense Department report finds solar-power development on military bases and installations in the Western United States could generate as much solar energy as seven nuclear power plants. By working with private industry and renting out unused land on bases to serve as energy testbeds, the department could reap as much as $100 in revenue and reduced energy costs and rent payments. DoD spends $4 billion a year on energy costs.

    January 16, 2012
  • The federal CIO said the final document should be available by early April. Steven VanRoekel also wants to give agencies new contracts for devices and services within the next 180 days. Industry will be expected to provide answers to a series of questions about standards, security and privacy.

    January 16, 2012
  • Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Coordinator for Arlington County in Virgina, talks about the impact of BRAC on local communities. January 13, 2012(Encore presentation January 27, 2012)

    January 14, 2012
  • President Barack Obama has asked Congress for the power to merge federal agencies in an effort to make government more efficient and consumer friendly. Obama will call on Congress to give him a type of consolidation authority last held by a president when Ronald Reagan was in office. Analysts and former government insiders congratulate the president for the massive plan to streamline services. But they warn it will be tricky.

    January 13, 2012
  • Darren Ash, the chief information officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, helped Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel present more details on the federal mobile stragegy. Ash joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the conversation.

    January 13, 2012
  • Elaine Clancy, director of leasing at the General Services Administration\'s Public Buildings Service, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the federal government\'s leasing landscape.

    January 13, 2012
  • As part of a sweeping government reorganization first unveiled nearly a year ago, President Barack Obama announced the elevation of the Small Business Administration to a cabinet-level agency.

    January 13, 2012
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science says agencies are shelling out almost two billion dollars LESS this fiscal year — most of it because of defense cuts.

    January 13, 2012
  • This month the National Institutes of Health created the new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to bridge the gap between scientific research and usable drugs or medical devices.

    January 13, 2012