Management

  • The Air Force has announced Lt. Gen. Bill Lord, will retire as the service\'s chief information officer at the end of July. Taking over for Lord, who was named chief of warfighting integration and the chief information officer in July 2009, will be Lt. Gen. Michael Basla.

    January 10, 2012
  • The big shrink is on at the Agriculture Department. The department announced plans to close 259 offices, labs and other facilities. Government Executive Editor-in-Chief Tom Shoop joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what the department\'s plan means, both for itself and as a model for other agencies.

    January 10, 2012
  • Verizon will design and manage a private Internet protocol network for the Postal Service under a new six-year agreement. The New York-based telecom has provided IT services for the agency for two decades.

    January 10, 2012
  • John Palguta, vice president for policy, at the Partnership for Public Service, says the new appraisal process for senior executives is weighted toward obtaining results.

    January 10, 2012
  • An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science found the 2012 budget for research and development will make investments into energy and environment research and cut R&D at the Defense Department and NASA.

    January 10, 2012
  • Improving contract management and workforce development and training the most important areas federal chief acquisition officers and senior procurement executives are focusing on in 2012.

    January 10, 2012
  • The 2011 Save Award winner met with President Obama Monday to present his idea to create a lending library at NASA. Matthew Ritsko said his suggestion was built off of an effort by the space agency to become more efficient. He said two related efforts are underway to improve how NASA manages and shares tools and equipment.

    January 10, 2012
  • John Hutton, the director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the watchdog agency's latest report, which focused on service contracts.

    January 09, 2012
  • Kevin Plexico, vice president of Federal Information Services at Deltek, will talk about a wide variety of issues, when he joins host Mark Amtower on today's show. January 9, 2012(Encore presentation February 13, 2012)

    January 09, 2012
  • Roger Waldron, the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, said the members of his group, which include many of the largest players in the industry, are already preparing for how they'll shift gears. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the new strategy affects the contracting sphere.

    January 09, 2012
  • Congressional gridlock and \"stalling economic growth\" could combine to put a freeze on many new federal leasing options, a recent report from Jones Lang LaSalle predicts. Kevin Wayer, co-president of the public institutes practice at Jones Lang LaSalle, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss what the federal real estate market could look like in the coming year.

    January 09, 2012
  • The company will pay $155,000 to settle claims that one of its employees harassed another with daily derogatory sex-based comments. DynCorp denies any wrongdoing and says the alleged harasser is no longer an employee.

    January 09, 2012
  • Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob \"Jack\" Lew will take over as White House chief of staff, as William Daley, the current top aide to the President, has announced his departure.

    January 09, 2012
  • A long-range stealth bomber may be the only major new program in the foreseeable future given the $490 billion the Pentagon must cut from it\'s budget over the next decade. The \"optionally manned\" aircraft will be first new bomber design since Northrop Grumman\'s B-2 nearly 30 years ago.

    January 09, 2012