Management

  • John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, offers his tips for managing the federal workforce during tough times.

    February 15, 2012
  • Federal managers and employees alike are suffering from low morale problems, according to the results of an exclusive Federal News Radio survey. The survey is part of our three-day special report, \"Managing Morale.\"

    February 15, 2012
  • Cloudera CEO Mike Olson joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company can help you with big data. February 14, 2012

    February 14, 2012
  • The bill does not include Senate-confirmed White House cyber coordinator position. It does include new requirements under the Clinger-Cohen Act around acquisition. The comprehensive legislation complements several of the administration\'s 2013 budget proposals.

    February 14, 2012
  • Kevin Plexico is vice president for research at Deltek, a company specializing in tracking the details of federal IT spending.

    February 14, 2012
  • Frank Reeder, a principal at The Reeder Group and former OMB official, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss OMB\'s role in the ongoing budget process. Also, Robert Shea, a former OMB official with Grant Thornton, discussed the performance-management provisions of the 2013 budget request.

    February 14, 2012
  • Federal News Radio speaks with guests and panelists from the Association of Government Accountants\' annual conference in Washington, D.C. The conference features insight into managing risk and the role financial management plays in mission delivery.

    February 14, 2012
  • Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel said he will send SWAT teams to fix problematic technology projects. OMB also will ramp up monthly TechStat sessions. The governmentwide IT budget request drops almost $600 million.

    February 14, 2012
  • The 2013 budget request reduces half of the agency\'s discretionary spending. All agencies could face deeper cuts if Congress and the administration don\'t agree on a plan for deficit reduction in the next 11 months.

    February 14, 2012
  • If you are unhappy in your job, and morale in your office is in the tank, you are not alone. A new survey by Federal News Radio indicates that managers and rank-and-file employees are on the same page when it comes to job satisfaction. Starting tomorrow, Federal News Radio will begin a three-day series on the problem and some possible solutions to it.

    February 14, 2012
  • The size of the federal workforce has been an issue of political discussion for the past couple years. But amid everything else in the official 2013 budget request unveiled Monday, the overall size of the federal government, in terms of staffing levels, will remain relatively constant.

    February 13, 2012
  • Stan Collender, a partner at Qorvis Communications and a veteran of budget work on Capitol Hill, told In Depth with Francis Rose it\'s unlikely Congress will approve a full-year budget this year given the rapidly approaching election season.

    February 13, 2012
  • Travis Sharp, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the defense budget. Sharp argued that the new budget and the accompanying strategy may actually make the automatic sequestration cuts, set to begin in January 2013, easier for Congress to swallow.

    February 13, 2012
  • Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss pay and benefits proposals in the fiscal-year 2013 budget request unveiled Monday. CSBA has been surveying service members on how they view their benefits.

    February 13, 2012