Management

  • Rudy DeLeon, the former deputy defense secretary, told In Depth with Francis Rose the new strategy and the key ideas behind did not come out of the blue. \"This has been coming for a while,\" he said, including the possibility of military pay and benefits being on the table.

    January 05, 2012
  • George Jakabcin, the agency\'s CIO, said every employee will get a new laptop and be able to access the network through a WiFi VPN connection. More than 80 percent of all employees work outside the office at least one day a week. January 5, 2012(Encore presentation March 1, 2012)

    January 05, 2012
  • The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted approval for Android-based mobile devices to connect to DoD networks, provided they\'re secured using a specific set of guidelines

    January 05, 2012
  • A list of agencies considering or offering buyouts and early retirements in 2012.

    January 05, 2012
  • New memo gives agencies a template to develop privacy impact assessments when using commercial sites. The guidance follows OMB\'s June 2010 memo on using Web cookies.

    January 05, 2012
  • The Pentagon chief says the U.S. will have to make some tradeoffs and take some extra risks under the new military strategy laid out to absorb federal budget cuts.

    January 05, 2012
  • President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief the media today on their strategy for a slimmed-down DoD.

    January 05, 2012
  • Marco Giamberardino, senior director of the Associated General Contractors of America\'s federal and heavy construction division, outlines the winners and losers of the FY2012 budget for federal construction.

    January 05, 2012
  • The Postal Regulatory Commission has criticized the Postal Service\'s proposal to consider closing more than 3,600 post offices as part of its plan to avoid a projected $14 billion loss this year. The plan is causing anxiety in communities that depend on their post offices and it would not save that much money, PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway told Federal News Radio. The commission will be watching the agency\'s cash flow closely in the coming months.

    January 04, 2012
  • Stan Soloway, the president of the Professional Services Council, predicted 2012 would be known as the \"year of the acting\" — referring to the influx of acting directors, secretaries and administrators that would be ushered in if political appointees step down.

    January 04, 2012
  • Bob Behn, a lecturer at Harvard University\'s John F. Kennedy School of Government, chairs the executive education program. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss going for the big goals. He cited efforts by the VA and HUD to end veterans\' homelessness as an example.

    January 04, 2012
  • John Kamensky, a senior fellow with the IBM Center for the Business of Government and an associate partner at IBM\'s Global Business Services, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss new ways of dealing with budget problems.

    January 04, 2012
  • Amid the partisan wrangling, near shutdowns and crises averted 2011 saw serious proposals to reduce the federal workforce, rework its benefits and retirement structures and lock in stagnant pay rates for another year or two. Here\'s what to look for in 2012.

    January 04, 2012
  • Peter Schroeder, a reporter with the Hill, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin that he doesn\'t expect any surprises when Congress reconvenes to vote on the President\'s debt limit increase request.

    January 04, 2012