Management

  • Asif Khan, director of Financial Management and Assurance Issues at the Government Accountability Office, outlines some of the challenges the Pentagon faces in order to become auditable by 2017.

    November 01, 2011
  • The complex in Ft. Meade, Md., received the second-highest environmental building certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

    November 01, 2011
  • John Palguta, the vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris that ultimately poor performers, whether they are entry-level employees or top-level managers are held accountable.

    November 01, 2011
  • SafeGov.org aims to provide government with a greater understanding of the benefits of cloud computing.

    November 01, 2011
  • Bob Peck, commissioner of GSA\'s Public Buildings Service, says his agency is leading by example in energy efficiency.

    November 01, 2011
  • The companies must plead their case before the Air Force\'s debarring official. In the meantime, they cannot obtain new contracts or subcontracts.

    October 31, 2011
  • Raj Kuchadkar, Deputy Director of the Howard County BRAC Office and the Base Business Initiative (BBI) program joins host Mark Amtower to talk about the BBI program as it enters Phase 3. October 31, 2011(Encore presentation November 7, 2011)

    October 31, 2011
  • By law, agencies do not have to follow GAO\'s recommendations — but most do, says William Welch, chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel.

    October 31, 2011
  • Ed DeSeve was the Special Advisor to the President for Recovery Implementation and is now the President of the Global Public Leadership Institute. He writes about the lessons learned in a new report by the IBM Center for the Business of Government.

    October 31, 2011
  • Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said he will hold hearings to see how to make the federal grant process more transparent. The administration merged two existing boards into a new Council on Financial Assistance Reform to improve the grant-making process. HHS awarded a $32.4 million contract for IT services for grants.gov portal.

    October 31, 2011
  • Tim Unruh, program manager at the Energy Department\'s Federal Energy Management Program, shared tips on how agencies can become more energy efficient.

    October 31, 2011
  • The Office of Management and Budget is setting a new, more aggressive target for data center consolidation in federal agencies. OMB now thinks agencies will close 472 data centers by the end of 2012, up from a previous estimate the office gave in July of 373 closures. By the end of 2015 the goal is 962 centers. Meanwhile, agencies are being told to tackle IT infrastructure in even smaller spaces. OMB\'s new definition of data centers will include spaces as small as 100 square feet.

    October 31, 2011
  • The Obama administration announced the release of the second annual sustainability performance plan for federal agencies at the annual Green Gov Symposium.

    October 31, 2011
  • Dr. Woodson administers the more than $50 billion Military Health System (MHS) budget and serves as principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for health issues.

    October 31, 2011