Management

  • FEMA is leading the effort to prepare for the impending hurricane, but also the aftermath of the storm. DHS is using lessons learned from a 2009 exercise to prepare for the hurricane. Agencies from HHS to FCC to the Coast Guard and many others are putting the pieces in place to respond and help recover from Hurricane Irene.

    August 26, 2011
  • A small team in hardhats is fulfilling emergency requests at the National Archives\' Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland, which is otherwise closed. The warehouse sustained damage from Tuesday\'s earthquake, but no records were harmed. Hurricane Irene, however, poses new threats of water damage.

    August 26, 2011
  • The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing 625,000 federal employees, is pushing for a stop to the proposed cuts to federal pay, benefits and workforces.

    August 26, 2011
  • Todd Canni, the Air Force Associate General Counsel, joined the Federal Drive to discuss a recent article he wrote dealing with contractor suspensions and debarments.

    August 26, 2011
  • What you say on Twitter and Facebook can get you in trouble at work. What you need to know from the National Labor Relations Board\'s Acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon.

    August 26, 2011
  • New department chief information officer is finding her way with the federal government, while making improvements across Treasury. She says the agency will implement ITIL and collaboration software. August 25, 2011(Encore presentation October 27, 2011)

    August 25, 2011
  • David Olive of Catalyst Partners discusses what could have gone better in the earthquake aftermath.

    August 25, 2011
  • In the last 20 years, independent evaluations of EPA\'s labs have turned up operations and management problems, according to the GAO report. EPA also struggles with consolidating its labs.

    August 25, 2011
  • Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton and the former Associate Director for the Office of Management and Budget, explains how agencies can take advantage of Performance.gov.

    August 25, 2011
  • Marissa Levin is founder and CEO of Information Experts.

    August 25, 2011
  • The dashboard focuses on eight governmentwide management areas. The site also details how agencies are meeting goals in each of the categories. The administration has been promising the portal for almost a year.

    August 25, 2011
  • Thousands of office workers didn\'t have to deal with road construction and confusion about building closures after Tuesday\'s earthquake in Washington — because they telecommute. Agencies with robust telework policies largely avoided the chaos. But others have been slow to implement the new policies required by the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010.

    August 25, 2011
  • John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, joined the Federal Drive to discuss how the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago affected.

    August 24, 2011
  • Each service will have a board to approve technology buys. The Department of the Navy CIO established the level for sign-off at $1 million, but the Navy and Marine Corps set their thresholds much lower. The goal is to gain more control than ever over IT purchases in order to reduce the technology budget by 25 percent over the next five years.

    August 24, 2011