Management
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Congress expanded the Office of Special Counsel\'s role to handle half of all claims by veterans under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Previously, OSC just brought claims before the MSPB, but now it will handle them from beginning to end.
November 23, 2010 -
Prashant Gaur, president of the American Council for Technology, discussed his reactions to OMB\'s plans to reform IT management.
November 23, 2010 -
Big news this week on the cloud computing front. Agencies are being required by the Office of Management and Budget to adopt a “cloud-first” policy as part of the 2012 budget process. Jeff Zients, chief performance officer and deputy director for management at OMB, made the announcement during a speech at the Northern Virginia Technology [...]
November 23, 2010 -
Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, discussed the findings of the PPS\' recent report on attrition.
November 23, 2010 -
The Air Force will move forward to finding a contractor for its refueling tanker, despite a mail mix-up between rival contractors.
November 23, 2010 -
The administration issued a new memo to help agencies implement the Plan Writing Act. Agencies have a set of deadlines to meet over the next year as part of the law.
November 23, 2010 -
AFGE president John Gage speaks with the Federal Drive about the new TSA security measures which impact TSOs as well.
November 23, 2010 -
The Republican said lawmakers too often don\'t understand management, and that impacts agencies\' resources, especially around training. Voinovich said feds should be more vocal in explaining their need for support in reforming agency management. Voinovich is retiring after 12 years in the Senate, including the last six as ranking member of the subcommittee that oversees federal workforce issues.
November 23, 2010 -
The Navy has a new chief information officer. Terry Halvorsen received the promotion today from Secretary Ray Mabus.
November 22, 2010 -
Dr. Naomi Leventhal, director in Deloitte Consulting\'s Federal Human Capital Practice, describes the \'culture change\' that will have to take place for telework policies to work.
November 22, 2010 -
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Oh.) speaks to Jason Miller about ways agencies can improve federal management.
November 22, 2010 -
Federal News Radio\'s Scott Carr and Jason Miller discuss OMB\'s five-part plan to restructure IT project management.
November 22, 2010 -
The Arlington, Va., firm will merge financial, acquisition and asset management systems. The contract is worth $450 million over 10 years. FEMA is expected to be the first DHS component to receive TASC.
November 22, 2010 -
Bob Tompkins, Partner, Patton Boggs joins host Larry Allen to discuss federal contracting opportunities for small businesses. November 23, 2010 (Encore presentation)
November 22, 2010 -
Larry Allen has left the Coalition for Government Procurement after 20 years to start his own company, Allen Federal Business Partners. Allen joins host Mark Amtower to discuss the changes and what comes next for him. November 22, 2010 (Encore Presentation)
November 22, 2010