Management

  • Several sites, including Data.gov, the IT Dashboard and the FEDRamp cloud efforts, could be shut down in the next two months if the administration doesn\'t get more money under the E-government fund. In all, nine sites are on the list to be discontinued by July 30 if OMB doesn\'t find money to keep it going. Experts say OMB has several ways to keep the sites up, including pass-the-hat among agencies.

    March 31, 2011
  • The launch of phase two of the HR University moves the standardization and professionalization of federal human resources workers closer. The CHCO Council wants to expand the number of training courses and the specific types of classes for agencies. The HR University also provides a career path for federal HR workers.

    March 31, 2011
  • After 10 years of development and planning, the Defense Logistics Agency, the Defense Department\'s primary purchaser of almost everything besides weapons systems, is beginning to roll out a new enterprisewide system to automate the writing and management of the thousands of contract actions it processes each day.

    March 30, 2011
  • The Department of Homeland Security is inviting professionals from the private sector to work at DHS - without government pay.

    March 30, 2011
  • On the chopping block are the government\'s transparency programs and websites like USAspending.gov and Data.gov.

    March 30, 2011
  • Two Senators have proposed a bill reducing the number of printed copies of the Congressional Record in order to reduce the overall deficit.

    March 30, 2011
  • The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded one of the remaining big deals under the Networx telecommunications contract to Qwest.

    March 30, 2011
  • Jefferson Consulting Group\'s Kathy Conrad offers tips for managing in tough budgets.

    March 30, 2011
  • With cybersecuirty professionals in short supply, the Army is reaching out to contractors for help.

    March 30, 2011
  • The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service testified before a subcommittee with improvement to SES and ways Congress can help.

    March 30, 2011
  • Federal News Radio asks readers to take a poll on their agency\'s shutdown preparations.

    March 30, 2011
  • Any budget deal in Congress has to be reached a lot sooner than you might think. The House and Senate need more than just enough time to pass it. Because of that Russell Berman, congressional reporter, says not to be surprised if another continuing resolution is needed to keep the lights on at your agency.

    March 30, 2011
  • A radical new plan would outfit postal service trucks \"with sensors to collect and transmit information about weather or air pollutants,\" including radioactivity! We talk about it with the originator, the Postal Regulatory Commission\'s own Chief Counsel to the chairman, Michael Ravnitzky!

    March 30, 2011
  • Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Steve Losey, financial planner Arthur Stein, and president of the Senior Executives Association Carol Bonosaro join us to answer your questions.

    March 30, 2011