Management

  • On this week\'s show, host Mike Causey talks with the Federal Times about fast-changing federal issues including the continuing resolution, the FY 2012 budget and the pay freeze proposals on the Hill. February 9, 2011

    February 09, 2011
  • Although a mere fraction of the troops are dedicated to Civil Affairs, they have been deployed without proper training and equipment to hostile territory to carry out heroic efforts against difficult odds and they are killed far out of proportion to their numbers, a Center for Public Integrity investigation found. We get details from the Center\'s Barbara Slavin.

    February 09, 2011
  • DCAA has added 500 employees over the last two years but is conducting fewer, though higher quality, audits each year. Director Patrick Fitzgerald explains the thinking behind a new framework.

    February 09, 2011
  • Four projects will use innovative new technologies in VA facilities to improve the quality of patient care for Veterans. VA\'s Jonah Czerwinski explains.

    February 09, 2011
  • AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill to put a face on the federal workforce. They want to correct the misperception that government workers are to blame for the deficit and gridlock in Washington.

    February 09, 2011
  • In part 3 of Federal News Radio\'s exclusive investigative series \"Discouraged and Disrespected at SBA,\" Karla Saunders weighs her options to find resolution in her three-year battle against alleged retaliation. Saunders and three other agency employees say they want to return to their original jobs and restore their reputations. SBA officials say the agency is focusing on strengthening management and oversight.

    February 09, 2011
  • The government is proposing a 15 percent pay raise for employees...that\'s the good news...the bad news is that it is not the U.S. government that\'s come up with this plan. So what\'s going on? Mike Causey has a roadmap.

    February 09, 2011
  • From “Technology, Innovation, and Deficit Reduction: Lessons from the IT Industry” hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies: As mounting public deficits dominate discourse in Washington and in state capitals throughout the country,…

    February 08, 2011
  • The Defense Department wants its information technology projects to be developed in smaller, faster chunks that take no more than 18 months to deploy. One Air Force program executive officer says he\'s already doing it in 12 months.

    February 08, 2011
  • In our continuing quest to find out how agencies are currently using the cloud and how they plan to use it in the future, Federal News Radio caught up with Chris Neidermayer, deputy chief information officer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In light of the Office of Management and Budget’s cloud-first policy, [...]

    February 08, 2011
  • What does OMB\'s 25-point plan to reform IT and the OFPP\'s myth busting campaign mean for industry? Tom Sisti from SAP America joins the show to discuss. February 8, 2011

    February 08, 2011
  • GovExec\'s Tom Shoop gives his analysis of what will happen to feds with the upcoming budget battle.

    February 08, 2011
  • Military Times reports that defense and veterans programs may get funding cuts in the upcoming budget battle.

    February 08, 2011
  • NIST\'s Lee Badger and Tim Grance explain how the public can comment on two draft documents offering guidelines for public cloud use.

    February 08, 2011