Management

  • Loren Thompson, CEO of the non-profit Lexington Institute, says this year was a disaster for DoD acquisition and offers five ways for the agency to improve.

    January 04, 2011
  • DoD\'s Paul Yaroschak explains efforts at the agency to make products more green.

    January 04, 2011
  • Agencies must evaluate their security systems to ensure classified information remains secret. OMB, with guidance from ISOO and ODNI, has a battery of questions for agency heads in their second memo after the release of documents on WikiLeaks.

    January 04, 2011
  • In the first week of the new year, we looking back – and look forward… by looking at what you determined were the big stories. All week, I’m highlighting the most read items across Federal News Radio’s programs. Yesterday, I posted the 100 most read items on the DorobekINSIDER. Tomorrow, we’ll post the most read [...]

    January 04, 2011
  • In the first week of the new year, we looking back – and look forward… by looking at what you determined were the big stories. All week, I’m highlighting the most read items across Federal News Radio’s programs. Yesterday, I posted the 100 most read items on the DorobekINSIDER. Tomorrow, we’ll post the most read [...]

    January 04, 2011
  • The IRS awarded 33 companies, including eight small businesses, a spot on their TIPSS-4 contract.

    January 03, 2011
  • An informal working group reviewed 61 methodologies in the private sector for measuring the lifecycle cost of products. DoD\'s goal is to incorporate such a total cost of ownership approach for all products. The Pentagon eventually could make the process a standard.

    January 03, 2011
  • Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) said his efforts to limit parking at the Alexandria administrative center were not part of the new defense authorization bill.

    January 03, 2011
  • Congress returns to sessions with new members and a new agenda of how to cut spending and the deficit.

    January 03, 2011
  • Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) lays out his agenda as new head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

    January 03, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to agencies explaining who the pay freeze applies to and how it will be implemented. OPM answers several questions about performance increases, step increases and collective bargaining raises.

    January 03, 2011
  • Two major contributors to a task force on Defense Department IT acquisition said DoD\'s report to Congress on its plans for reform contains some good recommendations - but fails to identify how the department will overcome powerful cultural barriers to change. Experts said DoD failed to look outside the traditional Defense industrial complex for new ways to manage the IT lifecycle.

    January 03, 2011
  • Web 2.0 guru David Meerman Scott joins host Mark Amtower for a discussion on leveraging real-time marketing to your company\'s advantage. January 3, 2011

    January 03, 2011
  • Happy New Year! What a great time to look back – and look forward… and to think about fresh starts. The coming months are going to be interesting, no doubt. All week, I’ll bring the most read items across Federal News Radio’s programs – Mike Causey tomorrow; the Federal Drive on Wednesday; FederalNewsRadio.com on Thursday; [...]

    January 03, 2011