U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will step down next year. He had been expected to leave before the end of President Barack Obama\'s first term in 2012.
How can companies meet the need for increased transparency?
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Marc Pearl, president & CEO of the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council, is this week\'s guest. Aug. 6, 2010
Five days after proposing controversial cuts in Pentagon spending, much of official Washington still is reeling. Defense Secretary Gates called for $100 billion in spending reductions over the next five years. Some of the proposals to achieve those savings are finding mixed reaction among officials on Capitol Hill and in industry.
CIO\'s office detailed experts to assess the problems, and formulate a plan to improve how Arlington National Cemetery manages and tracks veterans\' records. Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the first thing is to ensure the data is correct. He says the end result could include an online capability to find out where loved ones are buried.
Changes in technology, culture and conditions necessitate not only an update, but growth for the three-year old office.
In this installment of our Cool Jobs in Government series, we learn about an entire group of people who work on predicting weather in space.
Federal News Radio talks with OPM, the SEA and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey about what\'s in the survey.
Contests, contests, everywhere...all across government agencies.
Amtower interviews internet marketing guru and author Brian Halligan. Aug. 16, 2010
Seeking to enable a single, lifetime electronic health record, the Veterans Affairs Department adopted a 10-digit identifier to be used from enlistment to death. VA\'s CIO, Roger Baker, talks with WFED\'s Scott Carr.
Ari Schwartz is leaving the Center for Democracy and Technology after 13 years to join the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a senior Internet policy advisor. He explains the decision to become a fed.
Northern Virginia information-technology companies will help Arlington National Cemetery sort out bungled burial records, nudging it from index cards to computers. Bobbie Kilberg, President and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council gives us the details