One recipient explains why she\'s so proud of her job -- and being a federal employee.
White House budget director Peter Orszag plans to leave government in July.
The proper role and oversight of more than 40,000 private security contractors supporting U.S. operations were examined and debated in two days of hearings by the federal Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Thibault, commission co-chair, explains the debate and tells us what\'s next.
The Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative (CAROI) provides today\'s government officials with a concrete tool to improve programs and to deal with fiscal and programmatic challenges. Rich Rasa with Education\'s IG\'s Office explains how it works.
MeriTalk, the government IT network, today announced the results of the \"2010 Federal Data Center Demolition Derby\" study, which examines perceptions of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative guidance, key pain points, and recommendations to meet consolidation goals. NetApp\'s Mark Weber explains.
An organization representing companies that sell to the federal government is worried about newly approved provisions of the Defense Appropriation Bills now pending in the House and Senate. The Professional Services Council is worried that the provisions could cause more harm than good to contractors, and in some cases, were approved without the benefit of rigorous debate on their potential to affect the contracting community.
The Obama administration is attacking the $100 billion improper payments problem on yet another front.
Special WTOP series asks, \'Are we safer now\'?
President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that extends limits on lobbyists serving in the federal government.
Data.edu.gov is part of the Obama Administration\'s Open Government Initiative.
Many states are acknowledging this year that they have promised pensions they cannot afford.
Agencies rely on attracting the best and brightest workers in order to succeed. But those high-potential employees often have options when it comes to job opportunities. That\'s why Aon Consulting created Rewards On Board - a web-based, personalized total rewards profile that helps candidates see the value of benefits an agency offers in addition to pay. When sizing up opportunities, candidates understand the full picture with Rewards on Board, as opposed to the limited view salary only provides.
Winners have been announced in the most recent effort under the VA\'s Innovation Initiative, a department-wide program that brings the most promising innovations to VA\'s most important challenges by involving employees and the private sector in the creation of visionary solutions in service to Veterans. VA CTO Dr. Peter Levin has details.