Management

  • The freeze would cover all of 2011 and 2012, for all civilian Federal employees; uniformed military wouldn\'t be included.

    November 29, 2010
  • According to defector sources, North Korean Authorities have begun a purge of corrupt senior officials on the orders of the heir apparent, Kim Jung-un. The crimes under investigation include smuggling and allowing people to flee the country. This is one of the ways a new team makes room for its own people. In the first years of his tenure, Kim Jong-il supported constant purges of party and military officials who were opposed to reigning family succession in an otherwise communist state, and survived several assassination attempts and mutinies. The ensuing tyranny was harsh and long lasting. The next successor\'s advisors are likewise taking no chances with opposition.

    November 29, 2010
  • The Center for Defense Information\'s Winslow Wheeler compares how the deficit reduction plans handle defense spending and financial management reform.

    November 29, 2010
  • The Obama administration ordered a government-wide review of how agencies safeguard sensitive information after millions of classified State Department documents were leaked by online whistleblower Wikileaks. According to a memo obtained by The Associated Press,…

    November 29, 2010
  • Stan Krejci of the SK Group discusses the idea of a board of advisers with host Mark Amtower. Does your company need one? How should you assemble one? November 29, 2010 (Encore Presentation)

    November 29, 2010
  • Government contractors can expect a flurry of public safety interoperable communications projects as the Federal Communications Commission\'s narrowbanding deadline nears. INPUT\'s Jeff Webster and Kate Gollogly explain.

    November 29, 2010
  • Federal offices face a public health scourge spreading across the nation: bedbugs. Five agencies have joined forces to form the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup, which works to educate on and control the spread of bed bugs. The EPA\'s director of Office of Pesticide Programs tells us about findings of the first National Bed Bug Summit.

    November 29, 2010
  • The Government Accountability Office takes a look at how the Department of Housing and Urban Development is doing with modernizing IT. GAO\'s Randy Hite tells us about the findings.

    November 29, 2010
  • Telework provides ideas to bring a piece of peace into the office.

    November 29, 2010
  • The commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service wants to take his organization to new heights in how it serves its agency and vendor customers. FAS saw its revenue grow to $52 billion in 2010, but Kempf wants to offer more services and meet its customers\' needs better to increase its revenue. FAS will require all new schedule contract offers and modifications to be done electronically by the end of 2011.

    November 24, 2010
  • Under secretary Carter issued a new memo requiring the use of a new methodology for all business applications worth more than $1 million. DoD has more than 156 systems that meet that requirement.

    November 24, 2010
  • This was the first meeting with the seven new members appointed earlier this month by the President. National Treasury Employees Union President and FSC council member Colleen Kelley gave us the details from the meeting.

    November 24, 2010
  • NTEU president Colleen Kelley says that TSOs are being unfairly targeted.

    November 24, 2010
  • Congress has one week left before the Lame Duck session is set to end. Molly Hooper, a congressional reporter with The Hill brings us the latest.

    November 24, 2010