Management
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Peter Wilhelm has developed and deployed 95 satellites, pioneering significant advances from lunar exploration to GPS to global weather forecasting. We talk with the Director of the Naval Center for Space Technology about his work.
June 07, 2010 -
The STAR METRICS will create a reliable and consistent inter-agency mechanism to account for the number of scientists and support staff that are on research institution payrolls supported by federal funds. Details from Julia Lane, program director with the National Science Foundation.
June 07, 2010 -
Deputy secretary William Lynn calls for transferring billions of dollars from non-essential programs and administrative functions to warfighter mission areas. DoD also looking at six cross-cutting areas such as healthcare, acquisition and personnel policies for savings. The military services and Defense agencies have until July 31 to figure how to make this happen.
June 07, 2010 -
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Susan Zeleniak of Verizon Federal explains that Networx will benefit all agencies and vastly improve the way things work -- once agencies make the move, that is.
June 04, 2010 -
Today we get the perspective of former OFPP administrator Steve Kelman.
June 04, 2010 -
Transparency is all the rage these days, but is there a limit to its usefulness?
June 04, 2010 -
More than 100 individuals and organizations have offered public comments on a proposed rule.
June 04, 2010 -
The New York Times reports that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered the military and the Pentagon\'s civilian bureaucracy to find tens of billions of dollars in annual savings to pay for war-fighting operations.
June 04, 2010 -
Battling sexual harassment and sexual assault in the ranks is one of the highest priority work-life issues in the U.S. Navy. Yesterday, a group representing women in the military discussed the issue during a conference here in Washington.
June 04, 2010 -
June 7th and June 9th, 2010 Exploring ideas to improve government effectiveness. We profile three recent Center reports with authors Dr. David Wyld on Cloud Computing in Government, Dr. Vicki Grant on Process Improvement in Social Service Delivery, and Prof. Sukumar Ganapati on the use of GIS in engaging citizens.
June 04, 2010 -
May 31st and June 2nd, 2010 Join us for a Memorial Day Special Edition - Leaders Speak - on Leadership and Public Service with such guests as Admiral Thad Allen, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Former Governor Tim Kaine.
June 04, 2010 -
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The Health 2.0 Conference is coming to D.C. for the first time, and one of the conference\'s co-founders explains that he wants to share best practices with the government in order to help the individual patient.
June 03, 2010 -
For the Defense industry, it seems as though now is the best of times, and worst of times.
June 03, 2010