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  • The General Services Administration is working to conform to a Presidential order mandating that companies who sell goods and services to the Federal government reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Ten months after that order was issued, GSA now has a green light from the White House to proceed with a voluntary, phased-in, incentive-driven program to get companies who sell to GSA to report their greenhouse gas footprint. And one industry trade group weighs in on the recommendations.

    July 20, 2010
  • The Office of Personnel Management, as well as all other federal agencies, spend a lot of time thinking about, and working toward, recruiting and hiring new federal employees. But keeping the talented people the government already has doesn\'t get as much attention. Angela Bailey, Dr. Ronald Sanders, and Linda Springer gave their expert assessments of this issue during the latest In Depth Conversation.

    July 19, 2010
  • Homeland Security Today editor David Silverberg has more.

    July 19, 2010
  • Author Shane Harris brings us analysis.

    July 19, 2010
  • Al Burman, president of Jefferson Consulting, talks with host Larry Allen this week. July 20, 2010

    July 19, 2010
  • Learn more on the blog, Wyld About Business.

    July 19, 2010
  • The FBI has again paused work on the deployment of a multi-million dollar case-management system called Sentinel. Washingtonian.com is reporting that the bureau has extended a partial stop-work order that was first issued in March.

    July 19, 2010
  • GAO\'s Greg Kutz led a wide ranging investigation that prompted congressional and federal action to protect vulnerable children in residential programs and schools from neglect and physical abuse by their teachers and caregivers. We talk with the Sammie nominee about his work.

    July 19, 2010
  • Buried at the Homeland Security Department’s so-called “bottom up review” — a review of all DHS operations — is a very telling chart: The amount of oversight that Homeland Security undergoes How is that for…

    July 19, 2010
  • At the Excellence of Government Conference, the State Department\'s Richard Boly, director of the Office of e-Diplomacy, talks about ways to improve communication and transparency without adding cost or red-tape.

    July 19, 2010
  • Federal and state governments need to evaluate their supply chain capabilities in preparation for national emergencies. Robert Handfield, author of an IBM Center for The Business of Government report, explains.

    July 19, 2010
  • HHS CTO Todd Park explains how the department is harnessing Internet and mobile technologies to create transparency for healthcare reform and beyond.

    July 19, 2010
  • This week’s Federal News Countdown panel is a great one: —Lisa Mascolo, managing director of Accenture’s U.S. federal business —Julie Myers Wood, President of ICS Consulting, LLC Here are the stories we’re counting down this…

    July 16, 2010
  • Health care costs continue to be a leading expense for employers and agencies alike. And, many short term fixes have proven to be duds. But, with a customized wellness program designed by Aon Consulting, you can cut annual group health trend increases, reduce costs associated with absenteeism AND improve employee satisfaction. In the end, the employees, their family members and the organization benefit in meaningful and healthy ways.

    July 16, 2010