Management

  • GPS glitch hit some military systems in January.

    May 17, 2010
  • Current federal regulations are fairly explicit on the kinds of federal agency records that must be kept by law. But what happens when the law hasn\'t kept up with changes in communications in the Internet age? A government attorney who has helped almost every federal agency comply with records management regulations addresses a recent National Archives conference.

    May 17, 2010
  • One of the big stories of the past week was the OPM announcement what they termed as “a major overhaul of the Federal hiring process.“ These seems to be a very important step — changing…

    May 16, 2010
  • There is little doubt about what the big story for feds was this past week — the executive order to speed up the federal hiring process. And those stories were throughout the most read list…

    May 15, 2010
  • Michael Isman, principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, explains what you need to know as a CIO.

    May 14, 2010
  • Jennie Liming is one of seven winners of Federal News Radio\'s 2010 Causey Awards. Liming was nominated for creating, implementing, and managing a program to develop entry-level employees at GSA.

    May 14, 2010
  • Ten years from now, how the population in the U.S. is counted will probably be even more different than the population will be! Director of the Census Bureau, Dr. Robert Groves tells us the Census plans to test using the Internet for future counts.

    May 14, 2010
  • We meet the CDC fed awarded for her \"spirit of innovation and ‘get it done\' mindset\" - Nancy Norton, a contracting officer and team leader for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\'s Procurement and Grants Office.

    May 14, 2010
  • Director of the Office of Procurement Operations at the Homeland Security Department, Soraya Correa has 28 years of experience in procurement, federal assistance, and acquisitions management... and now, an Acquisition Excellence Award!

    May 14, 2010
  • Over a year ago, the U.S. Army, and other branches of the military, were experimenting with the use of the virtual worlds social media site \"Second Life\" as a recruitment tool. Since that time, the military has branched out into using virtual worlds technology as a tool for collaboration. Now, civilian branches of government are looking to do the same thing. Federal News Radio\'s Max Cacas has our exclusive coverage of the Third annual Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference, which concludes today at the National Defense University here in D.C..

    May 14, 2010
  • The concept of doing \"even more with even less\" is a step beyond \"doing more with less.\" Lisa Mascolo of Accenture has some ideas for doing it.

    May 13, 2010
  • The business world seems to move faster every day, and success requires that organizations respond and adapt to rapid-fire change. After a recent merger, two of the world\'s biggest banks managed large-scale change with the help of Rapid Alignment solutions, developed by Aon Consulting. By concentrating on middle managers-- the layer where strategic initiatives often unravel -leadership effectiveness can be dramatically improved, says Aon Consulting.

    May 13, 2010
  • The Obama Administration believes that one of the major planks of an open and transparent government is the ready access to public information by citizens. One of the top federal officials involved in managing the federal government\'s rules and regulations says those who maintain the government\'s paper and electronic records are the \"backbone of a transparent and open government.\"

    May 13, 2010
  • We told you that Bill Piatt had left his post as the chief information officer at the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation — and we suggested that he might be back in the federal world.…

    May 13, 2010