Management
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When it comes to acquisition, Kimberly Patrick has done it all. She used lean management to reduce backlogs and speed up procurements, brought senior agency management into acquisition planning, found innovative ways to meet small business goals. She's the director of Office of Acquisition Solutions, Office of Mission Support at the EPA, and the recent recipient of a Presidential Rank Award.
February 02, 2022 -
The name SolarWinds has become synonymous with a scary cybersecurity crisis. It's one of at least two widescale breaches to which the government had to respond. The other is when hackers showed they could get into and take over Microsoft Exchange Server. The Government Accountability Office took a look at the federal response to these two incidents.
February 02, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration names a top official to lead an interagency response to Havana Syndrome.
February 02, 2022 -
One of the great parlor games in federal procurement is adding up the number of award protests every year. But because of the way the Government Accountability Office compiles the numbers, it's hard to understand the real patterns. This is the topic of a recently published paper.
February 02, 2022 -
Katie Arrington, the former top cyber official in DoD’s office of acquisition and sustainment, gained new information as part of a lawsuit, her attorney said.
February 02, 2022 -
Shalanda Young, the nominee to be the director of OMB, told Senate lawmakers that agencies are on track to bring employees back to the office by March.
February 01, 2022 -
A federal appeals court, for the second time in two weeks, is striking down a Federal Labor Relations Authority decision that set a higher bar for when agencies needed to negotiate with their unions.
February 01, 2022 -
NASA, famously and consistently the best place to work in government, has an urgent need to transform itself and how it operates. That's the principal finding of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, in its latest annual report to Congress. For highlights, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to the panel chair, Dr. Patricia Sanders.
February 01, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. spy chief seems to think deficiencies in the classification system undermine national security.
February 01, 2022 -
The agency cites a lack of employee availability throughout the pandemic as a major factor behind these persistent challenges.
February 01, 2022 -
Paul Cunningham, the chief information security officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is retiring at the end of February.
January 31, 2022 -
Fed Access host Derrick Dortch moderates a wide ranging discussion on the importance of teaching Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles of nonviolence to students in the U.S., and institutionalizing a MLK curricula into schools.
January 31, 2022 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is about to launch a program called the Deferred Subject Matter…
January 31, 2022 -
Gerard Badorrek, who left after more than seven years as the CFO at GSA, said through a series of major changes, the agency’s financial management is in better shape than ever before.
January 31, 2022 -
Everyone is in a tizzy over the Supreme Court vacancy but the outcome is fairly predictable. More uncertain is what they'll do about the federal budget.
January 31, 2022