What are the challenges of acquiring complex products? What lessons can be learned from the Coast Guard’s Deepwater program? How can government executives most effectively manage complex acquisitions? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions through the works of Trevor Brown and David Van Slyke, authors of several IBM Center reports on federal acquisition.
If Congress passes the budgets Federal News Radio has been hearing about, it could trigger sequestration.
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What's it like going from CEO of your own information technology consulting firm and jumping into a vast federal bureaucracy?
The council also wants the IRS to consider how it can help the agency in the future.
Michael McCord, former under secretary (comptroller) and chief financial officer at the Defense Department, is a 2017 NAPA Fellow. He answers the question: How can we make government more effective?
More and more agencies are turning to alternative personnel systems as a solution to hiring, accountability or performance challenges.
Beth Cobert, the former acting OPM director, is a 2017 NAPA Fellow. She answers the question: What can a government employee do to be a change agent in their office or agency?
House oversight members said they want help give agency inspectors general all the tools they need to do thorough work.
An Interior senior executive is suing his former employer for documents related to the reassignments of 30-to-50 SES members.
The Veterans Affairs Department has a few more details about its 10-year contract with Cerner Corporation with a new, interoperable electronic health record with the Defense Department.
The U.S. Postal Service reported its 11th straight year of financial losses on Tuesday, but a number of pending regulatory changes could, in time, help put the agency on a path toward solvency.
For people buying and using information technology for the Defense Department, the 2018 NDAA has lots to say about procurement and bid protests.
A provision in the annual defense bill mandates a new Pentagon analysis of current personnel policies and whether they're harming officer retention.
This week on Capitol Hill look for that conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act and more debate on tax reform.