Rajive Mathur has been appointed the new deputy commissioner for systems and CIO for the Social Security Administration.
The former Army secretary says there's too much bickering in Congress to actually grow the military, but readiness holes need to be plugged first anyways.
Orion Hindawi, CEO and co-founder of Tanium, offers three guiding principles to reform the IT acquisition process.
David Bray, the Federal Communications Commission chief information officer, is leaving after four years to join the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Office of Ventures and Innovation.
President Donald Trump unveiled details about his plan to privatize air traffic control. Instead of the FAA handling all aspects of general aviation, a non-profit entity would handle shift service and "route efficiency," and leave safety to the federal government.
Presidents have used the overseas contingency operations fund to bolster the Defense Department budget outside of the Budget Control Act rules. But Congress should do better.
The Veterans Affairs Department has director for human resources and administration. Long-time HR veteran Peter Shelby will oversee human resources, diversity and inclusion initiatives, labor-management relations, senior executive management, conflict-resolution and veterans employment.
The Office of Management and Budget issued implementation guidance for the cybersecurity executive order, giving agencies four deadlines over the next three months.
While much of the recent attention has fallen on the president’s proposed budget, Congress has still been introducing and passing legislation. Here are a few bills worth knowing about that might have slipped through the cracks.
Environmental Protection Agency acting Deputy Administrator Mike Flynn said more details about what positions are included in the VERA/VSIP program will be available this summer.
President Donald Trump’s new budget has many federal employees seeing red, as in Republican, and feeling blue, as in Democratic. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains why.
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin delivered his diagnosis of the department in a "State of the VA" briefing before reporters Wednesday morning. He outlined 13 areas where the department needs to improve and the legislative and administrative fixes it needs in order to see progress.
Cybersecurity is more about people than technology. That's why the federal agencies having to do with cybersecurity need certain vacant management positions filled. Federal News Radio's Eric White discussed this with Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research and evaluation at the Partnership for Public Service, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
By June, new appointees should be arriving in large numbers, but the Trump administration isn't following the traditional path. Federal HR expert Jeff Neal asks, what can a federal employee do to survive and thrive in this slo-mo presidential transition?
Both Republican and Democratic presidents have used overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds to bolster the Defense Department's budget, lately outside of the Budget Control Act rules. This year is no different. Lacie Heeley, a fellow at the Stimson Center's budgeting for foreign affairs and defense program, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin Congress should do better.