President-elect Donald Trump is tapping another four-star military officer for his administration. He has picked retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to lead the Homeland Security Department, according to people close to the transition.
Like large corporations, the Postal Service by law has a board to govern and oversee its activities. At the moment it has zero confirmed members.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released its third report card on agency progress in implementing the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and found 12 improved their grades, 11 stayed the same and one dropped.
Federal agencies are using artificial intelligence to do everything from cataloging milk prices to monitoring immigration status. Department leaders say the technology helps cut costs and improve accuracy, but machines are also impacting the human workforce.
A new omnibus veterans package cleared the House Tuesday afternoon, but it doesn't address three controversial issues that both veterans affairs committees and the VA Secretary himself have spent the past year debating. That leaves a fix for the outdated veterans appeals process, an alternative or solution to the Veterans Choice Program and new accountability procedures to the 115th Congress and next administration.
With only a few days left before the current continuing resolution expires, it's back. The threat of a government shutdown. It's likely Congress will avoid that with another CR, but no one knows for how long. David Hawkings, senior editor of Roll Call, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer insight on whether they'll inch it along week by week or extend it until May.
Congress fences off funds for the Defense Innovation Unit Experiment until DoD submits a report.
The Homeland Security Department's struggles to recruit, retain and develop top talent, as well as its challenges in fostering working industry relationships, will be key priorities as DHS approaches the upcoming transition and its 15th anniversary. That's according to a survey of DHS and industry executives from the Homeland Security and Defense Business Council.
Congress is getting ready to vote on a defense authorization bill for 2017. The conference report, seeking to reconcile the Senate and House versions, has lots of stuff of interest to contractors. Alan Chvotkin, counsel and executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
Legislation in 2008 put the government-backed secondary mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship by a new agency. Eight years later, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is still conserving Fannie and Freddie. Now the Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to force everyone to clarify their goals here so a lingering situation can get off the dime. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Lawrance Evans Jr., director of financial markets and community investment issues at GAO.
The General Services Administration awarded a $149 million contract to IBM to modernize its HR systems, instead of using a federal shared services provider.
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is trying again to promote communication between acquisition workers and vendors as early as possible in the contracting process.
The Homeland Security Department is holding a virtual hiring fair this week for recent college graduates and interns through the Pathways program.
The Office of Personnel Management issued a memo Dec. 2 detailing the government’s plans for federal workers during the week of Jan. 16.
David Green, chief security officer for Veriato, details why it’s important for agencies to rate employee positions and apply the appropriate insider threat oversight based on those ratings.