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.
The defense industry has gotten off to a good start implementing initial capabilities for insider threat programs, the Defense Security Service said. Cleared contractors had until Nov. 30 to develop and submit their plans for an insider threat program and appoint a senior official to lead and oversee it.
If you're a senior executive, the transition can be a lot to deal with. Ira Goldstein, a long-time federal executive, Deloitte consultant and most recently, author of a new book, the Federal Management Playbook, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some practical advice for dealing with new policies and political appointees.
Agency employees traditionally refrain from advocating particular policies, yet the billion dollars the government spends annually on public affairs activities sometimes strays into propaganda. That's according to analysis by the right-of-center think tank, R Street Institute. Kevin Kosar, senior fellow and governance project director at the R Street Institute, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
When it comes to predictions, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's a tough year for experts and that the best, as in worst, may be yet to come.
The IRS says it's rethinking its workforce strategy as it begins preparations to implement several sweeping changes to the agency. IRS Chief Human Capital Officer Daniel Riordan says he's developing new career models, as many new employees with have different jobs as the agency's operations change.
As the deadline for a spending bill to fund the federal government draws near, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said the Senate's role in the transition efforts of President-elect Donald Trump could extend the end date of the next continuing resolution past the end of March 2017.
John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company, OPM's provider for the Federal Long Term Care Program, said "a confluence of factors" led to the sudden and drastic increases in premiums for 2017.
The Office of Personnel Management's CIO says modernizing legacy IT systems at civilian agencies like OPM is more than just updating software.
OPM is expected to release a final rule in the next few months that would change how agencies use data to do workforce planning.
The Office of Management and Budget Controller David Mader says the chief financial officers community will handle the presidential transition just fine, thanks in part to the community's work on budget, shared services, risk management and data transparency.
The House Armed Services Committee Chairman is hoping President-elect Donald Trump will introduce a supplemental defense budget when he gets in office.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) said he will propose an amendment to the House Rules package this year that would change congressional jurisdiction for DHS. The idea is gaining momentum with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other lawmakers, he said. Anywhere between 92 and 108 committees and subcommittees now have oversight responsibilities for the department.
Agencies wanting to improve customer service should hire front-line people who are good at customer service. No mystery there. But to support those people, you really need to have a much deeper orientation toward good service delivery. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with advice for how to do that.
The Obama administration came in with a definite innovation agenda. You see it in countless ways, including the high interest in all things Silicon Valley. What might the innovation landscape look like under the Trump administration? Jonathan Aberman, chairman of venture capital firm Amplifier Ventures and of the non-profit Tandem NSI, shares his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin