Roughly 90 percent of agencies said they will meet the governmentwide deadline to manage all permanent and temporary email electronically by Dec. 31, 2016. The National Archives and Records Administration said it will release a new email success criteria tool to help agencies measure their success and progress in complying with records management requirements.
Adm. Mike Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told Congress that increased investments in cybersecurity are a reflection of the world we live in, responding to Representatives concerned about rising budget deficits and potential future cuts to DoD.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to see if the Transportation Security Administration has been abusing its power to relocate employees to different workplaces.
The Navy and Coast Guard found out that guarantees aren't worth the deck plate they're engraved on when they ended up paying to correct defects that should have been covered. Michelle Mackin, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's review of six shipbuilding programs.
Lisa Schlosser, the federal deputy CIO, will take over on an interim basis as the acting CIO at the Office of Personnel Management. Margie Graves, the DHS deputy CIO, will move to OMB on a detail.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is considering legislation to give the VA secretary the authority to set pay and performance appraisals for medical directors. It also includes several provisions that are designed to help the VA attract and hire more doctors and nurses.
Greg Downing, executive director for Innovation at the Department of Health and Human Service's Idea Lab and Chad Heilig, associate director for data science from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talk to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Venture program, which helps employees make headway against big challenges HHS faces.
Federal employees caught up in Wednesday's unprecedented Metrorail shutdown have taken the Office of Personnel Management to task yet again over its controversial operating status decision.
Federal agencies are unable to share their assessments of job candidates with one another. It's no way to run a 2 million-person personnel system, Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Accountability in the Senior Executive Service will be at the center of congressional discussions on a new omnibus legislative package for the Veterans Affairs Department. Senate VA Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said he wants the VA and the committee to finish its work on the legislation by April 1.
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Howard Shelanski defended his office against claims from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members that OIRA doesn't do enough to communicate with other agencies and with the general public.
Senior Executives Association interim president Jason Briefel joins host Mike Causey to talk about issues affecting senior executives in the federal government, and Katie Maddocks with the Federal Managers Association will talk about some pending legislation on Capitol Hill and how it could affect feds. March 16, 2016
The Army will have to cut 14,000 soldiers, 10,000 of which will be officers to reach its force structure goals.
Too many federal workers do not feel safe speaking honestly with their supervisors and agency leaders.
The Freedom of Information Act has been the law of the land for 50 years, but former government officials say the landmark transparency bill doesn't empower agency offices to reduce their huge information request backlogs.