Customs and Border Protection, the nation's largest law enforcement agency, has been testing body worn video cameras for its officers, putting it ahead of other agencies mired in camera rule making. CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikoswke gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin an update.
The DHS Privacy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Unmanned Aircraft Systems Working Group, which wrote the best practices, acknowledged that not all suggestions will apply to every agency.
Talent acquisition manager Mike Bruni will discuss job trends in the federal government, the kinds of workers that agencies need, and how to land a job in what is a competitive and challenging federal market. January 1, 2016
Consultant Jesse Fewell will discuss agile software development from the perspective of the program manager, He'll discuss creative ways for federal workers to collaborate and how gaming can assist in generating software ideas. January 5, 2015
Federal News Radio counts down the 10 most read stories of 2015. Find out what topics were most on the minds of our readers last year.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Office of Inspector General warned the agency that not having a centralized IT system can result in delayed assistance during a disaster.
Here’s another in our series on longtime feds who are retiring soon. Everybody’s got a different story. Some of them are fascinating, some funny, some kind of sad. Or a combination of all three - which, maybe, is life …
Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a look at some of the most significant Congressional actions in 2015 that impacted the government itself.
Pentagon budget officials say they got 95 percent what they wanted for 2016. In passing its omnibus appropriations bill, Congress boosted the Defense Department by about $30 billion. What will it buy? Bloomberg Government Senior Defense Analyst Rob Levinson offers some answers on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Agencies don't have a common way to train and develop their Senior Executive Service members. The Merit Systems Protection Board spoke with 23 agencies about their training programs for SES. Half of them couldn't say how often their SES members get training opportunities. Tanya Page is a senior research psychologist and the project manager for MSPB's new report. She shared what prompted the agency to start this research now with Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko, who stopped by to share those findings on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In Wednesday's federal headlines, the White House released a cyber deterrence policy after repeated calls from Congress to do so.
The Department of Defense wants to update its Uniform Code of Military Justice for the first time in more than 30 years.
The Obama administration will use law enforcement and even military force to deter cyber attacks in new policy.
The IRS has too many varying authentication methods and lacks a service-wide strategy for its growing number of online taxpayer applications, according to a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
I don't understand the repeated concern about harvesting social media for clues to possible security breaches. The whole social media scene resembles nothing so much as a platform for self-revelation.