Management
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NITAAC Program Director Rob Coen, and Michael Fischetti, executive director of the National Contract Management Association, join host Mark Amtower to discuss a wide variety of contracting issues. December 21, 2015
December 18, 2015 -
President Barack Obama on Friday signed an Executive Order authorizing a 1.3 percent pay raise.
December 18, 2015 -
Ann Dunkin, the EPA chief information officer, said her office hasn’t been updated since 1999 and was in a severe need of a new approach to meet internal and external customer needs.
December 18, 2015 -
The Defense Department is planning to upgrade all Microsoft information systems to Windows 10 by January 2017.
December 18, 2015 -
The number of bid protests filed to the Government Accountability Office increased for the third year in a row. But that isn’t why fiscal 2015 was unusual for government contractors and federal contracting officers. Ralph White is GAO’s managing associate general counsel for procurement law. He tells Executive Editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about why 2015 was an intense year for federal procurement. Read Jason's related story.
December 18, 2015 -
After several days of last-minute haggling, the White House and congressional leaders finally reached a deal this week to fund the government through the end of 2016 — on top of an earlier agreement on top-line budget levels for both domestic agencies and defense through the end of 2017. There’s a lot to unpack in the budget deal, but Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin focused on how the agreement — coming a few months into the fiscal year — will affect federal procurement. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, helped Federal Drive do that.
December 18, 2015 -
More than three years after the General Services Administration’s infamous Las Vegas conference featuring clowns, mind readers and bike-building morale exercises, federal employees are still feeling the effects of strict policies designed to prevent a repeat. In many cases, those policies mean several layers of agency approval before feds are allowed to attend any conference. Several science and technology organizations are telling agency leaders and Congress that those policies are a serious overcorrection to over-the-top agency conferences of years gone by, and they’re hindering the careers of federal scientists and other professionals. Dr. Sandra Magnus, executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, talked with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the dropoff in conference attendance by federal employee and why she thinks the oversight pendulum has swung too far.
December 18, 2015 -
The National Security Agency is planning to begin a structural reorganization in January. NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers gave a tease as to what changes are coming to the agency. Those changes include a heavier focus on innovation and partnering with industry. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione shares the story with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read Scott's related story.
December 18, 2015 -
Ron Thompson is joining the Veterans Affairs Department after the spending the last almost two years with the Department of Health and Human Services.
December 18, 2015 -
With Congress poised to finally pass a funding bill for fiscal 2016, here's an easy reference guide for some major agency appropriations.
December 18, 2015 -
Bill Gormley, president of The Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron to for a wide ranging discussion of category management, the common acquisition platform, and the current state of government contracting. December 8, 2015
December 17, 2015 -
Leaders within the federal manager community offered a mixed bag of reactions to President Obama's new executive order on Service Executive Service reform. Higher performance bonuses largely went over well, but others had more questions over the timeline and implementation of the initiatives.
December 17, 2015 -
Congress hasn't reauthorized three small federal ethics agencies since 2007. But the Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board and Office of Government Ethics don't have a clear reason why. All three agencies are asking for Congress to consider the reauthorization and a few recommendations that they say will help them handle a growing number of cases. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko shares the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 17, 2015 -
After many, many days of closed-door negotiations, we finally have an agreement on the 2016 budget. The deal heads to the floor today, and if it passes, it means no more continuing resolutions for the remainder of 2016 and some certainty on the pay and benefits front for federal employees. Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is the senior democrat on the Senate appropriations committee and had a key role in negotiating the final deal. She talked with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 17, 2015 -
Budget uncertainty has been the norm for most federal agencies for several years in a row now. But the Federal Aviation Administration has suffered more than most. Long before the days of sequestration, the FAA had already gone through several years of short-term agency reauthorizations that kept its funding and programmatic priorities largely in limbo. Congress asked the Government Accountablity Office to examine the FAA's budget and how to add some predictability to the mix, and GAO has now reported back. Gerald Dillingham is the director of civil aviation issues at GAO, and he joined Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the report.
December 17, 2015