Management
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The associate administrator in the Office of Governmentwide Policy and acting chief of staff will become the new federal chief sustainability officer.
November 04, 2015 -
Budget constraints, IT management issues and a tight timeline could thwart the Census Bureau's ambitious redesign plan for the 2020 count. The bureau said it could save more than $5 billion during the 2020 Census cycle. Census' last count was the most expensive ever in U.S. history.
November 04, 2015 -
The two-year budget and debt deal President Barack Obama signed may bring some certainty to the government business and contracting space, especially if Congress passes an omnibus spending bill for the rest of this fiscal year. But shutdowns, continuing resolutions and other budget problems have left a lot of clutter on the contracting landscape. Michael Fischetti, a fellow and executive director of the National Contract Management Association, wrote about clearing out that clutter.
November 04, 2015 -
The Federal Election Commission wants to make campaign finance data more interactive and accessible. And thanks to a partnership with the General Services Administration's 18F team, it's launched beta FEC to do just that. Lindsay Young is a developer at 18F and worked on the beta FEC site. She joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
November 04, 2015 -
A redesign for the 2020 census could save the Census Bureau at least $5 billion. The last census in 2010 was the most expensive one in U.S. history. But as Federal News Radio’s Nicole Ogrysko reports, a tight budget and tighter timeline could make a successful redesign more difficult.
November 04, 2015 -
An old idea got an accidental tryout when Congress and the White House agreed on a two-year federal budget deal. Members from both parties say they'd like to make that idea permanent. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) is the chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. He's also a leading proponent of two-year budgeting. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the budget deal.
November 04, 2015 -
Todd Akers, the vice president of public sector at Acquia, makes the case for agencies to take a page from Apple, GE, Disney and other private sector companies in how they face the public every day.
November 04, 2015 -
Five Department of Veterans Affairs employees were in the hot seat this week as they answered questions on an alleged scandal involving senior officials using an agency program for their personal and financial benefit.
November 04, 2015 -
Customs and Border Protection would be another loser in the legislation before the House. Customs user fees would go to unrelated transportation projects instead.
November 03, 2015 -
Jason Workmaster, off counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of commercial item contracting. November 3, 2015
November 03, 2015 -
Frank Baitman the Health and Human Services chief information officer, told his staff it was time to move on and look for new opportunities.
November 03, 2015 -
Rep. Will Hurd, the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Technology, plans to release the first set of grades for agencies on how they are implementing the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, and the news isn’t good for many agencies.
November 03, 2015 -
Every federal agency has its own management challenges, but the Small Business Administration has a lot of long-standing ones. And it still hasn't resolved most of them. That's according to the Government Accountability Office. Bill Shear is the director of financial markets and community issues at GAO and joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the latest audit.
November 03, 2015 -
You can almost exhale. The new budget deal between Congress and the White House got the President's signature yesterday. But what about the Defense authorization bill for 2016? President Obama vetoed that one. But now Congress is working on a revised version. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione has more on the updated bill’s chances.
November 03, 2015 -
A new report from the Government Accountability Office looked at four agencies to see how their money management and use of unobligated balances helped offset the impacts of the government shutdown and sequestration.
November 03, 2015