In this week's Inside the Reporter's Notebook, as the Office of Management and Budget finalizes new FISMA metrics for 2016, agencies and IGs continue to struggle with a disconnect over risk versus compliance.
The FBI, NARA and the Navy see turnover at the executive levels. The Navy gets a new director of information dominance who is allowed to look at classified data.
As OMB finalizes new FISMA metrics for 2016, agencies and IGs continue to struggle with a disconnect over risk versus compliance.
DoT CIO Richard McKinney said he's not buying any new hardware and will not approve IT spending plans unless they get the program off of legacy infrastructure.
Attorney Bob Metzger with Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, joins host Roger Waldron for a wide ranging discussion of the federal government's cybersecurity policies and regulations including the new DFARS cyber rule. September 15, 2015
Undersecretary of the Army Eric Fanning has been nominated by the president to serve as Army Secretary.
AFGE reminds Congress, White House and others of the concerns feds had during the last government shutdown and the impact the work stoppage had on them and their families in 2013.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) has introduced legislation to help the Postal Service recover from its financial woes, revitalize employee morale and restore the public's faith in the agency.
The Marine Corps pays almost three times as much to move a vehicle for a permanent change of station as the Army does. The Government Accountability Office found the military is spending more on PCS moves even though the forces are actually making fewer reassignments. Retired Navy Adm. John Harvey is former Commander of the Fleet Forces Command and former Chief of Naval Personnel. He's now Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He told In Depth with Francis Rose what's driving the increase in costs.
Congressional polarization and gridlock have been tough on federal agencies and their ability to function effectively. The Partnership for Public Service has tried to quantify this effect. Its findings, titled Government Disservice, come out later today. It highlights four areas where federal agencies have been hit hardest. John Palguta is the vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
The Office of Inspector General says the Department of Homeland Security is struggling to keep its component agencies on the same page for communication and coordination of missions.
Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Nita Lowey (D-NY) said there have been few bipartisan negotiations so far, and a new budget proposal from the Republican Study Committee has them particularly worried. Congress has until Sept. 30 to pass some sort of budget resolution that would keep the government open past the end of the month.
Phased retirement could be a catalyst for new and mid-career employees to move up the ranks of federal agencies, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
Rising leaders taught how to make the best of a bad situation, develop long-lasting relationships within workforce.
HUD’s Inspector General says the department’s attempt to move its finances to a shared service is moving too fast.