Management
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received $1 billion in emergency funding last year to help deal with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, putting the contracting staff under pressure.
July 29, 2015 -
Katrina McFarland, the assistant secretary of Defense for acquisition, said a new report is in the final approval stages that will detail changes to the Defense FAR. The goal is to save the military and industry money from unnecessary procurement rules.
July 29, 2015 Federal overseers charged with monitoring the government’s biotoxin safety programs made clear Tuesday that the Army research laboratory which mistakenly sent dozens of batches of live Anthrax to research facilities should have known years ago…
July 28, 2015-
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group and chairman of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss market strategies, end of year procurement trends and more. July 28, 2015
July 28, 2015 -
This week on "Your Turn", Katie Maddocks and Greg Stanford of the Federal Managers Association, will bring us up to date on what Congress is doing, and what's likely to happen soon, and during the 2016 election year. July 29, 2015
July 28, 2015 -
The Army laboratory that sent dozens of batches of live Anthrax to research facilities by accident should have known for years that something was wrong with their protocols for handling biotoxins. The Department of Health and Human Services has identified at least four serious safety violations by Dugway Proving Ground over the last decade and issued several citations. More from Federal News Radio’s DoD reporter Jared Serbu.
July 28, 2015 -
The DATA Act is forcing agencies to standardize their financial information. The Office of Management and Budget will tell House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees on Information Technology and Government Operations about its plans to implement the DATA Act at a hearing on Wednesday. Hudson Hollister is the director of the Data Transparency Coalition. He tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp about the changes agencies will soon have to deal with.
July 28, 2015 -
The House has a number of bills on its calendar this week that, if enacted, could have significant impacts on federal employees and their dependents.
July 28, 2015 -
The White House is giving agencies three years to process all their invoices electronically through a shared service provider. The Office of Management and Budget released details for how you should make that happen as part of the President’s second term management agenda. Dave Mader is the Controller and Acting Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget. He tells Executive Editor Jason Miller about the new electronic invoicing requirement.
July 28, 2015 -
John Wagner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection implemented two groundbreaking initiatives that streamlined the screening process at airports.
July 28, 2015 -
A new memo from David Mader, the OMB controller and acting deputy director for management, requires agencies to move to either the Treasury Department’s Internet Payment Platform or another approved shared service provider. OMB said agencies process only about 40 percent of all procurement invoices electronically today.
July 28, 2015 -
Members of GSA's Alliant team join host Mark Amtower to discuss the program, Alliant 2, GSA Schedule 70 and more. July 27, 2015
July 27, 2015 -
Congress has just this work week left until it adjourns for a month-long recess. The to-do list is long. And the Senate has barely finished work on 12 appropriations bills. House Speaker John Boehner says the Congress will have to settle for a continuing resolution this year to avoid a government shutdown in the fall. David Hawkings, senior editor of Roll Call, writes the Hawkings Here blog. He's keeping an eye on the congressional calendar and tells In Depth with Francis Rose that there just aren't enough days left before the fiscal year ends.
July 27, 2015 -
The Internal Revenue Service has holes that look like Swiss cheese all throughout its business operations. Appropriations at the IRS are down nearly 7 percent over the last four fiscal years. And Congress won't likely pass an appropriations bill that comes close to the $13 billion President Barack Obama requested for the IR-S in fiscal 2016. Staff at the agency's Human Capital Office, Office of Chief Counsel, and Small Business -Self Employed Division has already been cut by 16 to 30 percent. Jay McTigue is director of tax issues for the Government Accountability Office's strategic issues team. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how years of budget cuts are affecting the IRS.
July 27, 2015 -
The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected an amendment that would give the Office of Personnel Management an extra $37 million to make IT upgrades sooner rather than later. Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) offered the amendment. She said OPM needs to fix its IT infrastructure immediately and described the amendment as "emergency funding". Zal Azmi is president and chief operating officer for IMTAS Technologies and former chief information officer at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that agencies need to rethink cybersecurity entirely.
July 27, 2015