Management
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The Obama administration wants keep companies who routinely violate labor laws from being eligible for federal contracts. Contractor representatives are calling the administration\'s proposal flawed and unfair.
May 27, 2015 -
What will your agency\'s budget look like next year? The picture is a little clearer now that the Senate Appropriations Committee has passed outlines for all 12 annual spending bills. Like its House counterpart though, the plan has increases for some programs and cuts for others. Still, Congress is a long way from passing and reconciling everything required for the government to get a fresh start come Oct. 1. Bloomberg Government reporter Erik Wasson joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to review the Senate outline and speculate on what comes next.
May 27, 2015 -
The Information Security Oversight Office of the National Archives and Records Administration has published a new guide to help agencies manage and label unclassified information.
May 26, 2015 -
On this edition of \"Ask the CHCO\", host Lauren Larson interviews Dr. Joanne Tornow, the Office Head of Office of Information and Resource Management (OIRM) at the National Science Foundation about the scope of human capital at the agency.
May 26, 2015 -
Denise Turner Roth, President Barack Obama\'s nominee to lead the General Services Administration says, if confirmed, she\'ll make sure recent reforms are woven into the agency\'s fabric.
May 25, 2015 -
ForeSee Vice President Dave Lewan and Abby Herriman, senior vice president of Delivery and Innovation at HighPoint Global, join host Jason Briefel for a wide ranging discussion of customer service initiatives in the federal government. May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 -
Inspectors zeroed in on the 15 federal agencies with the highest reported annual telecommunications spending. What they found shows inadequate procedures for monitoring and controlling spending on cell phones.
May 22, 2015 -
The Partnership for Public Service recently named Mia Beers as a 2015 Sammies finalist for leading the U.S. Agency for International Development Ebola Disaster Assistance Response Team\'s efforts during the last year\'s Ebola outbreak in Africa.
May 22, 2015 -
It\'s the IRS\' employees, rather than its rules, who will keep the agency out of trouble, Commissioner John Koskinen said in an interview on In Depth with Francis Rose.
May 22, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget and the National Archives issued a set of requirements in 2012 for agencies to improve their electronic records management. A new Government Accountability Office report says most agencies are meeting those requirements, but some still have more work to do.
May 22, 2015 -
What is the data management strategy for the U.S. Department of Transportation? How can data users provide feedback that can improve DOT\'s data strategies? What does the future of data management and engagement hold at the U.S Department of Transportation? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dan Morgan, Chief Data Officer at the US Department of Transportation.
May 22, 2015 -
The Postal Service told a House panel Thursday that it\'s become too expensive to maintain its aging delivery fleet and it needs to purchase up to 180,000 new vehicles. USPS spends $4,200 annually on maintenance per vehicle to keep the fleet running.
May 22, 2015 -
Stephen Rice, the TSA chief information officer, said the agency is figuring out how to modernize its IT infrastructure despite seeing a $65 million budget cut over the last three years.
May 22, 2015 -
Stephen Warren, the Veterans Affairs Department\'s chief information officer, said he\'s brought in extra vendors to deal with a backlog of cyber challenges. VA\'s inspector general found more than 9,000 outstanding system security risks in its annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) report.
May 22, 2015 -
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter\'s letter to the Small Business Administration\'s administrator comes down hard on the federal contracting process and demands to see the scorecard for the percent of contracts going toward legally-designated small businesses.
May 21, 2015