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She\'s a self-described health data geek with an entrepreneurial touch. Now, she\'s the new Chief Technology Officer at Health and Human Services. Susannah Fox took over from Bryan Sivak, who stepped down in April. She\'s now been on the job for about a month. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to further discuss her new role.
June 23, 2015 -
Peter A. Morrison and the U.S. Navy Solid State Laser Team were recently named Service to America finalists for their work developing the LaWS weapons system for the Navy.
June 12, 2015 -
The National Weather Service can now pinpoint the exact location where a storm might hit, and send an emergency message to the people who might be affected on their cell phones. Michael Gerber is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, and a member of the Wireless Emergency Alerts Team. He and three of his colleagues are finalists for a Service to America medal in the homeland security and law enforcement category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how the new weather alert systems are different from the old ones.
June 11, 2015 -
The Partnership for Public Service recently named Charles E. Milam, the Defense Department\'s principal director of Military Community and Family Policy, as a Service to America Medal finalist.
June 11, 2015 -
Secretary of the Army John McHugh notified President Barack Obama that he planned to step down no later than Nov. 1.
June 08, 2015 -
Syria\'s four-year civil war leaves at least 7.6 million people without a home or sufficient food. Rob Thayer, the team leader of the Syrian food assistance program at the Office of Food for Peace at USAID, works with the United Nations World Food Program and other humanitarian partners to send and distribute more than $1.1 billion worth of food to Syrian refugees and displaced families within Syria. He and his team are finalists for a Service to America medal in the national security and international affairs category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the challenges of entering this kind of humanitarian crisis.
June 04, 2015 -
Multiple sources confirm that West left the agency recently, but it\'s unclear why.
June 04, 2015 -
Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser retired from government Wednesday. One Congresswoman has been investigating him for alleged misconduct for three years.
June 04, 2015 -
Joan Melanson, director of program promotion for Long Term Care Partners, joins host Mike Causey to discuss why feds should enroll in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. June 3, 2015
June 03, 2015 Sotera Defense Systems President and CEO Deb Alderson sat with the Women of Washington radio show to discuss her career in defense, both inside the government and as a contractor.
June 03, 2015-
Naval warfighters have new technology now to help it face a growing body of new threats. Peter Morrison and his team built the laser weapons system. It\'s faster to install and safer and cheaper to use than other missiles. The Navy says each laser costs less than a dollar a shot. Morrison, a program officer for the Navy Department\'s Office of Naval Research, is a finalist for a Service to America medal in the national security and international affairs category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why the laser is different than other weapons systems.
May 28, 2015 -
Tammy Flanagan with the National Institute of Transition Planning will answer your retirement planning questions, including how to choose the right retirement date for you. May 27, 2015
May 27, 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 -
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