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An aide for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said the panel is planning to hold a hearing on the Merit Systems Protection Board nominees in the coming weeks.
September 03, 2021 -
White House named Mina Hsiang as the new administrator of USDS replacing Matt Cutts, who left in April after four years as the acting or permanent leader.
September 02, 2021 -
The Air Force is hard at work on a project to replace its crucial weather satellites. Shepherding this project is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program, Chong Le.
September 02, 2021 -
FEMA, State and Air Force bring on new technology executives to key cyber and innovation roles.
September 01, 2021 -
The Coast Guard names its civilian employee of the year, and some of his work is below the waterlineEvery year, the Coast Guard recognizes a half dozen members of its civilian workforce who’ve gone above and beyond. One of this year’s winners is TJ Tangert, a Painter/Blaster at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore.
August 27, 2021 -
In 2017, Congress created a new system for veterans to appeal their disability claims. VBA's Mary Frances Matthews was put in charge of speeding those claims along, and by all accounts, she was wildly successful.
August 26, 2021 -
This week, Michael Binder spoke with Robert Storch, who assumed the duties as Inspector General of the National Security Agency (NSA) in January 2018, and was the first IG at NSA to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate,
August 24, 2021 -
The Senate has confirmed 127 of the 346 people President Joe Biden has nominated so far for political positions. For some federal employees, the lack of action on two of the president's recent nominees is especially frustrating.
August 23, 2021 -
Federal scientists invent a possible new way to disinfect surfaces, without the harmful side effectsBut what if you could create a chemical that killed bacteria, but neutralized itself into harmless natural molecules after it did its job? USDA is trying to do just that.
August 19, 2021 -
Biniam Gebre, who is nominated to be the next administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, would walk in without an obvious background in federal acquisition.
August 17, 2021 -
Carlos Rivero, chief data officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia, joined Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to discuss leadership and change in adopting new technologies.
August 17, 2021 -
Robin Carnahan, the administrator of the General Services Administration, said in her first interview since being confirmed by the Senate that she wants GSA to be a place for great customer service and have an empowered workforce.
August 16, 2021 -
Managing director for Accenture Federal's human capital practice, Kristen Vaughan, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some ideas.
August 12, 2021 -
Callie Higgins, a finalist of this year's Service to America Medals program, talked about how she discovered ways to detect and fix flaws produced by additive manufacturing.
August 11, 2021 -
Biniam Gebre has spent the last four years working for Accenture Federal Services leading the management consulting division.
August 04, 2021