People
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There’s a lot of evidence from the private sector that more engaged employees tend to drive better business results. But unsurprisingly, it appears to be true in federal agency settings as well.
March 27, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, staffing cuts at the IRS have limited its ability to conduct audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 27, 2019 -
The Interior Department's proposed 2020 budget would devote $28 million to reorganization DOI its offices into 12 regions based on watersheds, versus eight bureaus and 49 regions.
March 26, 2019 -
State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo named Stuart McGuigan as the agency’s new CIO and head of the Bureau of Information Resource Management.
March 26, 2019 -
A federal law enforcement group is challenging a change OPM made three years ago to how it apportions retirement annuities impacted by divorce settlements.
March 26, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, up to $1 billion from DoD is now available to help support the Homeland Security Department's drug enforcement efforts at the southern border.
March 26, 2019 -
Citing the Government Accountability Office's plans to increase its capacity to conduct science and technology audits later this year, the Commerce Department's inspector general said staffing up GAO makes more sense than reviving the Office of Technology Assessment.
March 25, 2019 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. swoops in when badly managed banks threaten to fail and cause local or regional financial havoc. Jay Lerner, FDIC inspector general, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general released its review of the agency's implementation of the new Forever GI bill.
March 25, 2019 -
The departments of the Air Force, Education and Homeland Security are all in the process of transitioning public facing functions into digital applications. Each has a broad customer base with very specific needs that need to be taken into account to provide a good customer experience.
March 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, former venture capitalist Michael Kratsios is tapped to become the next U.S. chief technology officer.
March 22, 2019 -
Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017 but with Mayor Sylvester Turner and a partnership with Microsoft, the metropolis is being rebuilt with a smart city blueprint.
March 21, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration says it now sees an opportunity to build on many of the 14 cross-agency priority goals outlined in the President's Management Agenda.
March 21, 2019 -
The federal employment question forms a knot that remains difficult to untie.
March 21, 2019 -
Matt Shabat, the U.S. strategy manager for Glasswall Solutions, makes the case for how using a risk management framework can lead to real savings that agencies can use to move off legacy systems.
March 20, 2019