National & World Headlines
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Acting CIO Howard Hays said the agency is taking advantage of the work VA is doing to update its systems. Indian Health Services borrows heavily from VA\'s VistA electronic health records system. November 17, 2011(Encore presentation December 29, 2011)
November 18, 2011 -
Lisa Doyle is chancellor of VA\'s Acquisition Academy.
November 17, 2011 -
Andrew Krepinevich is the president and CEO at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
November 17, 2011 -
Mike McCord, principal deputy undersecretary and comptroller for DoD, says that Defense is focusing on making mandated cuts while waiting for Congress to pass 2012 appropriations bill.
November 17, 2011 -
Offensive action in cyber space would be carried out under orders of the president as commander-in-chief.
November 17, 2011 -
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center study says that longer stretches at home make it harder for servicemen to transition back to war zone.
November 17, 2011 -
Progress has been made in better recruiting and training the acquisition workforce, but budget cuts could threaten years of progress, outgoing OFPP administrator Dan Gordon said at a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.
November 17, 2011 -
The Android operating system developed by Google is expected to win approval for use on military networks by April.
November 16, 2011 -
Kelly O\'Connor, president of Efiia Cares, shares details of the program.
November 16, 2011 -
Evan Lesser is managing director of ClearanceJobs.com.
November 16, 2011 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency\'s website had been offline since Saturday. Agency officials blamed a hardware problem.
November 16, 2011 -
Congress crafted a partial measure to fund some agencies through fiscal year 2012 and extend a continuing resolution for others. Erik Wasson of The Hill acknowledges that the current budget process has been the most complicated he\'s seen.
November 16, 2011 -
VA\'s expert on that front is Glenn Haggstrom, the executive director of the department\'s Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction. joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris from the 2011 Government Contract Management Conference with his perspective on acquisition.
November 16, 2011 -
The Associated Press reports that the House is expected to overwhelming support a bill that would help unemployed vets and government contractors. The Senate has already passed the bill.
November 16, 2011 -
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
November 16, 2011