National & World Headlines
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The Government Accountability Office released its first annual report required by Congress to examine overlap among federal programs. Auditors found agencies have redundant programs in everything from contracting to food safety to literacy education.
March 01, 2011 -
Navy\'s proposed budget focuses on improving capabilities to counter threats while continuing to care for service members, civilians, and their families. Secretary Ray Mabus explains how it\'s all getting done.
March 01, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security already has real-time access to biometric data maintained in the FBI\'s huge database of criminal records. Within the next year, it\'ll be able to share similar data with the Defense Department.
March 01, 2011 -
Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Project Coordinator for Arlington County, Va. joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss the latest on how the Base Realignment and Closure process is affecting Arlington County, Va. February 25, 2011(Encore presentation May 13, 2011)
February 28, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned against committing the military to big land wars in Asia or the Middle East, saying anyone proposing otherwise \"should have his head examined.\"
February 28, 2011 -
Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the military\'s new Cyber Command and the director of the NSA, said DoD can help protect private networks from cyber attack - especially critical infrastructure - without infringing on civil liberties. He said civilian agencies and private network operators could leverage NSA\'s capabilities without having the spy agency be in charge of security.
February 28, 2011 -
The administration\'s IT agenda for fiscal 2012 will include new tools to combat cyber threats as well as major overhauls to how agencies manage their systems. Agency CIOs say agility will be important moving forward.
February 28, 2011 -
Richard Aboulafia from the Teal Group offers a recap and a look ahead of the tanker saga.
February 25, 2011 -
Baseball season is upon us! Major league players might be down in spring training, but the Navy Midshipmen and Air Force Falcons are gearing up for a three-game series in the inaugural Freedom Series, Navy…
February 25, 2011 -
The \"first cut of steel\" ceremony took place in Newport News and the steel plate will be used in the construction of the yet-to-be named carrier.
February 25, 2011 -
OPM Deputy Director Christine Griffin has an update on the effort increase diversity at your agency.
February 25, 2011 -
Federal financial managers are coming to terms with financial compliance; limited money for new systems or upgrades; and the continuing need for achieving clean audits, financial transparency, and compliance. How are those financial managers facing these challenges is the subject of the Federal News Radio Discussion: Accounting in Austerity.
February 25, 2011 -
While the military, FBI and Justice Department are working on the next steps for recently captured pirates, what should we be doing to stop the problem in the first place? We ask Tom Wilkerson with the U.S. Naval Institute.
February 25, 2011 -
Government IT systems are at increased risk to inside and outside threats because departments lack centralized budget and operational authority over their IT systems, says Roger Baker.
February 25, 2011 -
OMB mandated departments implement continuous monitoring of their cyber networks by 2012. Part of meeting that goal is understanding what hardware and software currently reside on the computing backbone.
February 25, 2011