OMB released new guidance to shift agencies from focusing on planning and reporting their performance to using their performance information to make decisions.
The U.S. Government Printing Office has joined a worldwide digital preservation alliance to collaborate with organizations on preservation initiatives. Acting Superintendent of Documents, Ric Davis, explains how it will work.
President Barack Obama\'s pick to lead the Coast Guard proposed major cuts to the agency\'s counterterrorism mission. You can imagine how that\'s being received. Commandant Robert Papp explains.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he wants to trim some of the billions of dollars the Pentagon spends on weapons systems and contractor services, part of a Pentagon-wide effort to find $100 billion in savings in the next five years. Todd Harrison with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has suggestions for starting points.
Beneath bipartisan rounds of praise for Petraeus lay fault lines over the nearly nine-year war. A make-or-break military push across southern Afghanistan is stuck in neutral, though U.S. officials insist there are signs of progress and reason for hope. The Hill\'s Ian Swanson breaks it down for us.
Hoyer: Votes on wartime supplemental by Friday, Arlington Cemetery contractors investigated, VA hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV
Lockheed Martin beefs up network security threats protection, Security glitch exposes WellPoint customer data
White House says it will review programs that are in the most trouble, and terminate them if neccessary.
Undersecretary says contractor profits won\'t suffer, since Pentagon was encouraging cost cutting already.
She says it\'s complex to change their current technology environment.
June 28th and June 30th Melanie S. Stinnett was appointed as the Assistant Director for the Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations (OPRSO)/Chief Security Officer on May 24, 2010.
Host Larry Allen explores this topic with Maria Darby of Booz Allen Hamilton and Brooks Holtom of the McDonough School of Business. June 29, 2010
Competitive hiring for government jobs leaves recent college graduates behind. The Partnership for Public Service\'s John Palguta says it doesn\'t have to be that way. He explains.
CIA Director Leon Panetta says the agency has hired Xe Services - the company once known as Blackwater - for a $100 million contract to provide security in Afghanistan. As you can imagine, some are outraged. Steve Ryan explains the issues.
To be sure, bargaining and arbitration rights are at the top of the list, but what else would AFGE like from TSA and its new administrator? We ask Brian Dewyngaert, chief of staff for the American Federation of Government Employees.