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Pam Dyson, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s CIO, said she is developing a new strategy to better deal with the ever-growing flood of information coming into the agency.
September 18, 2015 -
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The Pentagon has already signaled its intent to move its massive enterprise email service to a privately-operated, commercially-based cloud environment. This week, DoD officially kicked off the planning process for a procurement that will affect more than one and a half million users. Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
September 18, 2015 -
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council, honor the leadership, innovation and commitment to excellence of the individuals and businesses in the region's government contracting sector. George McKenzie, CEO of Defense Point Security is one of the finalists for this year's Gov Con contractor of the year award in the up-to-$25-million category. He shared some recent contracting trends he's seen on In Depth with Francis Rose.
September 18, 2015 -
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Changes to the Thrift Savings Plan's G Fund appear to be off the table now as Congress tries to figure out a solution to its fiscal 2016 budget problem. But that doesn't mean you should stop thinking about how changes to your retirement plans might affect you. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to offer her insight.
September 18, 2015 Sue Shumate with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Georgetown Unviersity's Jessica Gershuny will discuss next week's Kalaris Intelligence Conference in Washington D.C. September 18, 2015
September 17, 2015-
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The latest postmortem on the Department of Health and Human Services' struggles with HealthCare.gov is from the HHS Office of Inspector General. It found serious managerial problems with the development and deployment of the website. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shared two key takeaways from the IG's report on In Depth with Francis Rose.
September 17, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget released guidance on cyber acquisition. But a close look from the Professional Services Council yielded the judgment that it's too little, too late and too flexible. Dave Wennergren, senior vice president of technology for the Professional Services Council, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the council's assessment of the guidance.
September 17, 2015 -
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On this week’s edition of On DoD, we continue our series of conversations with leaders from the Defense Health Agency as it gears up to declare full operational capability on Oct. 1. Our guest this…
September 16, 2015 -
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The State Department wants to outfit its employees with new cellular service and mobile devices using what it calls the "the most contemporary models available in the market." Jeff Hill, deputy division chief for Mobile and Remote Access in the Bureau of Information Resource Management at the State Department, told In Depth with Francis Rose that in one way the challenge of deploying mobile solutions in virtually every country in the world isn't that different than what other agencies face.
September 16, 2015 -
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The Air Force awarded a contract worth nearly half a billion dollars to 22 companies under its Agile Acquisition program. The work is based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Jonathan Cansdale and Capt. Toshiro Toyama are contracting officers in the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin. As part of Pentagon Solutions, they told In Depth with Francis Rose about the details of the contract. Cansdale described the parameters of the contract that make it agile
September 16, 2015 -
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The Information Technology Box is the Army's new method of procuring cyber solutions quickly. The Army will use it to procure tools to support defensive cyber operations like sensors and analytics. But the box itself isn't new. Kevin Fahey, executive director of the System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, joined In Depth with Francis Rose on Pentagon Solutions. Fahey said DoD first used the IT box construct around 2008.
September 16, 2015 -
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The mission of the General Services Administration's 18-F is spreading across government now. Its former executive director, Greg Godbout, was one of the first to take its mission to another agency. Godbout, now the chief technology officer at the Environmental Protection Agency, told In Depth with Francis Rose his vision for the CTO's office is to serve both the internal IT team and the mission delivery people.
September 15, 2015 -
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The Thrift Savings Plan has something federal agencies don't have. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board approved a $219 million budget for the coming year. In Depth with Francis Rose told Kim Weaver, director of External Affairs at the TSP, that TSP participants are probably jealous of her agency since it's budget is already in place.
September 15, 2015 -
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Midnight tonight marks the exact middle of the month of September. That means exactly 15 calendar days until the end of the fiscal year. There is still no clear exit strategy in place to get the government funded for Fiscal 2016. So the possibility of a shutdown exists even though Republican leaders in both chambers say there will be no shutdown. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Government Operations, joined In Depth with Francis Rose on Tuesday's Congressional Spotlight. He said he thinks nobody knows exactly how the budget situation will play out.
September 15, 2015
