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What is Enterprise Risk Management? How can federal agencies successfully implement ERM? What are some of the key challenges implementing ERM? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Doug Webster and Tom Stanton, authors of Improving Government Decision Making through Enterprise Risk Management.
August 31, 2015-
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Jack Horan, Government Contracts Partner at Dentons LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about recent developments under the Civil False Claims Act. September 1, 2015
August 31, 2015 -
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For Housing and Urban Development, homelessness in the United States presents a persistent problem, despite more than three decades of federal involvement. HUD officials have been working on a long-term project to solve homelessness. Congress ordered HUD to undertake the Family Options Study to determine the best method for providing families with long term housing. Anne Fletcher is a social science analyst at HUD. She joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with an update on the study now that it's halfway through.
August 31, 2015 -
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Veterans Affairs wants to make it easier for veterans to find its services. One suggestion by Secretary Bob McDonald is to create a veterans.gov website. But there's a problem. The Labor Department owns that URL. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller writes about this situation in his weekly feature, "Inside the Reporter's Notebook." He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a potential solution to Labor and VA's problem.
August 31, 2015 -
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A picture of President Barack Obama's contributions after he leaves office is starting to get a little clearer. The New York Times reports Obama is asking business and tech executives for ideas on how to make government work better. Tom Shoop is editor in chief of Government Executive magazine. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that Herbert Hoover's legacy might be a good indication of what Obama's post-presidential role will look like.
August 28, 2015 -
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As part of the Pentagon’s effort to build cozier relationships with Silicon Valley, the Pentagon says it will become the largest investor in a new research symposium that hopes to create a new generation of electronic components. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu has more on DoD’s investment plan and what it hopes to achieve.
August 28, 2015 -
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The Labor Department used to be one of the worst places to work, according to its own employees. Secretary Tom Perez set out to change that when he arrived in July 2013. Deputy Secretary Chris Lu says it's his personal mission too. Today the Labor Department is right in the middle of the pack. Lu tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp how it's aiming for the top.
August 28, 2015 -
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The primary debate about the future of the Army right is how large or small it should be. But that's precisely the wrong debate given the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are still going. Retired Army Lt. Gen. James Dubik is former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, and is now senior fellow at the Institute of Land Warfare at the Association of the Army. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that there are seven factors to consider before the war ends.
August 28, 2015 -
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and Mike Hettinger of the Hettinger Strategy Group count down the week's top stories with Francis Rose.
August 28, 2015 -
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Contractors have a busy rest of the summer. Requests for proposals now or about to be on the street will amount to $92 billion worth of future opportunities. That's according to analysis by Bloomberg Government. More than half of that will come from the General Services Administration's forthcoming Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions multiple award program. Brian Friel is a government contracts analyst at Bloomberg. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to preview these upcoming multiple award contracts.
August 28, 2015 -
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The Pentagon has proposed base closures for the past four years, and Congress keeps saying no. Among the most costly defense activities is maintaining some 1,000 bases, camps and airfields around the world. How did DoD wind up with so many bases overseas in the first place? David Vine is an associate professor of anthropology at American University and author of "Base Nation: How Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World." He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some insight into how the military could rationalize some of this real estate.
August 28, 2015 -
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Saturday marks the ten-year anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southern Louisiana. The Pentagon says in the decade since then, it’s made several changes that are intended to get Defense Department resources to local disaster zones within hours instead of days. More from Federal News Radio’s DoD reporter, Jared Serbu.
August 27, 2015 -
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Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott quickly recognized federal agencies and the private sector have the similar challenges in hiring and training IT workers. In his short seven months in government, Scott added the IT workforce to his top-priority list. Scott tells executive editor Jason Miller about how OMB will ramp its efforts to improve the federal technology workforce over the next few months.
August 27, 2015 -
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Veteran owned small businesses might have too many options to help them earn federal contracting opportunities. And the differences between the Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern and Vets First program are confusing. Marci Love Thomas is senior counsel at the General Counsel's government contracts practice and former senior attorney adviser at the Small Business Administration. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the differences between the two programs.
August 27, 2015
