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The 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is an opportunity to revisit some lessons learned after that storm. For example, more disasters are happening now than historically. Don Kettl, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, and two of his colleagues write about the six major lessons to learn from Katrina. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that more people expect government help, when a natural disaster strikes.
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The government is getting ready to declare a big win at the end of next month. It looks likely to reach a goal of hiring 100,000 people with disabilities within five years. President Barack Obama set that target in a July 2010 executive order. The Office of Personnel Management's special adviser on disabilities, Michael Murray, tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp what happened next.
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Congress knows it wants to include some kind of acquisition reform in the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. But it can't agree on what those reforms should look like. Beth McGrath is director of the federal strategy and operations practice at Deloitte and former deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose why procurement policy reform is a start, but the main thing slowing down defense IT and weapons acquisition is process.
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Agencies lose a new record of $125 billion in improper payments last year. Twenty-two different agencies committed errors, and three programs account for $93 billion in improper payments. One of those programs is the Earned Income Tax Credit, which has a 27 percent error rate. Danny Werfel, director of Boston Consulting Group and former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, is writing for the Centre for Public Impact. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why cutting government waste isn't as simple as it might seem.
August 17, 2015 -
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Kevin DeSanto, co-founder and managing director of KippsDeSanto, joins host Mark Amtower to discuss mergers and acquisitions, including who is buying and who is selling. August 17, 2015
August 17, 2015 What is the U.S. Department of Justice’s information technology strategy? How is the DOJ keeping pace with transformative IT advances? What is the DOJ doing to build a Future Ready Workforce? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and so much more with our very special guest, Joe Klimavicz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
August 17, 2015-
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has promised that Congress will not shut down the government or threaten to default on the national debt. To do that, they'll need to pass a spending bill after the August recess and then address the debt ceiling. The Bipartisan Policy Center predicts a deadline for raising the borrowing cap will fall in November or December. Steve Bell is senior director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the budget outlook.
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Homeland Security will give eight agencies a detailed look at the health of their networks and systems later this month. DHS will launch the first set of agency-wide dashboards under the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program. In his biweekly feature, "Inside the Reporter’s Notebook," executive editor Jason Miller writes about the agency's plans to get pick up the pace of continuous diagnostics and mitigation. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more.
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If progress stalls against the Islamic State terrorist group, the U.S. military should start embedding troops with forces battling the Islamic State militants in Iraq. That's according to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, who's retiring this month after a 39-year Army career. But what's the feasibility of Odierno's recommendation, and would it even work? Retired Lt. Gen. Dave Barno is a former senior American commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and now a distinguished practitioner-in-residence at American University. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to analyze the plan.
August 17, 2015 Dr. Thomas Cellucci, CEO at Ecrypt Technologies Inc., joins host John Gilroy to discuss how innovation can be applied across the board in the federal government. August 18, 2015
August 14, 2015-
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Two free training programs from the Department of Veterans Affairs won't only help veterans find new careers. They could be a road map to how agencies run pilot programs and prioritize decisions. Rosye Cloud is the acting director of the Office of Transition, Employment and Economics and a senior advisor for veteran development at the Veterans Affairs Department. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose how the programs work and what your agency can learn.
August 14, 2015 -
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Next week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hundreds of the military’s smartest minds will come together for the biggest annual gathering in the world of military medicine. In past years, the Military Health System Research Symposium has led to the expansion of revolutionary new practices in combat care – many of which have made their way into the civilian sector. Col.Todd Rasmussen directs the Army’s Combat Casualty Care Research Program, and Rear Adm. Bruce Doll directs research and development at the Defense Health Agency. They talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu about what they expect from next week’s conference.
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The list of items likely to spark major fights — or at least some distraction - once Congress returns is growing. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promises no more government shutdowns. Democrats called for budget negotiations to start last month. But Roll Call reports Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said no debates have started yet. Tom Shoop is editor in chief at Government Executive magazine. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that McConnell is making a promise that he doesn't have the power to keep.
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Agencies will soon have an easier time buying telecom, cloud and other network services. The General Services Administration is working on the first of a few successors to its Networx contracts. Network Services 2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions is offering agencies a more flexible buying market. Bob Woods is president of Topside Consulting and former commissioner of the Federal Technology Service at GSA. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the differences between the current Networx contracts and NS 20-20 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions.
August 14, 2015
