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Dave Bowen, the Defense Health Agency CIO, said getting the military services to sign off on a concept of operations for health IT shared services is a huge step toward meeting an Oct. 1 deadline to reach full operational capability.
August 10, 2015 What are the U.S. Army’s key strategic and operational objectives? How is the Army restructuring its aviation portfolio? How is the Army using analytics to inform decision-making and resource allocation? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and so much more with Major General John Ferrari, Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the U.S. Army’s deputy chief of staff.
August 10, 2015-
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Federal, state and local law enforcement officers no longer have to check multiple and disparate databases to ensure they aren’t stepping on each other’s toes. The concept of event deconfliction is part of the federally-led effort to improve information sharing across law enforcement entities around the country. Kshemendra Paul is the program manager of the Information Sharing Environment. In part one of their interview, he tells executive editor Jason Miller more about the effort to bring together three main law enforcement systems.
August 10, 2015 Bikram Bandy of the Federal Trade Commission discusses robocalls.
August 08, 2015-
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Horace Blackman of Lockheed Martin and Jeff Koch, a former OMB official, count down the week's top stories with Francis Rose.
August 07, 2015 -
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A court case in Europe could have a big impact on how your agency manages, preserves and pays for its data. Karen Evans is the national director of the US Cyber Challenge and former e-Government administrator at the Office of Management and Budget. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose why your agency's CIO should pay attention to the European Commission's suit against Google's Android operating system.
August 07, 2015 -
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The Pentagon is telling its senior leadership to get ready for another round of cutbacks to administrative spending. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work says he wants a plan on his desk to de-layer DoD’s organizational chart and also get better value from its service contracts. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu writes about it in this week’s edition of Inside the Reporter’s Notebook.
August 07, 2015 -
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Premiums are going up for new enrollees to the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. The average increase is about 30 percent — but it depends on your age and your policy. Tammy Flanagan is senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose that price hikes to the long term care insurance are just one example where your expenses during retirement might be higher than you expected.
August 07, 2015 -
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The Government Accountability Office finds more problems with the Marine Corps' 2012 financial audit. The Defense Department's Office of Inspector General didn't go through the right procedures or find the right evidence to support a clean financial audit opinion in fiscal 2012. The DoD IG rescinded the clean opinion back in March. Asif Khan is director of financial management and assurance issues at the GAO. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why he conducted the study and what tipped him off that the fiscal 2012 audit opinion may not be accurate.
August 07, 2015 -
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Seven agencies are trying out a new approach to making documents available under the Freedom of Information Act. The Justice Department's Office of Information Policy is spearheading a proactive disclosure effort to measure the cost and effectiveness of making information available as soon as it's requested. Melanie Pustay is the director of the Office of Information Policy at the Justice Department. She joined Jason Miller on the Federal Drive to explain more about the pilot and how it could change federal FOIA processes.
August 07, 2015 -
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NASA has partnered with the Agriculture Department's Forest Service in an effort to better protect firefighters. The hope is that the same technology that protects NASA space crafts on re-entry can save firefighters trapped in an inferno. Anthony Calomino is a senior materials research engineer at NASA Langley. On the Federal Drive, he told Federal News Radio's Matt Wingfield more about the technology and the partnership.
August 07, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget has told agencies to rethink how they interact with the public, and how they think about citizens as customers. The General Services Administration says it’s here to help. As Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu reports, GSA says it’s designing tools to help agencies get their “customer experience” programs off the ground and understand what citizens want.
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Following the hack of Office of Personnel Management databases, a group of tech-industry experts is offering to help the government secure its computer networks. The IT Alliance for Public Sector assembled a task force made up of 20 big companies like Symantec, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin. The group says the government must act boldly and alter its culture and approach. Pam Walker is the senior director of Homeland Security at I-TAPS. She joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to review the group's recommendations.
August 06, 2015 -
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Agencies have problems with recruitment, training, leadership development and succession planning. That's not an outside criticism. It's coming from their own employees. The Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte analyzed the most recent Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey to come up with some ideas for improving the employee experience. David Dye is the director of Federal Human Capital Services at Deloitte. He joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to analyze the latest snapshot.
August 06, 2015
