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Bright minds are shining their light on technologies to help war fighters and veterans dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A competition known as the Foundry Cup kicked off yesterday. It\'s a three day idea-fest where individuals and companies pitch potential plans for treating PTSD. Geoff Orazem is the founder and CEO of Eastern Foundry, which started this innovation competition. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on Foundry Cup.
June 19, 2015 -
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The important role an inspector general plays in identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities was certainly highlighted with the OPM cyber breach. But IG vacancies still dot the federal government — some of which have persisted for years. Michael Smallberg is an investigator for the Project on Government Oversight, a group that has been tracking the IG issue in detail. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss some of the issues surrounding the absence of Inspectors General at federal agencies.
June 19, 2015 -
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The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on Federal News Radio each day. It is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com readers more information about the stories heard on the radio. In today\'s news, federal employees give the Office of Personnel Management failing grades for communication over the data breach, the Senate passes a $612 billion Defense authorization bill, but fails to move on the spending bill and the Department of Defense kicks off the 2015 Warrior Games today at the Marine Corps base in Quantico.
June 19, 2015 -
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The Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Corps welcomes 22 new members to its ranks later this morning. Launched as a pilot program in 2013, the HERO Corps gives wounded, injured and ill veterans the chance to assist federal agents in the fight against child predators. Peter Edge is the executive director of Homeland Security Investigations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which helps manage the HERO Corps. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with an update on the program.
June 19, 2015 -
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members grilled Office of Personnel Management Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour about the cyber breaches that agency suffered. She\'ll face the Senate June 25. But every federal CIO could easily be in that position next week, next month or next year. Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller tells In Depth with Francis Rose what CIOs and other federal technology managers should be doing to stay out of the hot seat.
June 18, 2015 -
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The Pentagon\'s newest cybersecurity organization -- Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Networks -- is beginning to take over some of the responsibilities that have been handled for the past five years by U.S. Cyber Command. But like any new organization, it\'s still trying to find its footing. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu te3lls In Depth with Francis Rose the new headquarters still isn\'t sure exactly how it will use broad new powers granted to it by the secretary of Defense.
June 18, 2015 -
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Customs and Border Protectionhad an unexpected humanitarian crisis on its hands last summer. Tens of thousands of South American children crossed the Southwest Border. Shelters got full too quickly and it took CBP 45 to 60 days to reunite children with their families. Kevin Hannes is a federal coordinating officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Denton, Texas. His team set up an emergency operations center, streamlined the process for tracking cases and worked with several different agencies to hand out food and clothing. By the end of the crisis the reunion process took 10 days. Hannes is a finalist for a Service to America medal in the management excellence category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what happened at the border stations last summer, and why it was taking so long to get kids reunited with their families.
June 18, 2015 -
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The Buyer\'s Club that originated at the Department of Health and Human Services will spread to every agency across government. Some vendors are still unsure about the idea but they shouldn\'t be. Larry Allen is the president of Allen Federal Business Partners and writes The Week Ahead newsletter. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why he likes the Buyer\'s Club concept and why you should too.
June 18, 2015 -
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The Environmental Protection Agency needs to look at how much work its program and regional offices have so it can figure out more accurately where its budget resources should go. Better workload analysis is one of six management challenges the EPA\'s Office of Inspector General identifies for 2015. All six challenges are repeats from last year. Erin Barnes-Weaver is a project manager at the EPA\'s Office of Inspector General. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose the agency has made some progress but not enough.
June 18, 2015 -
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Government spends 22 percent more on local contractors in the past two years even through a tough budget climate and sequestration. Lexy Kessler is partner in charge of the government contracting practice at Aronson. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose there\'s still room for contractors to grow if they advantage of the right opportunities.
June 18, 2015 -
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The Senate is on its third week of debate on the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. Vendors will be happy about a provision that reauthorizes DoD\'s Rapid Innovation Program or Defense Innovation Initiative. Alex Rossino is a principal research analyst for Deltek\'s federal industry analysis team. He\'s looking at the NDAA and tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the research and development opportunities that look promising in fiscal 2016.
June 18, 2015 -
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On this week\'s edition of On DoD, a progress report on the Pentagon\'s path toward what officials refer to as Joint Information Environment (JIE): the long effort to reorganize the military services\' IT systems into a more cohesive structure, leverage shared enterprise services and a single security architecture and reduce duplicative IT expenditures.
June 18, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration\'s 18F team needs some help. Its services around agile development and Dev/Ops are coming in from other agencies at a rate 18F can\'t keep up with. So the group is turning to industry. Chris Cairns is the director of 18F Consulting; Dave Zvenyach is the project lead for the new agile blanket purchase agreement 18F just released. They tell executive editor Jason Miller about the BPA, and how it will help agencies move toward a more agile approach to IT projects.
June 18, 2015 -
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The IRS would face its smallest budget since 2004 under a plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee yesterday. Members also endorsed steep cuts in federal construction and repairs proposed by the General Services Administration. In all, the committee approved $20.2 billion for financial services and general government funding in 2016. That\'s a 6 percent reduction from 2015 — and what\'s required under sequestration. Emily Kopp joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the cuts.
June 18, 2015
