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Defense budget planners debating the Overseas Contingency Operations fund are forgetting about one major national security service. The Coast Guard has an annual budget of about $10 billion a year. And its active duty roster is smaller than the number of employees at the New York City Police Department. Retired Rear Adm. Terry McKnight is the former commander of the Expeditionary Strike Group. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that no other service \"does more with less\" than the Coast Guard.
June 11, 2015 -
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The White House tells agencies they\'ll have more tools to detect cyber threats on their networks. The Homeland Security Department wants to install Einstein 3A software at 52 agencies by the end of 2016. That\'s two years ahead of schedule. The Office of Personnel Management is still trying to figure out how hackers got a hold of personal information for about four million current and former federal employees. Dave Wennergren is the vice president of technology at the Professional Services Council, and former assistant deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that cybersecurity is the biggest priority and challenge for agency CIOs.
June 11, 2015 -
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Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council released the 25th annual CIO survey that found federal IT executives said cybersecurity, workforce, IT modernization, acquisitions and mobility as their top priorities.
June 11, 2015 -
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What if you\'re paying a fixed price for services, but the contractor starts to fall down on the job? That\'s what happened to the Army in Afghanistan. It hired a company called Mansoor International to provide trucking. Mansoor was paid a fixed price for each trip, but then things started to go wrong. Joe Petrillo, a partner at the law firm Petrillo and Powell, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive for more on the case and the lessons learned we turn to procurement attorney Joe Petrillo, a partner at the law firm Petrillo and Powell.
June 11, 2015 -
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The Army is preparing for a more sustainable and adaptable force with the release of the Energy Security and Sustainability Strategy. The plan focuses on ways to optimize resource management and how a more careful use of energy, water and land can help the Army\'s mission. Katherine Hammack, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and the Environment, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more information on the plan.
June 11, 2015 -
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If you buy, sell or use information technology in the federal government, wake up. There is a new sheriff in town and a new law of the land. The Office of Management and Budget has released the final guidance for agencies to get with the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, FITARA.
June 11, 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, OPM\'s cybersecurity problems have got members of Congress asking tough questions, a whistleblower says the Transportation Security Administration is too lax in its airport screenings and the Secret Service hires some new officers for sensitive positions at the White House, but not all of them have proper security clearances.
June 11, 2015 -
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Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Brad Carson calls the military\'s personnel system \"almost Soviet\" because of how rigid it is. He will deliver a new plan to Defense Secretary Ash Carter by Aug. 19. Retired Army Lt. Gen David Barno is a distinguished practitioner in residence at American University. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he says if anyone can drive progress in DoD\'s personnel system in the year and a half the administration has left, it\'s Brad Carson.
June 10, 2015 -
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Six major agencies now are operating without a permanent inspector general. President Obama nominated Mary Kendall last week to be the IG at the Interior Department after nearly six years without a permanent investigator on the job. Brian Miller, managing director at Navigant and former inspector general of the General Services Administration, tells In Depth with Francis Rose why there\'s a lot at risk when an agency doesn\'t have a permanent inspector general.
June 10, 2015 -
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One of the top leaders at your organization has a new title: integrator in chief. Federal News Radio\'s Emily Kopp tells In Depth with Francis Rose how that nickname came about.
June 10, 2015 -
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A switch for Customs and Border Protection drives a big change at the agency for its Automated Commercial Environment. The agency transitioned from a traditional waterfall development process to an agile development strategy. Mark Bell, assistant inspector general for audit at the Homeland Security Department\'s Office of Inspector General, tells In Depth with Francis Rose where CBP started and where it\'s headed now with the ACE program.
June 10, 2015 -
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The Government Accountability Office reports the Defense Department could do a better job of collecting and archiving best practices on sequestration, in case the department has to deal with it again. Bob Hale, a fellow at Booz Allen Hamilton and former undersecretary of defense comptroller, tells In Depth with Francis Rose what the Defense Department is doing well and how to make the collection of the data moot.
June 10, 2015 -
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Attorney Peter Noone joins Your Turn host Mike Causey to discuss everything you need to know about liability insurance. Also on today\'s show, Federal Times Senior Writer Andy Medici discusses OPM\'s big personal data breach.
June 10, 2015 -
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A new study from the National Academies suggests a new and different future for the State Department, one in which the scientific and technology know-how of the United States can leverage its diplomatic strength. Yesterday, we spoke to Tom Pickering, former undersecretary of State and a co-chair of the Committee on Science and Technology Capabilities at the Department of State. The other co-chair, Princeton microbiology professor Adel Mahmoud, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive for a closer look at the science side of diplomacy.
June 10, 2015
