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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 are upset that data on 4 million of them was stolen from an Office of Personnel Management database, Senate Republicans plan to use the must-pass Defense Authorization bill to get cyber legislation passed and the Drug Enforcement Administration Western Lab wins an award for its electronics recycling.
June 10, 2015 -
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The Defense Contract Management Agency is expanding the number of centers of excellence that are helping the military services buy commercial items. These new organizations are part of how the Defense Department is trying to get the best prices possible for the most value in acquisitions. Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on DoD\'s latest set of acquisition improvements.
June 10, 2015 -
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Brian Miller, managing director in the Disputes and Investigations Practice at Navigant will give us his thoughts on GSA\'s transactional data reporting rule. June 9, 2015
June 09, 2015 -
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The Defense Department\'s new personnel chief says the entire military personnel system is in \"urgent\" need of reform. And since there\'s only 18 months left before a new administration comes into office, he intends to get to work quickly to overhaul a talent management infrastructure that\'s 50-years old and has failed to keep pace with the private sector. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu has more on his plans.
June 09, 2015 -
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Agencies make more mistakes with improper payements in fiscal 2014 than the year before. They misspend $10 billion more this year. Wendy Morton-Huddleston, principal at Grant Thornton, is looking at inspector general reports from 24 agencies. She tells Federal News Radio\'s Emily Kopp where agencies are going wrong.
June 09, 2015 -
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Hackers attempted to steal federal employees\' personal information nine times within the past year. The Office of Personnel Management said it found out about the most recent cyber attack back in April. OPM is starting to tell employees if they\'ve been affected and what they can do to protect their information. Dan Blair, president of the National Academy of Public Administration and former deputy director at OPM, tells In Depth with Francis Rose why hackers are after more than just your identity.
June 09, 2015 -
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Agencies have until December 2016 to move all public websites to a cybersecurity standard called HTTPS. Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott says sites that contain personally identifiable information should make the switch now. Thirty-one percent of agencies meet the standard so far. Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller tells In Depth with Francis Rose what your agency has to do and how much time it has.
June 09, 2015 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing a plan to pay for the hospital project in Denver that\'s over its original budget now by more than $1 billion. The Denver hospital problem is one of several the agency struggles with. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, tells In Depth with Francis Rose what the string of problems says about the direction of the agency.
June 09, 2015 -
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Last week\'s disclosure of a massive data breach at the Office of Personnel Management has officials in Washington reeling. We know the outlines of the episode: Up to 4 million federal employees, current and retired, could be affected. The theft occurred in December but wasn\'t reported until last week. Cybersecurity expert Rodney Joffe, a senior vice president and fellow at Neustar, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to offer a long-term perspective. He says the nature of the data taken means some people will have to worry for the rest of their lives.
June 09, 2015 -
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Have you classified any documents lately? The Information Security Oversight Office at the National Archives and Records Administration just released its annual classification report to the President. It examines government agencies\' security classification activities, shares cost estimates for these activities and provides an update on the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) program. John Fitzpatrick is director of the Information Security Oversight Office at NARA. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with an update.
June 09, 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 science and technology are infused into diplomacy and statecraft. The authors say several rival nations are ahead of the United States when it comes to merging these disciplines. Tom Pickering, former under secretary of State and one of the co-chairs of the Committee on Science and Technology Capabilities at the State Department joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report he co-authored.
June 09, 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, agencies have 19 months to move all public facing websites to a standard called secure HTTPS, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy wants to spread around what it considers success of the Buyers Club at Health and Human Services and after six years at the helm, Army Secretary John McHugh says he\'s ready to step down.
June 09, 2015 -
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Our guest for this edition of On DoD is Vice Adm. Bill Moran, the Chief of Naval Personnel. He\'s a second-time guest: In September, he described his frustrations with the existing military personnel system and some of the ideas the Navy was exploring to remedy them.
June 09, 2015 -
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Joanne Woytek, program manager of the NASA SEWP program, joins host Mark Amtower to talk about SEWP V. June 8, 2015
June 08, 2015
