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The answer to the age-old question -- when\'s the best day to retire -- depends on a lot of factors, and most of them are personal to you. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute for Transition Planning, tells In Depth with Francis Rose why the question might not even be the right one for most people.
May 29, 2015 -
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Human capital management in government is a 25-year-old problem. Dan Blair, president of the National Academy of Public Administration and former deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why a private sector company with a 40-year-old personnel system would go out of business today.
May 29, 2015 -
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One federal elephant is showing it can learn to dance: Homeland Security, where the use of agile software development is finally moving out of the pilot stage. Citizenship and Immigration Services put out a major solicitation requiring contractors to use agile development across a broad range of enterprise support services. Federal News Radio\'s executive editor Jason Miller joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with details about how CIS is leading the department toward agile.
May 29, 2015 -
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The federal government has caught the Silicon Valley bug. But in looking west to solve its problems, has it overlooked another valuable resource right in its own backyard? That\'s the subject of several stories now online at FederalNewsRadio.com, and a conference Tom Temin and Jonathan Aberman recently moderated. Website managing editor Julia Ziegler joined the Federal Drive to talk more about some of the takeaways from that panel.
May 29, 2015 -
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After a 40-year career with the agency, Willie May finds himself confirmed by the Senate as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He\'d been serving as acting director for nearly a year. May discussed his plans for the agency with Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive.
May 29, 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, the Defense Department wants some contractors to provide proof of delivery, a Commerce Department employee is on leave because she\'s believed to be a whistleblower and just in case, Congress considers a bill to make sure federal employees don\'t double dip after they return from potential furloughs.
May 29, 2015 -
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Since 2002, the Defense Department and FAA have been helping Afghanistan rebuild its civil aviation system. Despite its best efforts though, the FAA was unable to train enough air traffic controllers to let Afghanistan to operate on its own. The agency ran into multiple issues when trying to train new controllers. That\'s all according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Deputy IG Gene Aloise joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on that report.
May 29, 2015 -
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Yvonne Jones, the Government Accountability Office\'s director of strategic issues, tells a Senate panel human capital management is critical to improving government\'s performance.
May 28, 2015 -
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The Air Force hopes small, non-traditional contractors can help it make upgrades to several of its key communications and IT systems. And it hopes to do it much more cheaply and quickly than through the traditional acquisition system. Federal News Radio\'s Jared Serbu reports the Air Force will base the new project on open architectures -- and kick off the new project within the next few days.
May 28, 2015 -
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Naval warfighters have new technology now to help it face a growing body of new threats. Peter Morrison and his team built the laser weapons system. It\'s faster to install and safer and cheaper to use than other missiles. The Navy says each laser costs less than a dollar a shot. Morrison, a program officer for the Navy Department\'s Office of Naval Research, is a finalist for a Service to America medal in the national security and international affairs category. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why the laser is different than other weapons systems.
May 28, 2015 -
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Technology may not be the roadblock to the biggest cyber problems your agency has. The trouble may be in the acquisition shop. Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst for IT Harvest and author of \"Surviving Cyberwar.\" His new book, \"There Will Be Cyber War,\" will be out this summer. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why there is some good news in the cyber realm, but there\'s some bad news too.
May 28, 2015 -
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Uncertainty in the federal IT market is making industry planning harder. Some of the uncertainty is unavoidable until Congress passes agency funding bills. But some is fixable right away, according to Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about potential fixes for some of the uncertainty.
May 28, 2015 -
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Managing certain kinds of information will get easier for agencies. The National Archives and Records Administration issued a proposed rule that could have big implications for how contractors store and secure government information on systems contractors own. Alex Major, an associate in the government contracts, investigations and international trade practice for Sheppard Mullin, tells In Depth with Francis Rose why a new era of cybersecurity regulations is coming fast.
May 28, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management and General Services Administration wraps up an industry day on their latest contracting opportunity. Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTs) is a human resources and training contract vehicle for all agencies. Requests for proposal will likely come from OPM and GSA by June 30. Brian Friel, a government contracts analyst with Bloomberg Government, is looking at HCaTs and the addition of two other contracts to BGOV\'s top 20 contracting opportunities. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what to expect.
May 28, 2015
