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Nearly 40 defense think-tank experts urge the Pentagon to consider a long list of reforms. They agree that base closures, changes to the DoD civilian workforce and military compensation reform are essential to maintaining a strong national defense over the long term. Todd Harrison is senior fellow for Defense studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. He coordinated the latest letter, and joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to elaborate on what\'s inside it.
April 30, 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 FAA says the gyrocopter that landed on the Capitol lawn two weeks ago looked no different on the radar from a bird, a bill to strengthen the patent system gets high marks from Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and two whistleblowers at the TSA won\'t face more retaliation.
April 30, 2015 -
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A reverse retirement wave is challenging chief human capital officers to rethink how they plan their workforce in FY 2020 and beyond. Two agencies -- one large, one medium -- described how to find success in one of the most important parts of that planning process: Building and maintaining a fluid pipeline of incoming and outgoing career employees.
April 30, 2015 -
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Every other week, Federal News Radio\'s Michael O\'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko talk to members of Generation Y as they share their perspective as young members of the federal workforce. On our first episode of \"Studio Y,\" two young federal employees with the General Services Administration\'s 18F innovation lab explain how they -- and others -- perceive their age.
April 30, 2015 -
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While statistics show that baby boomers within the federal government are in no hurry to retire now, eventually that day will come. And the new leaders who will take their place want to work for a government that is nimble and uses technology to its advantage. In the final part of Federal News Radio\'s special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave, we take a look towards the future. What will the workforce of 2025 look like? We asked six government leaders today where they see the greatest opportunities for growth and what\'s working now that could be replicated on a larger scale.
April 30, 2015 -
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Over the last two decades, the Army has made decisions to make its reserve forces \"operational\" ones. The reserves participate in contingencies around the world even in peacetime, instead of having the Army only call them up in emergencies. But the chief of the Army Reserve says funding cuts are already beginning to relegate his force to the \"strategic\" reserve of decades gone by. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu has the story.
April 29, 2015 -
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Sixty-five percent of federal employees who are eligible retire choose to stay on the job, according to a Federal News Radio survey. The workforce is growing older, but holding off on retirement actually makes financial sense for many employees. As part of our special report, The Reverse Retirement Wave: Planning for a Workforce that\'s Aging in Place, Federal News Radio\'s Sean McCalley talked to Kim Weaver, the director of external affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. She\'s also putting off her last day to work and explains the financial reasons why many others do the same.
April 29, 2015 -
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The House Armed Services Committee might be opening the door to another round of BRAC with next year\'s National Defense Authorization bill. The Military Readiness subcommittee wants DoD to draw up a 20-year plan that compares its expected force structure to its future infrastructure needs. Roger Zakheim is a counsel at Covington and Burling. He\'s former general counsel and deputy staff director for the House Armed Services Committee, and former deputy assistant secretary of Defense. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he offered ways the committee might mark up the 2016 defense authorization bill.
April 29, 2015 -
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The inspectors general community is producing more than twice as many indictments and criminal investigations today than 20 years ago. In 2013, IGs from 78 different offices processed 19,000 of them; in 1995 they only did 8,000. Kymm McCabe is founder of ValueStorm Growth Partners, and former deputy director of the Defense Department\'s Office of Business Transformation. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she said greater oversight is paralyzing agencies because they\'re too afraid to make a mistake.
April 29, 2015 -
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Connecting experienced government managers with up-and-comers is the goal of Project Next Generation. It\'s a partnership between the Senior Executives Association and Young Government Leaders. Bob Knisley is director of Project Next Generation for the SEA. Kehli Cage is director of mentoring and fellowships for YGL. They joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about the interaction between the two groups to develop the next generation of government leaders.
April 29, 2015 -
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Ana Hinojosa, deputy assistant commissioner for International Affairs at Customs and Border Protection talks to the Women of Washington about border control and immigration reform.
April 29, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration\'s Federal Acquisition Service is trying to move into the world of data analytics. Its goal is to make better management decisions. The analytics drive part of a four-pronged effort to stay relevant to vendors and customer agencies alike. Federal News Radio\'s executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more details on FAS\' efforts to transform itself.
April 29, 2015 -
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Most of the public doesn\'t think open government data lives up to that moniker. That\'s according to the Pew Research Center. In a nationwide survey, Pew measured people\'s opinions of government data sharing efforts, and whether those efforts improved public perceptions of government accountability. John Horrigan, a senior researcher at Pew, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to share more of what Pew found.
April 29, 2015 -
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has teamed up with several tech companies on a big data project to establish five Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). The goal is to migrate NOAA\'s vast data reserves to the cloud and make that data more accessible to the public. Zach Goldstein is the chief information officer of NOAA. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on this effort.
April 29, 2015
