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The Census Bureau will release an operational plan for the 2020 population count in the next five months. Government Accountability Office experts warn the bureau needs to get that strategy right and avoid many of the mistakes that threatened the 2000 and 2010 decennial counts. Federal News Radio\'s executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss what Census has to do between now and September.
April 22, 2015 -
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Joe Dickman, senior vice president of Vizuri, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how federal IT professionals can use containers to accomplish many tasks. April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015 -
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If he\'s confirmed by the Senate as the Pentagon\'s next deputy chief management officer, Peter Levine will play a major role on the path toward audit readiness. He\'ll also be the first senior Pentagon official to publicly predict that the department will miss the auditability deadlines Congress has already set in law. As Federal News Radio\'s Jared Serbu reports, Levine says Congress needs to find other ways to pressure the department to improve its financial reporting.
April 21, 2015 -
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The chief accountant for the Labor Department\'s Employee Benefits Security Administration says the Thrift Savings Plan board lags in doing security tests on the TSP\'s network. Kim Weaver is Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she said the Board isn\'t avoiding doing the tests, and there are a couple of kinds of tests the Board will run.
April 21, 2015 -
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Data-driven decision-making takes another step forward in the federal government if a new bipartisan bill in Congress becomes law. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and the Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have a bill to build an oversight and management framework for data in government. Robert Shea is a principal at Grant Thornton, and former associate director for administration and government performance at the Office of Management and Budget. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said the idea of another commission isn\'t necessarily a bad thing.
April 21, 2015 -
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of federal procurement, the GSA multiple award schedule program, and strategic sourcing. April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015 -
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Three out of 19 women that started the latest class of Army Ranger School yesterday have left the school. That\'s compared to 78 out of 380 men. Eventually, women will make it through Ranger School, and that\'s a good thing, according to retired Army Lt. General David Barno. He\'s a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University\'s School of International Service. On In Depth with Francis Rose, Barno explained the significance of Ranger School and why it\'s important women are there.
April 21, 2015 -
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The director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Mike Rogers, has established a Risk Office at the NSA. He chose Anne Neuberger to be the first Chief Risk Officer of the agency. On In Depth with Francis Rose, Neuberger explained what was behind the creation of the office, and why the agency needs one.
April 21, 2015 -
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The Federal Aviation Administration\'s antiquated radar system prevents the agency from keeping pace with new technology, but Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) thinks he has a solution that would also massively overhaul the agency.
April 21, 2015 -
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Baby it\'s no longer cold outside. But it\'s never too early to start looking ahead, even to next winter. Researchers at the National Science Foundation are repurposing a high speed camera system to analyze snowflakes, and maybe help predict just how bad that little snow flurry might get. Dr. Ben Schrag is a program director in the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the NSF. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain how the camera works.
April 21, 2015 -
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House Veterans Affairs committee members are asking for more details on why the Veterans Affairs Department let 14 contractor employees telework from countries like China and India. The latest VA inspector general report on the agency\'s cybersecurity once again calls into question VA\'s actions and reactions to the potential problems. In his bi-weekly feature, \"Inside the Reporter\'s Notebook,\" executive editor Jason Miller writes about these latest concerns. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss what he found out.
April 21, 2015 -
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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he\'s tired of the negative talk about morale. He tells the House subcommittee on government operations, \"One of the ways that you improve morale is to stop continually telling my workforce that you have lousy morale.\" He said a plan is underway and things are getting better. Still, Homeland Security sits atop the list of worst big agencies. John Palguta is vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with his take.
April 21, 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, Justice and FBI will dig up old convictions in which flawed forensics may have sent the wrong people to prison, TSA airport employees will be subject to new screening measures to guard against insider threats and auditors say the Thrift Savings Plan could be vulnerable to hackers.
April 21, 2015 -
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Republican leadership in Congress needs a makeover of the way it oversees the executive branch if it expects different results, says In Depth host Francis Rose.
April 21, 2015
