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Bid protests at the Government Accountability Office are up, according to the latest numbers from GAO. The actual number of protests in fiscal 2014 was 2,561. Rob Burton, a partner at Venable and former deputy administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, tells In Depth with Francis Rose why the total number of protests is pretty small.
April 09, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration\'s schedules contracts program is undergoing a transformation. The first of many changes will happen over the next six months. GSA is launching its first consolidated schedule. It\'s working closely now with vendors who provide professional services. Tiffany Hixson is GSA\'s Federal Acquisition Service\'s professional services category executive. She told Federal News Radio executive editor Jason Miller, the FAS is trying to do a better job meeting the needs of its agency customers.
April 09, 2015 -
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By next month, the Army will start fielding equipment that gives its commanders access to the networks they need to plan missions while they\'re airborne and en route to a battle. It\'s part of a broader Army push for a seamless mission command process, regardless of where the commander happens to be. Federal News Radio\'s DoD reporter Jared Serbu has the story
April 09, 2015 -
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When Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced he would not run for re-election, he reopened the debate about nuclear waste disposal in this country. Reid had staunchly opposed a plan to store the waste at Yucca Mountain in his state. But never say never. Today five members of Congress, led by the Republican chairman of the House Environment and Economy Subcommittee are visiting the site. Katie Tubb is a research associate and coordinator for the Heritage Foundation who has studied this issue.
April 09, 2015 -
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Usually it\'s the inspectors general who accuse others of wrongdoing, whether it\'s spending too much money here, or treating people unfairly there. Rarely is the behavior of the IG\'s themselves questioned. So it\'s notable that now Commerce Department inspector general Todd Zinser is fighting for his job. A Democratic lawmaker, Texas Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, has called on the Obama Administration to fire Zinser. She says she has \'ample\' evidence of misconduct and mismanagement. In this week\'s Legal Loop Lynne Bernabei, partner at the law firm Bernabei and Watchel, who often represents federal whistleblowers, spoke with Emily Kopp about Zinser\'s situation on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 09, 2015 -
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The first class of Marine trainees from the Energy Department\'s new solar job training program graduated earlier this year. It\'s called the Sunshot Initiative, and its goal is to train service members as solar panel installers and other solar industry related jobs. There are three military bases and more than 200 service members involved in the initiative. Minh Le, director of the Sunshot Initiative at the Energy Department talked about the ambitious goals of the program on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 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, federal contractors can\'t discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees; Secret Service places a high-ranking supervisor on administrative leave after allegations and NASA scientists are confident they\'ll find alien life in the next few decades.
April 09, 2015 -
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The definition of the word \"strategy\" is changing at the Defense Department. And not in a good way. That\'s according to Frank Hoffman, senior research fellow at the National Defense University. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said the current definition of the word \"strategy\" needs to change in four ways, and should include some extra tweaks too.
April 08, 2015 -
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Customs and Border Protection is close to a final solution for its overtime problem. The agency has a program called Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime, or AUO, to give managers flexibility in scheduling. John Roth is Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security. His office completes a deep dive on AUO at CBP. On In Depth with Francis Rose, Roth explained how the program works, the problems he looked at, and the progress the agency is making in fixing the issues.
April 08, 2015 -
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The Department of Homeland Security is releasing its latest annual report on the National Network of Fusion Centers. The assessment is the fourth the agency has released about how the fusion centers are functioning, and how well they\'re functioning. Christian Beckner is deputy director of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said this report corrects a misconception about where the money comes from for the centers.
April 08, 2015 -
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The Marine Corps University is reviewing lessons learned from a two-day training event at Marine Corps Base Quantico the middle of March. The Lejuene Leadership Institute is part of the Marine Corps University. Col. Scott Erdelatz is director of the Lejeune Leadership Institute. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said some of the Institute\'s training may be new, but the program isn\'t.
April 08, 2015 -
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The Air Force is adding triple the staff to its F-35 Integration Office. That increases the staff from four to 12. And Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, said the aircraft\'s cost curve is finally starting to come down. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian is the new director of the F-35 Integration Office at the Air Force. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he talked about cost, capability, and lessons learned from the program.
April 08, 2015 -
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For the past four years, the Pentagon has proposed a new round of base closures, and Congress has rejected each one. But with or without lawmakers\' approval, military bases are getting smaller. DoD may even close some of them without Congress\' explicit permission. Federal News Radio\'s DoD reporter Jared Serbu has the story.
April 08, 2015 -
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Information technology companies are looking for new business in places they may not have looked before, such as the federal market. That\'s been driving some important mergers and acquisitions lately. So has the expanding health IT market. Bloomberg Government has examined several of these recent takeovers. Jorge Uquillas is a quantitative analyst at Bloomberg. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more of what\'s going on in the federal supplier base.
April 08, 2015
