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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 Veterans Affairs sustains another data breach, the Merit Systems Protection Board upholds the firing the director of the VA's Phoenix medical center and hundreds of New Englanders are sounding off about a Coast Guard plan to update its coastal foghorns.
December 29, 2014 -
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The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery — the Smithsonian's museums featuring Asian art — will ring in the new year by releasing their entire collections online to the public on Jan. 1. The majority of the 40,000 pieces have never been seen before by the public. Most will be available in high resolution. Courtney O'Callaghan is the galleries' chief digital officer. She spoke with Tom Temin on the Federal Drive about this digital transition and the collection itself.
December 29, 2014 -
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David LeDuc of the Software and Information Industry Association discusses how big data can help in solving crimes and preventing government fraud.
December 27, 2014 -
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Jeffrey Cathey and Lewis Runnion with Bank of America will discuss how the company is helping veterans find jobs in the private sector after they complete their military service. December 26, 2014
December 26, 2014 -
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Adrian Gardner, FEMA's chief information officer, said he spent the last nine months looking at the agency's IT networks and systems to figure out their weaknesses and strengths. He said he plans on a three-stage approach to bring FEMA's technology into the 21st century.
December 25, 2014 -
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Jill Singer, partner at Deep Water Point and former CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office, sits down with Women of Washington radio show hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm, for a discussion about cloud computing and insider threats.
December 24, 2014 -
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Robin Portman, executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton discusses some of the company's corporate initiatives, including a program to help veterans as they transition from the military to the civilian workforce. December 23, 2014
December 23, 2014 -
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Tim McLaughlin, CEO of Sitework, will discuss how his company is helping agencies make their websites more user friendly. December 23, 2014
December 23, 2014 -
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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the agency is between a rock and a hard place in finding thanks to budget cuts.
December 23, 2014 -
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A Defense Department team was recently honored by a British chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear industry group. DOD was the first organization outside the United Kingdom to get top honors from the group known as CBRN UK. The team received its award for developing and operating the ship-mounted system that destroyed tons of Syrian chemical weapons last year. The Field Deployable Hydrolysis System was housed on the converted container ship MV Cape Ray. Tim Blades is the deputy director of program integration at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, which had a major hand in developing the technology. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss the technology and the challenges the team faced.
December 23, 2014 -
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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, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) wants the next Congress to make Postal Service reform a top priority, a former Pentagon official gets five years in prison for sex offense charges and construction has restarted on the stalled Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora, Colorado.
December 23, 2014 -
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Government-issued contracts usually include pages of boilerplate. Contractors ignore it at their peril. Buried in all that fine print might be clauses that can burn you. Contracting legal expert Tim Sullivan has authored the blog, "10 Myths of Government Contracting." He's been exploring these myths on the Federal Dive with Tom Temin. Today, Sullivan tackles the 10th and final myth: Solicitations are filled with standard provisions that don't require careful reading. Sullivan says, to the contrary. Make sure someone combs over all that boilerplate.
December 23, 2014 -
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With each passing week, the stakes in the cybersecurity game get higher. Now Sony is reeling from a cyber attack U.S. officials believe originated in North Korea. This incident got Tom Temin wondering if the average federal agency has sufficient defenses against an attack like this. Or if it has enough resilience to recover. Jim Lewis, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined the Federal Drive with an update on the government's cybersecurity status.
December 23, 2014 -
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As winter settles in with its icy bite, the Office of Personnel Management is just warming up. The agency announced some updates to its dismissal and closure procedures for feds in the D.C. area. Web manager Julia Ziegler joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss these changes — what's new this year, and what feds think of the additions.
December 23, 2014
