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Business development and capture guru Carl Dickson discusses how contractors can improve their content marketing and business development efforts. December 22, 2014
December 22, 2014 -
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Agencies have a new tool to make online services easier and safer for citizens. The General Services Administration officially launches Connect.gov with two private sector vendors providing identity management services. Jennifer Kerber, director of Connect.gov in the GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, tells Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller what the launch of the the new service means to agencies.
December 22, 2014 -
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Today, 13,000 fewer employees work for the Internal Revenue Service than in 2010. The agency's budget is also down about 10 percent since then. John Koskinen, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, says his agency is facing major financial and staffing challenges. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about his plans to keep the IRS running.
December 22, 2014 -
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The amount of money the Homeland Security Department spends on administratively uncontrollable overtime is on the rise. The Government Accountability Office says it's up about 30 percent since 2008. But the overtime management system DHS uses is having a hard time keeping up. Dave Maurer, director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about ways to improve the system.
December 22, 2014 -
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The latest round of the Vets to Feds program is ready at the Office of Personnel Management. Eric Brown, program manager of Vets to Feds at OPM, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the history of the program.
December 22, 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, the Veterans Affairs Department tries to cater to a growing number of female veterans, federal employees under the General Schedule will receive a 1 percent pay increase in 2015 and the Army is a step closer to deciding the final fate of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.
December 22, 2014 -
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Some days, it's not easy being a senior career executive in the Federal Government. Ill will reached a peak last summer at the height of scandal in the Veterans Affairs Department. That led to Congress enacting legislation cutting the civil service protection of SESers at the VA. A couple of weeks ago, President Obama gave the SES a pat on the back, promising to make the service into how it was originally envisioned. So what will 2015 bring? David Dye, the director of Federal Human Capital Services at Deloitte and a former official at the Office of Personnel Management, offered some answers on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 22, 2014 -
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For years the Securities and Exchange Commission has been seen as perhaps a step behind the securities fraudsters it's charged with stopping. But at least one branch is embracing the technological future, using the latest electronic tools to spot potential wrongdoing. Lori Walsh is the chief of the SEC's Center for Risk and Quantitative Analytics. It houses some of the agency's brightest minds, all focused on stopping new forms of Wall Street crime. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain how they're going about it.
December 22, 2014 -
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It's that most wonderful time of the year again. And as Santa gears up for his annual flight, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) prepares to track his progress. That will happen, as it always has, on Dec. 24, and Santa's location will be available to all the little — and not-so-little — prying eyes who can't wait for those shiny boots to drop down through their chimneys. Mike Kucharek is a spokesman for NORAD. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to offer some insight into this annual event, starting with how it began.
December 22, 2014 -
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Jeanine Skowronsky of bankrate.com discusses the changes that have taken place in gift cards and how the move is toward gift cards that are electronic rather than the traditional plastic cards.
December 20, 2014 -
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Maureen Casey with JP Morgan Chase and Company, and the Rand Corporation's Dr. Margaret Harrell, join host Derrick Dortch to talk about a new report that looks at lessons learned from a program that helps veterans find jobs in private sector. December 19, 2014
December 19, 2014 -
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Debra Roth hosts a roundtable discussion of the "hot" federal workforce topics in 2014, and what will be the big issues in 2015. December 19, 2014
December 19, 2014 -
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Horace Blackman, vice president of health and life sciences at Lockheed Martin, and Jon Adler, president of Federal Law Enforcement Officers of America, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
December 19, 2014 -
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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen expects about half of the taxpayers who call the agency this tax season for help to not reach anyone. He says budget cuts and workforce reductions make good customer service impossible at the IRS. Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells In Depth with Francis Rose that as bad as that sounds, it's actually worse.
December 19, 2014
