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Remember the Pathways program? It was the highly-touted replacement for the Presidential Management Fellows. Agencies are unhappy with the limitations under the new Pathways internships. It's almost two years since the program was launched, and agency use of Pathways is underwhelming. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller has the details on why some are saying Pathways needs to be fixed. Read Jason's related article.
June 04, 2014 -
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Amid the scandal over patient delays and falsified records at Veterans Affairs health facilities, numerous bills are circulating in Congress. But former VA Secretary Anthony Principi says strong leadership and modernization offer the best long-term solution for the agency.
June 04, 2014 -
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The Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. In today's news, the White House considers a replacement for Shinseki, and Obama plans to support NATO forces in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
June 04, 2014 -
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Former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson sits down with Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and GiGi Schumm to offer an insider's perspective on Eric Shinseki's recent resignation from the Veterans Affairs Department.
June 04, 2014 -
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John Hillen, executive in residence and professor of practice at George Mason University's School of Management will discuss the growth of the GovCon services market. June 3, 2014
June 03, 2014 -
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Chris Hornbecker, CEO of Xgility, will discuss how SharePoint can help your agency with collaboration. June 3, 2014
June 03, 2014 -
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A new guide from the Office of Personnel Management lays out the next chapter in the government's efforts to employ veterans. Back in 2009, President Barack Obama told agencies to be model employers of vets. Veterans made up about a quarter of new hires. Today, they are at about 31 percent. Hakeem Basheerud-Deen directs veterans services at OPM. He's also an Air Force vet. He tells Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive that some agencies are doing well at hiring vets.
June 03, 2014 -
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The Food and Drug Administration has launched openFDA. It's a new data initiative making for easier access to large public health datasets. OpenFDA is in line with the President's open data executive order and the Health and Human Service Department's Health Data Initiative. Taha Kass-Hout is chief health informatics officer at the FDA. He explains the main focus of the project to Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive.
June 03, 2014 -
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Congress may seem consumed by hot-button issues like the Veterans Affairs scandal, but it is moving forward on the nitty-gritty. The House has passed a few fiscal 2015 budget bills. It's moving forward on others. In the Senate, Senate Appropriations Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) pledges: no more government on auto-pilot. Her committee will approve spending bills too. For an update on all the appropriations, Erik Wasson, a staff writer at The Hill, spoke with Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive.
June 03, 2014 -
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The government is in the biggest drive to promote STEM since the Sputnik era. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. The country needs more students to become interested in these vital fields. Now the Education Department and NASA have teamed up in a novel approach attract students to STEM. Camsie McAdams is the deputy director of the STEM office at Education. She spoke with Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive.
June 03, 2014 -
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The problems at Veterans Affairs, and the unsuccessful rollout of healthcare.gov could be evidence of something systemic. Some call it a 'civil service crisis'. Whatever it is, it's claimed jobs at both the career and political appointee levels. John Palguta is the Vice President for Policy at the Partnership. He spoke with Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive.
June 03, 2014 -
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Agencies are unhappy with the limitations under the new Pathways internship program. The program is two years into its existence and agency use of Pathways is underwhelming. Federal News Radio executive editor Jason Miller is here with details on why some are saying Pathways needs to be fixed.
June 03, 2014 -
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The Homeland Security Department needs more budget clarity to fix a broken acquisition portfolio. Elaine Duke is former undersecretary of management at the Homeland Security Department. She's now principal of Elaine Duke and Associates. She's looking at how DHS can try to stabilize its funding levels. The Government Accountability Office says more than half the major acquisition projects at DHS are experiencing schedule delays and cost overruns because of sequestration, the shutdown and continuing resolutions during the past two years.
June 03, 2014 -
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Kay Clarey, a former program manager with the Department of Justice, was Francis Rose's guest on Executive Suite.
June 03, 2014
