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Agencies make lots of regulations. And then they change them, even pare them down, sometimes get rid of them altogether. The White House has encouraged the government to trim the red tape. But the Government Accountability Office tried to find the data to justify the choices agencies made. It was hard. Michelle Sager is director of strategic issues at GAO. She joined Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive.
May 30, 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, tensions are growing between the U.S. and China over accusations of cyber-spying and a little green button that will tell federal building managers if they are wasting energy.
May 30, 2014 -
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The success or failure of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program or CDM, comes down to a simple premise: Will the right people in each agency use the data to solve their most pressing cyber threats immediately or will the information languish with the wrong people? The Homeland Security Department is betting on the former by taking specific steps to ensure the right people have the right data to protect federal networks. John Steurfert is the director of federal network resilience at DHS. He tells Federal News Radio executive editor Jason Miller how DHS is making sure CDM pays off in the biggest way possible.
May 29, 2014 -
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HR 4031 waits for a vote in the Senate after the House passed it last week. It would give the secretary of Veterans Affairs the power to fire senior executive service members for performance issues. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer at the Department of Homeland Security, says the simple language of the bill could turn into a huge headache for the entire department.
May 29, 2014 -
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The Defense Department's fighting an uphill battle to streamline its service contract inventory by fiscal 2016. One of their problems is DoD is trying to standardize how every branch collects data on the contractors they hire to help meet their missions. Tim DiNapoli, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at the Government Accountability Office, reports on DoD's progress and a number of hurdles standing in the way of meeting its fiscal 2016 goal to In Depth with Francis Rose
May 29, 2014 -
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has a lot of problems right now. But an issue that's not getting much coverage is its management and data collection and analysis. Federal News Radio's Tom Temin says the disarray at the VA is causing other problems.
May 29, 2014 -
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Big data programs are helping the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services protect hundreds of millions of dollars from fraud, according to the White House. The Obama Administration says it's trying to introduce more big data programs to help other agencies save money, but privacy concerns and other roadblocks might slow progress down. Christian Heiter, chief technology officer of Hitachi Data Systems Federal, was Francis Rose's guest on Industry Chatter. He talked about how big data initiatives will help agencies save money and the challenges agencies may have implementing them.
May 29, 2014 -
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The Sept. 30 deadline for Congress to deliver a complete fiscal 2015 budget plan is still about four months away. But with a lengthy summer recess spanning nearly the entire month of August, that leaves fewer than 40 working days for the appropriation committees on Capitol Hill to finalize agency spending levels. That has some budget watchers already raising the possibility of a stopgap continuing resolution to fund government operations.
May 29, 2014 -
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What is program evaluation? What can be done to better integrate evidence and rigorous evaluation in decision-making? How can federal agencies conduct rigorous program evaluations and data analytics on a tight budget? How can federal agencies increase and enhance their evaluation capacity? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Kathy Stack, Advisor for Evidence-Based Innovation, Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
May 29, 2014 -
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Rob Carey, who recently retired after 31 years in government, said the government must focus on identity management and information assurance as computer threats become more complex and sustained.
May 29, 2014 -
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Agency information security staff are supposed to monitor their agency networks, looking for cyber threats. It's called the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program. Success depends on a simple question: Will the right people use the data to head off cyber threats or will the information languish with the wrong people? The Homeland Security Department is taking steps to ensure the right people have the right data. John Streufert is the director of federal network resilience at DHS. He spoke with Executive Editor Jason Miller about how DHS is making sure continuous monitoring pays off. Read Jason's related article.
May 29, 2014
