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The 10-year saga of the Air Force to award a contract for new aerial refueling tankers ended a year ago. That\'s when Boeing got the final nod. Federal Drive gets a progress report from Boeing on the tanker program.
The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded a project that allows controllers who make a mistake to report the incident without fear of instant reprisal.
Howard Schmidt, on his blog, lists the areas for improvement within federal cybersecurity.
FBI allowed the servers to run for 120 days to give owners of infected computers time to clean out the DNSchanger malware. But the bureau dropped the ball on getting the word out.
The Morning 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. Today\'s newscast includes a new small business bill passing the Senate and buyouts at the Census Bureau.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform posted the bill on its Madison website to let people view the bill before it is formally introduced.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command opened the first of three planned stations that pump E-85, a fuel made up mostly of ethanol. The Navy Secretary said he wants the service to cut is use of petroleum fuel by 50 percent and set a deadline of 2015.
Military services still struggle to track hazing incidents, but insist incidents that harm or demean servicemembers won\'t be tolerated.
Pat Esswein of Kiplinger\'s Personal Finance Magazine discusses the foreclosure settlement with the five largest mortgage lenders and servicers and what it will mean to homeowners who are having financial problems.
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Dexter Brooks and Jo Linda Johnson from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Doug Gentile from the Association of Federal External Civil Rights Specialists and Officers, will discuss some of the EEO issues they are currently working on. March 23, 2012
Feds looking for career guidance and motivation are increasingly going outside of their agencies to find it. Employees from 20 agencies attended a recent \"flash mentoring\" session hosted by the Office of Personnel Management\'s HR University. More seasoned human resources professionals served as mentors.
The Air Force is hoping the third time will be the charm in its efforts to trim its civilian workforce, announcing Friday a third round of buyouts and early retirements. The service plans to begin offering Voluntary Early Retirements and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments beginning May 1. Applications will be due by May 14 and those approved will need to leave federal service by Aug. 31.
The Defense Department has identified four ways it wants to cut health-care costs and increase the quality of its care. Assistant Secretary of Defense for health affairs Dr. Jonathon Woodson told the House Armed Services Committee it wants to reorganize the Military Health System.