Open Data/Transparency
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Some agencies are further along in implementing insider threat programs than others, said Patricia Larsen, co-director of the National Insider Threat Task Force. Progress is slower at some civilian agencies, while programs within the intelligence community are more advanced.
October 13, 2015 -
If you work or ever worked for the government, if you retired from Uncle Sam, if you applied for but didn't take a federal job, odds are somebody knows a lot of your secrets. Who did it, what exactly did they do, when did it happen, where, and often most elusively, why?
September 25, 2015 -
The Treasury Department is looking for more feedback on USASpending.gov, an online portal that documents agencies' financial information. It's one step Treasury is taking to help agencies implement the DATA Act.
September 24, 2015 -
The theft of more than 4 million fingerprints is a "black eye" on the face of the Office of Personnel Management, cybersecurity experts say, but it's also a reminder for all agencies and industry to consider the strength of their security access.
September 24, 2015 The emphasis on customer services across government includes a higher profile for feedback. The latest social media site to give agencies feedback on employee performance and mission delivery is Yelp. Justin Herman of the General Services Administration tells In Depth with Francis Rose the deal with Yelp is just one of many opportunities for agencies to interact with citizens.
September 21, 2015-
The FBI, NARA and the Navy see turnover at the executive levels. The Navy gets a new director of information dominance who is allowed to look at classified data.
September 21, 2015 -
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) has introduced legislation to help the Postal Service recover from its financial woes, revitalize employee morale and restore the public's faith in the agency.
September 17, 2015 The department is about to begin the fifth round of its Ignite Accelerator program, which encourages employees to think outside the box when it comes to improving the way their offices and agencies work.
September 17, 2015-
A Freedom of Information Act request led to a lawsuit from a former fed at the Federal Trade Commission. Phil Reitinger is the former deputy under secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Homeland Security Department. He's now the CEO of VisionSpear LLC and a senior associate in the Strategic Technologies Program .at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about his case and what he learned about the information he wanted and the FOIA process itself.
September 11, 2015 -
Hillary Rodham Clinton's email problems are one in a string of examples of senior officials not following the rules governing records. Clinton's problems give managers a good chance to review email policies with their staffs.
September 10, 2015 -
The federal technology community is seeing a lot of key senior executives switch roles or leave government, including new officials in charge of data analytics at GSA and EPA.
September 08, 2015 -
This week on Women of Washington, Eileen Sweeney, senior vice president and general manager of data management at Iron Mountain, discusses her work securely storing both digital and traditional paper files for the government and its contractors.
September 02, 2015 -
When it comes to government transparency, the Freedom of Information Act officers at federal agencies have a lot of catching up to do.
August 19, 2015 -
The Presidential Innovation Fellows Program is now a permanent fixture in the federal government. President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday grouping the PIF program under the General Services Administration with an advisory board to oversee…
August 18, 2015 -
GSA, on behalf of the Defense Information Systems Agency, made a $296 million award for email-as-a-service to Dell Federal. GSA made the award to Dell June 19.
August 17, 2015
