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If you want to get an inkling of why the federal budget process takes so long, just watch a typical budget hearing.
The Government Accountability Office faults the Office of Personnel Management for not fairly evaluating each of the bids in a $117 million dollar contract.
The results of the 2017 Visible Thread Clarity Index show most government websites scored below average on readable content. This is not good news for government agencies that depend on their websites to pass along important information to the general public.
Change is no fun, especially for people in an organization like the Technology Transformation Service.
Federal executives in the hot seat will face a new House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman. Last week, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced the GOP Steering Committee had picked Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) to replace the retiring Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). What can we expect from Gowdy? For some possibilities, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call.
Industry never seems to stop coming out with new ways information technology can help improve commerce and customer service. Now some new research has uncovered ways federal agencies can more readily take advantage of these new products and services. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more, Ira Entis, director of strategic solutions and emerging technologies at Accenture Consulting.
In today's Federal Newscast, two Senators introduce legislation to the Veterans Affairs Department address its 45,000 vacancies.
Military facility sustainment has been one of the hardest-hit portions of the Defense budget over the last several years. Still, installations do find new ways to meet their missions without more money.
It was almost exactly one year ago that the Obama administration decided the General Services Administration needed a dedicated organization for fostering innovative technologies in government, and moved to stand up the Technology Transformation Service. The new administration has other ideas, saying that in order to streamline GSA, the TTS needs to get folded back within the larger Federal Acquisition Service. Larry Allen is president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the latest reorganization.
The Plain Language Act, enacted back in 2010, requires federal agencies to use understandable English. Nearly all agencies have established policies for using plain language. But what they actually put out can leave normal people, even lawyers, scratching their heads. Lots of passive voice, lots of long sentences. A company called VisibleThread has technology that can analyze text for clarity and consistency. It has published a clarity index of federal agencies, based on analysis of their websites. CEO Fergal McGovern joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with highlights.
Federal Medicaid dollars are spent by the states. The Health and Human Services Department requires states to have Medicaid Fraud Control Units that hunt for theft or patient abuse. And they do get results. Richard Stern is the director of the Division of Medicaid Fraud Policy and Oversight in the HHS inspector general's office. He talked with Federal Drive with Tom Temin about their accomplishments in 2016.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department tells disappointed lawmakers there was not enough evidence to prosecute executives at the Veterans Affairs Department related to the mismanagement of a construction project at a VA hospital in the Denver area.
Despite wrestling with a less than ideal budget, the Army is trying to keep energy resilient in the 21st century. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione talks with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability Jack Surash on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Army's energy future.
Employers and labor are opposing President Trump's plan to combine the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).