Tom Temin
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The Army's Rapid Capabilities Office is barely a month old, but Army leaders already have a strong idea of what they want the new organization to pursue. Early priorities are electronic warfare, cyber, and position, navigation and timing. Maj. Gen. Walter Piatt, the office's deputy director for operations, joined Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin at this week's Association of the U.S. Army conference here in Washington with a preview of some of the work ahead.
October 04, 2016 -
The acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for civilian personnel policy announces changes to how long anyone hired after November 2015 will have to work under the initial probationary period.
October 04, 2016 -
Justin Johnson, senior policy analyst for defense budgeting policy at the Heritage Foundation, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the crucial partnership on military basics between the Defense Department and Congress is badly frayed, and the military will be the worse for it.
October 03, 2016 -
The transactional data rule is something the General Services Administration has instituted to try and move away from the price reduction clause some day. But it's turning out to be a slow and expensive system to get up and running. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin he's wondering who's going to pay?
October 03, 2016 -
The Project on Government Oversight took a deep dive into a fellowship program that doesn’t get too much attention and made recommendations to Congress about the program. Federal News Radio contacted individual members of Congress, the House Rules Committee and the Senate Ethics Committee. Some declined to comment, while others did not respond in time for the story. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione spoke with Lydia Dennett, an investigator at POGO, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what POGO found.
October 03, 2016 -
The Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has a heavy and critical agenda. Donna Dodson, NCCOE's director, outlined the scope of the work on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 03, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a bill in Congress aims to incorporate some of the private sector's best practices into how the government manages its federal programs.
October 03, 2016 -
Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso says that the biggest challenge in the already complex problem of developing the Air Force's cyber workforce is the civilian portion. That's because the federal government isn't quite sure who is or isn't cyber personnel.
October 03, 2016 -
Federal managers have 105 authorities covering 85 hiring codes. It's crazy and slow.
September 30, 2016 -
Five years have passed since a small earthquake occurred near Washington. It took several years to get the Washington Monument fixed. But hundreds of federally owned or leased office buildings are in areas throughout the country ith a high potential for serious earthquakes.
September 30, 2016 -
CMS is currently working on an innovative approach to health care spending, called the accountable care initiative. The idea is to coordinate care within accountable care organizations in order to provide better patient outcomes and quicker recovery times, while reducing the number of admissions and re-admissions.
September 29, 2016 -
Four new special item numbers for cybersecurity services sound like great opportunities. But, Alex Major, a partner at the law firm McCarter & English, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin SINS could get some contractors in a lot of trouble.
September 29, 2016 -
Cybersecurity is a SIN, a special item number that is. The General Services Administration established several SINs under schedule 70 for cybersecurity services it believes are in high demand. For an update how these special item numbers are doing, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Mary Davie, the GSA's assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services.
September 29, 2016 -
If things are working so well, what's the rush to transition when there's no real, hard deadline?
September 29, 2016 -
In the case of federal employee engagement, a 1 percent change means something is going on. That's what happened in the most recent Federal Employment Viewpoint Survey. For an interpretation, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Tim McManus, chief operating officer of the Partnership for Public Service.
September 28, 2016