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For years, the mentor-protégé program at the Small Business Administration paired large, established businesses with small, disadvantaged companies to improve the little guys' chances of winning federal contracts. Now the SBA has finalized a major revision to the mentor-protégé rules. Ken Dodds, director of planning and liaison in the government contracting office at SBA, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what the changes mean.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the American Federation of Government Employees hopes the Justice Department's decision will help the Bureau of Prisons get more resources.
What the Army needs to worry about is a bathtub-shaped dip in productivity 'til people get used to what lies ahead.
NPS is working to build accessibility into the culture despite the unique challenges posed by the nature of the agency’s mission.
The new DHS program helps researchers collect data sets and test scenarios for potential cyber-related infrastructure events.
Vendor past performance is a big factor in awarding federal contracts. Or it should be. It's a smart practice and at the Defense Department, it's also a requirement. That's why the DoD inspector general looked at 56 Army contracts awarded by five Army contracting shops to see whether the Army was consistent in evaluating past performance. Michael Roark, DoD's assistant inspector general for contract management and payments, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the results.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the General Services Administration issues a notice which states employees and visitors at government buildings must be allowed to use whichever bathroom they need to.
If you like the mechanics of politics, the selection process for vice presidential candidates is a thesis-worthy subject all by itself.
When computer scientist Jeffrey Voas set out to determine the security implications of the Internet of Things for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he discovered that first he would need to provide a scientific definition.
Leaving the military is hard enough without worrying about civilian employment. But there are initiatives to help Army vets get on their feet post-military.
In Today's Top Federal Headlines, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton names some familiar executives to lead her transition team.
Maybe Edsel is a good analogy for phased retiremnet. Long in the making, highly touted, yet when it rolled out nobody bit.
Your summer job recess means you go to Rehoboth Beach or maybe to a villa in Gibraltar. But for members of Congress, being away from the grim domed Capitol building doesn't mean they're not working. In fact, they have workweeks averaging 59 hours. What are they doing? For some answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call.
DIUX, the Defense Department innovation unit in Silicon Valley, is expanding to Austin, Texas and other places. Does that mean Secretary Ash Carter is dissing the companies right here in the D.C. region? Venture capitalist Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures, gives his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.