Tom Temin
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The Office of Management and Budget is coming out against a bill which would take away the IRS' ability to charge user fees, saying it would deplete the agency's resources.
April 19, 2016 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA ) has developed a 130-foot boat that can prowl the seas unmanned. Military officials think it can be effective in detecting submarines. Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin an assessment of whether this is where we're headed.
April 19, 2016 -
Jacob Parcell and his Mobile Gov Community of Practice help agencies test mobile apps and websites on various devices, promote code sharing, and inform mobility policy.
April 19, 2016 -
The "MyAgency" model tries to personalize federal offerings that are in reality offered on a mass scale.
April 19, 2016 -
The Navy’s top energy official says he’s noticing a change in the way Congress is responding to green energy. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione has more on Pentagon Solutions.
April 18, 2016 -
The federal government has an informal but large and active community of interest devoted to building and improving public-facing mobile apps. The community is 1,200 strong. Jacob Parcell, manager of mobile programs at the General Services Administration, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the community of interest works on.
April 18, 2016 -
The government may be good at a lot of things, but plain language isn't one of them. Most federal rulemaking and procurement language is the worst sort of babble. Now the General Services Administration is trying to simplify instructions for companies that want to get their first multiple award schedule contract. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 18, 2016 -
The General Services Administration is trying to connect to federal agencies with the public to help find new ideas to solve problems.
April 18, 2016 -
Renee Johnson, president of the Federal Managers Association, joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 16, 2016 -
On LinkedIn, the endless river "people you may know" presents an astonishing cross-section of one's life.
April 15, 2016 -
A report on government cybersecurity found NASA had the worst cybersecurity of all 600 federal, state, and local government organizations they analyzed.
April 15, 2016 -
The Social Security Administration is updating its IT strategy so it can start taking advantage of the massive amounts of data it collects, and move toward data-driven decision-making.
April 15, 2016 -
A whole industry grew up locally known as the Beltway Bandits. But 21st century innovation has brought all sorts of new competition from outside the area. Venture capitalist Jonathan Aberman has studied this for a forthcoming report on regional development. He provides a preview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 14, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office looked at 21 large cloud contracts across five cabinet level departments, and found only seven met all of the industry best practices for service level agreements. David Powner, GAO’s director for IT management issues, with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how GAO selected those best practices, and why agencies should be following them.
April 14, 2016 -
House members continue their oversight of how agencies implement recommendations from their inspectors general.
April 14, 2016