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In just a couple of weeks the Defense Department will start rolling out a new performance rating system called New Beginnings. Don Hale, chairman of the American Federation of Government Employees tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that none of its quarter million DoD employees are included in the initial test group.
The head of a House committee wants to know what's happening to people's information when they open accounts on HealthCare.gov.
The Navy is developing a new cybersecurity testing system that will virtually link all the connected systems that would exist on an actual ship for testing. The project — called USS Secure — is an effort on the part of 28 shipbuilders to produce a cybersafe warship.
I doubt a long application really deters GS-15s from trying to gain admittance to the SES. But it does seem odd for an experienced person to need more than a resume, references, and some interviews.
Pentagon Solutions talks to Charles Tiefer, law professor at the University of Baltimore, and Kelly Sayler, associate fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
Doing business with the federal government can be lucrative, interesting and fulfilling. It can also be the biggest hassle known to mankind. A few recent developments may put it somewhat in that latter category. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners shares some insight with Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A group of Republican senators criticized the Merit Systems Protection Board for overturning disciplinary actions taken against corrupt Veterans Affairs Department bureaucrats. The board and its array of administrative judges almost always uphold agency actions. Attorney Debra D'Agostino, partner at the Federal Practice Group, helps Federal Drive with Tom Temin sort things out.
Auditors at the Government Accountability Office are finding such large flaws in agencies' annual financial statements they can't render an opinion on them. It's a result of persistent material weaknesses. Robert Dacey, chief accountant at the GAO, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin a complete rundown.
The Defense Department is not doing a good enough job to stop improper spending on travel. A report from the agency's Office of Inspector General found DoD's methods for fixing the problem didn't work because it did not identify reasons for the improper payments.
In attempting to obtain a presidential greeting for the retirement of a member of the clergy, I found out just how annoying and ultimately disappointing federal digital services can be. The White House web site itself provided the example.
The new version of Circular A-123 is coming out soon. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what new financial control guidance the policy document will contain.
The Defense Department authorizes the military to start integrating women for all occupations and specialties right away.
NSA will have to get out of its own way if it wants to rapidly ingest innovation technology from people it doesn't know.
Later this month, the Navy is launching the USS Secure effort to ensure disparate networks and systems on board ships are protected from hacks or computer viruses. Adm. Lorin Selby, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, fills in executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.