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Tom Temin
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It's winter. That means in Washington, anything might happen, including the shuttering of federal office buildings. If you're a contractor, that doesn't mean the work stops. What should you do? Here's something not to do, and that's try and get advice from just anyone you can reach. Larry Allen, principal of Allen Federal Business Partners, talks about this an other matter in his blog this week. He also discussed the topic on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 11, 2016 -
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Reverse auctions could do more than get the federal government the best price. It turns out they can also bring independent software developers who have never contracted with the government before.
February 11, 2016 -
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The Pentagon didn't get everything it wanted for 2017 in the President's budget proposal. But it got a lot: $524 billion in the base, plus another $59 billion for overseas contingency operations. It's a mix of cost-cutting reforms and investments in what the brass sees as five strategic challenges. Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his insight.
February 11, 2016 -
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The Internal Revenue Service is expecting its workforce to shrink by 2,000-3,000 full-time employees during the current fiscal year.
February 11, 2016 -
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The U.S. military strategy for the current world: Take a given-sized ball of dough and stretch it into a wider but thinner pie crust.
February 10, 2016 -
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Both House and Senate budget committees are not holding hearings with senior Office of Management and Budget leaders this year, for the first time in the committees' history.
February 10, 2016 -
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Federal employees on Jan. 1 received a 1 percent raise. Does President Obama's $4 trillion budget proposal mean a pay raise or more of the same for feds?
February 09, 2016 -
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants state and local governments to pony up more money before receiving FEMA assistance for recovery after disasters. A proposed rule would create a sort of disaster deductible. FEMA believes that would persuade state and local governments to take more action to reduce risk. Joshua Batkin, director of FEMA's Office of External Affairs, spoke to Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the proposed rule.
February 09, 2016 -
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The White House has released its budget request to Congress for the 2017 fiscal year. The usual cliche is, the budget is dead on arrival at Capitol Hill.
February 09, 2016 -
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If you're thinking of retiring or maybe retired a bit early, Social Security has a couple of curve balls for you. One of them concerns claiming your benefits. The elimination of claiming strategies that takes place this year is something you need to keep in mind. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some insight.
February 09, 2016 -
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The Merit Systems Protection Board has reversed the VA's firing of Linda Weiss, who was the director of the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center in upstate New York.
February 09, 2016 -
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Banged-up cars and seizing ship engines. A slice of federal programs isn't going as planned.
February 08, 2016 -
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Even though we've lived through a city-flattening blizzard, the advent of a bear market and umpteen presidential debates on TV, the year is still young. You still have time to do some careful planning on the financial front. Jessica Klement, legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with predictions for what Congress will do to and about the federal workforce this year.
February 08, 2016 -
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Agencies have more choices than ever to buy secure cloud computing services. The Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) is finding its footing in providing access to authorized vendors to provide cloud services. The General Services Administration's Matt Goodrich is the director of the FedRAMP cybersecurity program for cloud services. He tells executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the progress FedRAMP has made since the summer.
February 08, 2016
