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More than just the FBI is taking advantage of the advanced capabilities of the Next Generation Identification system. The FBI hired Lockheed Martin to build it for their needs, but other agencies are finding huge benefits too. Stephen Morris is the assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. In part 2 of his interview with Executive Editor Jason Miller, Morris discusses how NGI is becoming the standard for all federal, state and local law enforcement needs.
December 23, 2015 -
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The Broadcasting Board of Governors has faced a leadership revolving door and low scores for employee engagement. It's new CEO, John Lansing, is trying to change that while pushing the agency deeper into new media. The former broadcasting and publishing executive is not quite five months on the job, and he tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that he's not sitting still.
December 23, 2015 -
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The FBI was certain its new fingerprint processing system would help solve cases faster. But a year into using the Next Generation Identification system, the bureau is reaping benefits beyond what it imagined five years ago when it first began the update key crime solving service nearly 10 years ago. Stephen Morris, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, tells Executive Editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how NGI’s technology advancements is changing the way the FBI works.
December 22, 2015 -
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The number-two civilian jobs in all three military departments are vacant for the moment. But the Senate could vote as soon as next month to confirm new undersecretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, the nominees say their top priorities will be restoring military readiness and shrinking their departments’ headquarters staffs.
December 22, 2015 -
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Congress managed to complete the heavy lifting and pass a budget for 2016. Now what? Lawmakers are off duty until after the start of the new year, and then what happens? For a look ahead, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings.
December 22, 2015 -
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As 2015 winds down, federal contracting officers face changes in 2016. For one expert's take, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Partners.
December 22, 2015 -
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The Defense Department has grown its acquisition work force by 26,000 over the last few years. But it's not enough, according to the Government Accountability Office. Auditors found six of the 13 acquisition career fields didn't meet growth goals. Tim DiNapoli, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management at GAO, spoke with Federal News Radio's Eric White about the DOD's workforce issues on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 22, 2015 -
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In Tuesday's Federal Headlines, Beth Moten, legislative and political director for the American Federation of Government Employees is retiring after 31 years with the organization.
December 22, 2015 -
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It's not the best law ever written, but the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act could make things a little better.
December 21, 2015 -
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The National Commission on the Future of the Army is closing in on a year of work and is expected to come out with its final report by Feb. 1. The commission has been tight lipped on what recommendations it will give the Army. In its latest meeting, the commission let a few details slip. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione was there and fills in the details for Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read Scott's related story.
December 21, 2015 -
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is comparing the existing standards for Attribute Based Access Control. A new publication from the agency describes the two standards, NGAC and XACML and compares them with respect to five criteria to help users and vendors make informed decisions when addressing future data service policy enforcement requirements. David Ferraiolo, group manager of the Systems and Applications Group at NIST, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what Attribute Based Access Controls are and why they are important.
December 21, 2015 -
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Across the federal government, there's quite a bit of agency-by-agency variation in the number of workers who choose to participate in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. But some agencies are finding that they can boost their response rates pretty significantly by offering incentives to complete the survey. Do those incentives unfairly bias the results? Jeff Neal says there's no evidence for that, and agencies should want to see the highest response rates they can get on the survey. Neal is a former chief human capital officer at the Department of Homeland Security. He wrote a column on the subject. He talked with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the types of incentives agencies can and can't offer.
December 21, 2015 -
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In Monday's Federal Headlines, GAO said the lethality and survivability of the littoral combat ship is still unproven and that the Navy has had to lower requirements and remove several design features.
December 21, 2015 -
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Higher performance bonus caps and new language on basic pay rates for the Senior Executive Service in President Barack Obama's executive order are largely earning praise from the federal manager community. But other initiatives in the order are bringing up more questions than answers. John Salamone is a former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officer's Council and now vice president at Federal Management Partners. He told Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko not everything in the order is brand new. She shares that with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 21, 2015
