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Congress only gave agencies funding until Dec. 9 when it passed a continuing resolution last month. It funded itself for all of 2017. Yet some executive branch accounts also got full-year funding, something contractors need to know about. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Hart's and Holmstrom's work studied tensions between parties and conflicts of interest in contracts, something federal contracting officers deal with every day.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, there's a big prize out there from the space agency for those who come up with ways for future explorers to build habitats in space.
Two locations typify the ongoing management issues at the Veterans Affairs Department. Fresh investigations by the VA inspector general show what went wrong with the replacement hospital under construction near Denver and how the department wasted nearly $1 billion and scheduling problems continue to plague the Phoenix medical center. VA Inspector General Michael Missal share the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
For data-driven problem-solving to have continuing impact, it has to be baked into the bureaucracy.
The Navy is stuck somewhere back in the Cold Car or maybe World War II. In order to properly equip with new ships, the Navy must change. Bryan McGrath, managing director of the Ferry Bridge Group, Joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the whys and hows.
The Department of Homeland Security is a diverse collection of agencies performing a variety of tasks, as evidenced by its three nominees for the Service to America Medals.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Justice Department says a former employee was working for a contractor while he was also working for NASA at its Goddard Space Flight Center
It's hard to forget the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico back in 2010. The government hasn't. In fact, just this past April, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement finalized new rules for offshore well control. Last month, it held a workshop to help people from the oil drilling industry understand it. Doug Morris, chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs at the BSEE, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on this program.
Like Old Faithful, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council erupts periodically, showers contracting officers and contractors with new rules, updates to old ones and even subtle word changes. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo & Powell shares the latest bucketful on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Army went more than a decade without conditioning any major IT upgrades on its bases.
Lightning has struck twice in the same spot now — NSA and Booz Allen Hamilton.
For decades the federal government has grappled with how to make its services understandable and easy to use. If you've ever seen a Medicare manual, you'll know what we mean. More agencies are using a technique called journey mapping to improve service. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin what it is and how it works.
Last month, NASA launched a web portal that lets anyone look over data and findings for the research it funds. The goal is to promote the open sharing of data, something the science agency sees as part of its mission statement. Dr. Gale Allen, deputy chief scientist at NASA, tells Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the access portal and what NASA hopes it will accomplish.