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Federal managers have 105 authorities covering 85 hiring codes. It's crazy and slow.
September 30, 2016 -
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Five years have passed since a small earthquake occurred near Washington. It took several years to get the Washington Monument fixed. But hundreds of federally owned or leased office buildings are in areas throughout the country ith a high potential for serious earthquakes.
September 30, 2016 -
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CMS is currently working on an innovative approach to health care spending, called the accountable care initiative. The idea is to coordinate care within accountable care organizations in order to provide better patient outcomes and quicker recovery times, while reducing the number of admissions and re-admissions.
September 29, 2016 -
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Four new special item numbers for cybersecurity services sound like great opportunities. But, Alex Major, a partner at the law firm McCarter & English, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin SINS could get some contractors in a lot of trouble.
September 29, 2016 -
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Cybersecurity is a SIN, a special item number that is. The General Services Administration established several SINs under schedule 70 for cybersecurity services it believes are in high demand. For an update how these special item numbers are doing, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Mary Davie, the GSA's assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services.
September 29, 2016 -
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If things are working so well, what's the rush to transition when there's no real, hard deadline?
September 29, 2016 -
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In the case of federal employee engagement, a 1 percent change means something is going on. That's what happened in the most recent Federal Employment Viewpoint Survey. For an interpretation, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Tim McManus, chief operating officer of the Partnership for Public Service.
September 28, 2016 -
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Veterans Affairs Department doctors are teaming up with those in the Defense Department and the National Cancer Institute to develop new cancer treatments. The program is called Applied Proteogenomics Organizational Learning and Outcomes consortium, or Apollo. It's part of the so-called cancer moonshot initiative. Dr. Michael Kelley, national program director for Oncology at Veterans Affairs, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what the program is all about.
September 28, 2016 -
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When you spend $20 billion of taxpayer money a year, inefficient and unnecessarily complex are not the adjectives you want to hear for how you do it. But that's what the Government Accountability Office has revealed about the Veterans Affairs Department.
September 28, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduce legislation to make it harder for the IRS to seize property from suspected criminals
September 28, 2016 -
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When the IRS's major union and its taxpayer advocate agree something is a bad idea, maybe it's time to take another look.
September 28, 2016 -
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The possibility of a government shutdown is again up in the air. A week ago, it looked liked a continuing resolution was in the bag. Maybe we thought too fast. With this week's update, and deadline of Friday night, Federal Drive with Tom Temin checks in with David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call.
September 27, 2016 -
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter is planting so-called innovation centers all over. First came San Jose, then Boston and now, Austin Texas. Is he overdoing it? Will these DIUXs produce tangible results? And what do they mean for companies in the D.C. region. For some possible answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures.
September 27, 2016 -
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Not many bills pass the House unanimously. But this one did and in the Senate. It would make federal agencies help native American tribes establish the infrastructure they need to support rising tourism. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) sponsored the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the bill would do.
September 27, 2016
