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The Office of Personnel Management is piloting a program capable of automatically searching social media and other public online information of anyone applying for a security clearance.
Not all cybersecurity threats come via email. But because email targets people, it's most likely to do damage now that network perimeter controls have improved so much.
A panel of experts calls for the closure of all health-care facilities controlled by the Veterans Affairs Department.
The General Services Administration is making moves to enhance its own knowledge of categories. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how this could in turn benefit contractors.
Business groups are looking warily at yet another proposed new rule from the Obama administration. This one would require contractors to have mandatory paid sick leave. John McNerney, general counsel at the Mechanical Contrators Association of America, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the new rule could damage contracts with the government.
The Social Security Administration deals with Americans as they age. It's workforce tends to be aging also. One reason is people tend to stay at Social Security. Reggie Wells, SSA's chief human capital officer. tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency's largest group of employees is not the oldest.
Applicants, especially students, want jobs they're excited about and will enjoy doing, and they want to be nicely compensated for it. Well, duh.
The Social Security Administration is pairing up with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure that social security benefit recipients over the age of 90 are, in fact, still alive.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has trouble dealing with new car technology and the agency's own technology. Susan Fleming, director of physical infrastructure issues at the Government Accountability Office, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some insight.
It's hard enough to make it Army Rangers. But how to you get to be the "Best Ranger" in the Army, and by extension, the best man in the armed forces? We'll find out in a few days when the Army stages the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Nelson, one-time Best Ranger, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia.
For millions of Americans, the front door to the federal government isn't the U.S. Capitol or a Social Security office. It's a website, and the experience can be frustrating. John Yuda, senior product design adviser to the Federal Front Door project tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the General Services Administration's 18F group has been working to improve that experience.
The Defense Department says it's cut the number of security clearance holders by 900,000 as a result of policy changes to address potential insider threats.
It's also the sort of case illustrating how data analysis can prove a hunch or turn something up altogether new.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration wants to know what’s stopping the Internet of Things from becoming a reality.