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The SSA is updating their online services with new programs and better security, but still faces budgetary and workforce attrition challenges.
April 01, 2016 -
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Temporary employees at the Defense Department face many hurdles when they try to move to full-time. Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his proposal to encourage DoD managers to move temporary employees when full-time positions open up.
April 01, 2016 -
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services just started a new pilot project to see about reducing that paperwork burden for companies that hire non-citizen workers. The Known Employer pilot lets employers show their eligibility once a year instead of every time they sponsor an immigrant visa. James McCament, is the deputy associate director for Service Center Operations at USCIS, talks to Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 01, 2016 -
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With all those mobile devices and teleworking days, data security has become a real worry for federal IT shops. Murugiah Souppaya, a computer scientist from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about new NIST guidance that covers the best techniques and technologies for securing data and remote devices.
April 01, 2016 -
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You now have permission to hack the Pentagon. A spokesman said DoD's accepting registrants for its new bug bounty program, which pays white hat hackers who discover and report vulnerabilities in DoD systems.
April 01, 2016 -
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Air traffic controllers: When you can see what's really going on aloft, you think, whatever we're paying those people, it's not enough.
April 01, 2016 -
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Imagine living in a New Jersey neighborhood literally surrounded by highways, railways, a gigantic airport, factories and an incinerator. It seemed like everyone had asthma. Motivated citizens got together with the Environmental Protection Agency to help get a handle on the local air quality. Marie O'Shea, region two liaison to EPA's office of research and development, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the creation of an environmental toolbox and how it was used.
March 31, 2016 -
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The Tonawanda Coke story helped move citizen science from the realm of mere data gathering to the power to change things. Pat Sheridan, the Environmental Protection Agency's region two citizen science coordinator, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the famous case the stinky factory and the people of Tonawanda, New York.
March 31, 2016 -
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Cheating on tests by the nation's nuclear warriors, bribe-taking for military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now a nearly five-year sentence for a flag-rank naval officer for steering contracts for ship provisioning in the infamous Fat Leonard scandal. Is corruption on the rise in the military? Brian Bouffard, a former JAG staff member, answers the question on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 31, 2016 -
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Is the federal government becoming more corrupt? The big picture says no. It's why we still get startled when it does occur.
March 31, 2016 -
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Agencies reported 321 incidents of networks or systems being attacked with ransomware to the Homeland Security Department since June 2015.
March 31, 2016 -
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Carolyn Colvin, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about My Social Security — something the agency launched in 2013 to move more people to managing their accounts online.
March 30, 2016 -
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In less than a year, a new president will take the oath of office. Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Presidential Transitions Improvement Act, which is designed to make transitions go more smoothly.
March 30, 2016 -
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Deb Szaro, regional administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how citizens' observations need to become more accurate if they're to be used to affect regulations or public policy.
March 30, 2016
