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Greg Downing, executive director for Innovation at the Department of Health and Human Service's Idea Lab and Chad Heilig, associate director for data science from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talk to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Venture program, which helps employees make headway against big challenges HHS faces.
Federal agencies are unable to share their assessments of job candidates with one another. It's no way to run a 2 million-person personnel system, Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A group of senators recently introduced the Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. It aims to help the government get in front of what everyone seems to think is the next big technological thing, namely the Internet of Things. Joshua New, a policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation tells Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin why his group see this legislation as a positive step.
Accenture Federal Services just a few days ago polled people in the D. C. to ask how they preferred to get information from the federal government. Kathy Conrad, the director of digital government at Accenture Federal Services, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what they said.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is now the latest official snared in an email controversy.
Wiedefeld did two things that show imagination and leadership. First, he put two plus two together. Second, upon reaching a conclusion, he acted decisively.
The clocks have sprung forward and so has Congress. This week, with the House back in session, a lot is going on that could affect federal agencies. For a roundup, Federal Drive with Tom Temin checked in with Bloomberg Government reporter Erik Wasson.
The technological underpinnings of digital currency promises to transform information technology itself. The main piece is called Blockchain, and IBM has staked out territory by offering open source code for Blockchain. Jerry Cuomo, IBM fellow and vice president for Blockchain, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In just a couple of weeks the Defense Department will start rolling out a new performance rating system called New Beginnings. Don Hale, chairman of the American Federation of Government Employees tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that none of its quarter million DoD employees are included in the initial test group.
The head of a House committee wants to know what's happening to people's information when they open accounts on HealthCare.gov.
The Navy is developing a new cybersecurity testing system that will virtually link all the connected systems that would exist on an actual ship for testing. The project — called USS Secure — is an effort on the part of 28 shipbuilders to produce a cybersafe warship.
I doubt a long application really deters GS-15s from trying to gain admittance to the SES. But it does seem odd for an experienced person to need more than a resume, references, and some interviews.
Pentagon Solutions talks to Charles Tiefer, law professor at the University of Baltimore, and Kelly Sayler, associate fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
Doing business with the federal government can be lucrative, interesting and fulfilling. It can also be the biggest hassle known to mankind. A few recent developments may put it somewhat in that latter category. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners shares some insight with Federal Drive with Tom Temin.