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In the push and pull of agency oversight, who should be running the agency -- the inspector general or the agency head? Former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal weighs in.
February 11, 2016 -
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You've heard the saying. Don't take the law into your own hands. You take 'em to court. There's a corollary saying, or there should be. If you take 'em to court, hire a good lawyer. That is, don't try and represent yourself. Everyone's a genius, but three recent cases show the folly of trying to be your own lawyer. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 11, 2016 -
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From cybersecurity to clean transportation to curing cancer, the 2017 budget request from the Obama Administration is ambitious. The non-Defense portion of the discretionary budget would rise to nearly $600 billion. For one view of what the budget is saying and what it might mean to federal agencies, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Robert Shea, principal at Grant Thornton and former Office of Management and Budget official during the Bush administration.
February 11, 2016 -
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Achieving senior executive status in the federal government can be a two-edged blade. The pay is better and you get a lot of authority. But too often, it means getting stuck in one place for too long. That can make you stale and deprive other agencies of your expertise. The Partnership for Public Service, in conjunction with McKinsey and Company, has taken a deep look at mobility in the Senior Executive Service. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some of the findings, Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership.
February 11, 2016 -
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It's winter. That means in Washington, anything might happen, including the shuttering of federal office buildings. If you're a contractor, that doesn't mean the work stops. What should you do? Here's something not to do, and that's try and get advice from just anyone you can reach. Larry Allen, principal of Allen Federal Business Partners, talks about this an other matter in his blog this week. He also discussed the topic on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 11, 2016 -
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Reverse auctions could do more than get the federal government the best price. It turns out they can also bring independent software developers who have never contracted with the government before.
February 11, 2016 -
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The Pentagon didn't get everything it wanted for 2017 in the President's budget proposal. But it got a lot: $524 billion in the base, plus another $59 billion for overseas contingency operations. It's a mix of cost-cutting reforms and investments in what the brass sees as five strategic challenges. Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his insight.
February 11, 2016 -
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The Internal Revenue Service is expecting its workforce to shrink by 2,000-3,000 full-time employees during the current fiscal year.
February 11, 2016 -
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The U.S. military strategy for the current world: Take a given-sized ball of dough and stretch it into a wider but thinner pie crust.
February 10, 2016 -
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Both House and Senate budget committees are not holding hearings with senior Office of Management and Budget leaders this year, for the first time in the committees' history.
February 10, 2016 -
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Federal employees on Jan. 1 received a 1 percent raise. Does President Obama's $4 trillion budget proposal mean a pay raise or more of the same for feds?
February 09, 2016 -
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants state and local governments to pony up more money before receiving FEMA assistance for recovery after disasters. A proposed rule would create a sort of disaster deductible. FEMA believes that would persuade state and local governments to take more action to reduce risk. Joshua Batkin, director of FEMA's Office of External Affairs, spoke to Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the proposed rule.
February 09, 2016 -
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The White House has released its budget request to Congress for the 2017 fiscal year. The usual cliche is, the budget is dead on arrival at Capitol Hill.
February 09, 2016 -
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If you're thinking of retiring or maybe retired a bit early, Social Security has a couple of curve balls for you. One of them concerns claiming your benefits. The elimination of claiming strategies that takes place this year is something you need to keep in mind. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some insight.
February 09, 2016
