Tom Temin Commentary
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Given its size, OMB, though it "punches above its weight" may not be ideally suited to all of the tasks asked of it.
October 17, 2016 -
If 800-160 establishes, or re-establishes anything, it's that security is an engineering discipline.
October 13, 2016 -
Planning can't change the weather, but it can improve the time between disaster striking and people getting their lives back together.
October 11, 2016 -
Hart's and Holmstrom's work studied tensions between parties and conflicts of interest in contracts, something federal contracting officers deal with every day.
October 10, 2016 -
For data-driven problem-solving to have continuing impact, it has to be baked into the bureaucracy.
October 07, 2016 -
Lightning has struck twice in the same spot now — NSA and Booz Allen Hamilton.
October 06, 2016 -
Google's phones look nifty, but they'll have a hard time at first getting into the government market.
October 05, 2016 -
Federal managers have 105 authorities covering 85 hiring codes. It's crazy and slow.
September 30, 2016 -
If things are working so well, what's the rush to transition when there's no real, hard deadline?
September 29, 2016 -
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 -
By coincidence, yesterday the FBI issued one very clear picture of the United States -- its annual report on crime.
September 27, 2016 -
Imagine the new National Museum of African American History and Culture closing just a week after its gala opening!
September 26, 2016 -
Lots of potential for reducing the attack surfaces lies in getting rid of forgotten and unknown devices that remain connected.
September 22, 2016 -
Envisioning a significant change or program outcome in a federal bureaucracy might be easy, but getting it done can seem impossible. But not to the Sammies people.
September 21, 2016 -
Law enforcement has long used deception and impersonation when trying to solve crimes. The legal limits on deception are fuzzy.
September 20, 2016