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In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department IG warns against unauthorized apps on government phones. A growing disagreement between OMB and GAO is no act. And the National Cyber Director is retiring next week.
February 10, 2023 -
Here is why agencies can't settle on a post-pandemic telework policy, and likely won't.
February 09, 2023 -
This week Federal Drive host Tom Temin has been interviewing some of the Defense Department's acquisition workforce award winners. In this interview, he talks with someone with a title Temin said he will only pronounce: "The finance manager for the joint program executive office for chemical, biological, radio-logical and nuclear defense joint assisted acquisition team.
February 09, 2023 -
State-of-the-Union speeches rarely contain surprises. But people sift through them to look for clues to future policy. President Biden didn't say a lot about the federal workforce, but there were some items to glean.
February 09, 2023 -
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, is supposed to make it easier for agencies to use commercial cloud computing. FedRAMP, as policy, has been around for a dozen years, but only became law at the end of last year.
February 09, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: GAO is preparing a first-of-its-kind estimate of the total amount of fraud across all federal programs. DoD health care providers expand their use of electronic health records. And GAO says FEMA needs stronger oversight of public-private partnerships.
February 09, 2023 -
Contractors have only a couple more weeks to comment on a so-called climate risk rule. If it becomes final, the rule would impose big reporting and operational costs.
February 08, 2023 -
The Agency for International Development has always used private sector groups to deliver services in various countries. Now the agency has launched what it calls Private Sector Engagement Modernize, to deal with the private sector in a new way.
February 08, 2023