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The federal government has a growing backlog of unawarded contracts. Information technology represents the lion's share of the potential business.
Like large corporations, the Postal Service by law has a board to govern and oversee its activities. At the moment it has zero confirmed members.
Margo Conrad, director of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, explains how new hiring authorities can help get national security people into government,
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) says when doing investigative work, congressional staff may be susceptible to intimidation by law enforcement agencies.
The Defense Department has taken a lot of heat in recent years from industry critics who charge its procurement officials have been putting too much weight on low prices and not enough on quality.
With only a few days left before the current continuing resolution expires, it's back. The threat of a government shutdown. It's likely Congress will avoid that with another CR, but no one knows for how long. David Hawkings, senior editor of Roll Call, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer insight on whether they'll inch it along week by week or extend it until May.
Suppose, after inauguration, President Donald Trump did impose a federal hiring freeze, easier firing and no more union work during regular hours. What might that effect be after 100 days? For one perspective, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turn to Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University.
The Agriculture Department has a program to get more veterinarians to rural areas. Dr. Gary Sherman, national program leader for veterinary science at USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment program.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Justice Department announces Chris Cornell, the man who plotted to attack Capitol Hill police and workers during the 2015 State of the Union Address, will serve 30 years in prison.
Day-to-day, USPS is working just fine. But eventually, it's going to need actual people to populate its Board of Governors.
The Defense Health Agency is still a nascent organization, but its task is enormous. Its purpose is to join together the military services’ medical commands. Section 702 of the 2017 defense authorization bill adds even more responsibility by putting military treatment facilities under DHA’s umbrella. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione speaks with DHA Director Vice Adm. Raquel Bono on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the agency’s future and the challenges it’s facing currently.
Congress is getting ready to vote on a defense authorization bill for 2017. The conference report, seeking to reconcile the Senate and House versions, has lots of stuff of interest to contractors. Alan Chvotkin, counsel and executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
Federal agencies work under a policy requiring them to disclose cyber flaws to vendors. Except sometimes they don't. Jason Healy, senior research scholar and cyber conflict expert at Columbia University, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the disclosure loopholes and the harm they can cause.
Legislation in 2008 put the government-backed secondary mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship by a new agency. Eight years later, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is still conserving Fannie and Freddie. Now the Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to force everyone to clarify their goals here so a lingering situation can get off the dime. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Lawrance Evans Jr., director of financial markets and community investment issues at GAO.