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Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. The Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.
October 31, 2016 -
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As President Barack Obama makes the rounds of farewells, contractors might be wondering what the procurement landscape for the federal government might look like. Relax. Nothing all that much is likely to change on the information technology buying front. That's what Deltek's Director of Research Deniece Peterson tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 31, 2016 -
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Veronica Blette's passion for water conservation has spurred her to action that's saved an estimated 1.5 trillion gallons of water. Blette, who is the chief of the EPA's WaterSense program and recipient of industry's Water Star Award, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about water conservation.
October 31, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, the General Services Administration pushes three new initiatives to get agencies' citizen services into the 21st century.
October 31, 2016 -
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Rather than restating the problem, a lot of people are trying to do something about expanding the cyber workforce.
October 31, 2016 -
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When Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States in early October, it was a chance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prove it’s learned from its mistakes.
October 28, 2016 No matter where you are in your career, even retirement, the critical decisions never seem to stop coming up. It's open season and long-time federal employees and retirees have to think hard about their options, and when to get into the Medicare. Insurance premiums are rising faster than salaries. For help sorting it out, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to retirement and benefits expert Tammy Flanagan.
October 28, 2016-
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Two years in the making, a new, final rule is about to come out from the Information Security Oversight Office of the National Archives and Records Administration. It will govern how you handle CUI — controlled, unclassified information. Although it applies to agencies, it requires them to make sure contractors also follow it. Chuck Blanchard, a partner at the law firm Arnold and Porter, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
October 28, 2016 -
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In case you haven't noticed, cybersecurity has become the top concern of federal agency IT and program people. Now a new study finds a highly robust cybersecurity services industry in the D.C. region. But the products it uses aren't made here. Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the study.
October 28, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, a jury in Portland, Oregon finds the group behind the armed take over of a wildlife refuge not guilty of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs.
October 28, 2016 -
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When Hurricane Matthew stuck the East Coast earlier this month, many people were watching the Federal Emergency Management Agency to see how it would respond. After all, more than five years have passed since a storm like that hit the U.S. FEMA Deputy Director Joe Nimmich tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency's performance showed how it's adapted after lessons learned from Katrina and Sandy.
October 27, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, after long time head of the Copyrights Office Maria Pallante was mysteriously reassigned to a new role, she submits her letter of resignation.
October 27, 2016 -
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If the Defense Department is getting financial savings from its contracted work, it either doesn't know or just isn't reporting it. Nor has the department developed a plan for getting more efficiency out of its staff and contractors. A lot of work yet to be done. Brenda Farrell, director of defense capabilities and management issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's latest work on civilian workforce costs
October 26, 2016 -
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For the Navy, virtual reality is more than a training tool. It's also becoming a novel way of public outreach. The Recuiting Command plans to field trailer-sized virtual reality chambers to let citizens experience a real-life Navy Seal operation. Capt. Dave Bouve, the national director of Navy Marketing and Advertising. He talked about the VR project on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 26, 2016
