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Imagine a company as high tech as Apple or Intel submitting legally required financial reports on PDFs and other non-machine-readable documents. That's what happens every day at agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission. Representative Randy Hultgren (R- Ill.) wants to change that. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a new bill he's co-sponsoring, the Financial Transparency Act.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Office of Personnel Management ends the blackout period for claims and reimbursements for federal employees' Flexible Spending Accounts.
The updated USAJobs.gov is looking pretty good. As in, two clicks to lists of jobs in your general area of expertise.
The Department of Health and Human Services stood up its Idea Lab in 2013 to establish and build on a culture of innovation within the department.
Officials with GSA's FedRAMP program say they are about to authorize the first provider coming through the accelerated process.
High heat and humidity return to Washington this week. So does Congress, at least what's left of the 114th session. Only three weeks remain in the federal fiscal year and there's no budget. What can we expect? For some answers, David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, sat down with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The upcoming presidential transition will bring thousands of new faces to top leadership positions, but they might find federal ethics rules to be more stringent than what they've seen in the private sector.
Companies are now for the first time sharing cyber threat indicators with the Department of Homeland Security.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, veterans will now be able to apply for Veterans Affairs health benefits by phone.
Hillary Clinton seems to have a real love of policy detail. Donald Trump is more of a broad-brush painter.
Federal hiring managers use the same few authorities for nearly all the people they hire. Maybe they have too many choices. The Government Accountability Office identified no less than 105 authorities. Most of them are rarely used.
A quiet but revolutionary change is happening in the way the government spends a trillion dollars a year for health care. Traditional fee-for-service is giving way to payment for quality and outcomes. It's one of several innovations overseen by Health and Human Services and its IDEA Lab. Greg Downing, executive director for innovation at HHS explains to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin why innovation is prominent on the department's strategic plan.
With only a few weeks left in the federal fiscal year, contractors are working hard to make their 2016 sales numbers. Three new rules, though, threaten them with higher risks but also possible good outcomes. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general tells Congress budget shortfalls are to blame for delays in investigating whistleblower reprisal claims. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports on Pentagon Solutions that the investigations took an average of about 300 days last year — much longer than the guidelines in federal law.