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The Senate has confirmed Michael Missal to be the next inspector general at the Veterans Affairs Department. The VA had been without a permanent IG since December 2013.
Strategic sourcing for office supplies has worked out about as well as an unplugged electric pencil sharpener. Why saw the sawdust?
The Senate will take on its 12 annual budget bills this week. But the House is not moving so fast. It fact, some members want to roll back the budget resolutions so laboriously worked out last year. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin it's not shaping up to be a super productive week on Capitol Hill.
Peter Levitas, former deputy director in the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau, now a partner in the antitrust practice group at the law firm Arnold & Porter, tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin the FTC is unlikely to change its policies, despite having two vacancies to fill.
The Office of Management and Budget is coming out against a bill which would take away the IRS' ability to charge user fees, saying it would deplete the agency's resources.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA ) has developed a 130-foot boat that can prowl the seas unmanned. Military officials think it can be effective in detecting submarines. Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin an assessment of whether this is where we're headed.
Jacob Parcell and his Mobile Gov Community of Practice help agencies test mobile apps and websites on various devices, promote code sharing, and inform mobility policy.
The "MyAgency" model tries to personalize federal offerings that are in reality offered on a mass scale.
The Navy’s top energy official says he’s noticing a change in the way Congress is responding to green energy. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione has more on Pentagon Solutions.
The federal government has an informal but large and active community of interest devoted to building and improving public-facing mobile apps. The community is 1,200 strong. Jacob Parcell, manager of mobile programs at the General Services Administration, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the community of interest works on.
The government may be good at a lot of things, but plain language isn't one of them. Most federal rulemaking and procurement language is the worst sort of babble. Now the General Services Administration is trying to simplify instructions for companies that want to get their first multiple award schedule contract. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The General Services Administration is trying to connect to federal agencies with the public to help find new ideas to solve problems.
Renee Johnson, president of the Federal Managers Association, joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
On LinkedIn, the endless river "people you may know" presents an astonishing cross-section of one's life.