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The federal government has designated 15 private sector industries as being or operating critical infrastructure. Each one has a corresponding federal agency with whom that industry shares cybersecurity threat information. Trouble is, the so-called sector-specific agencies haven't done a good job in assessing whether the infrastructure operators are getting better at cyber. That's according to the Government Accountability Office. Its director of cybersecurity issues, Greg Wilshusen, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin more.
December 02, 2015 -
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Pentagon brass are starting to get specific about the technologies they're looking for to produce the military advantage they'll need. The so-called third offset strategy acknowledges that the edge from stealth and guided munitions has evaporated. Bloomberg defense analyst Rob Levinson has been following the offset strategy and tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the defense industry can expect and what military planners are hoping to achieve.
December 02, 2015 -
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In Wednesday's Federal Headlines, the House-passed bill authorizes funding and sets policies for intelligence-related activities at 18 federal departments including the NSA, Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
December 02, 2015 -
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Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord said the department is getting about 96 percent of what it wants for fiscal 2017. He said 96 percent is a good day. But the administration tossed DOD a $2 billion curve ball. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione has more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 01, 2015 -
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Data has become the life blood of decision-making at many federal agencies. Greg Godbout is one of the leaders in federal data adoption. Now the chief technology officer at the Environmental Protection Agency, he's helping decision-making at both the federal and state levels. Federal Drive with Tom Temin interviewed Godbout and the agency's chief data scientist, Robin Thottungal, for an update on data initiatives. Godbout explained how data innovation can keep federal executives from making bad decisions on what they don't really know.
December 01, 2015 -
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Ron Walters, interim Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, VA He's spent decades in federal service, on both the financial management and program sides. Now Ron Walters of the Veterans Affairs Department has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. The Acting Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs now is overseeing the department's memorial and cemetery activities. He fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on the latest.
December 01, 2015 -
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They arrived in town yesterday, but today members of Congress get down to real work. But what's real all depends. If you care about establishment of a federal budget for fiscal 2016, you may have to wait a few days. David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about another issue that's first in line on the agenda.
December 01, 2015 -
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In Tuesday's Federal Headlines, OPM says it wants to measure the importance, adequacy and value of employee benefits. The goal is to make sure those benefits align with best practices and employee needs.
December 01, 2015 -
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"I'm telling you right now, 10 years from now if the first person through a breach isn't a fricking robot, shame on us." -- Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work
November 30, 2015 -
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In Monday's Federal Headlines, the FCC's new website is designed to provide better functionality, an improved design, and better searchability and navigability. The switch to the new site is scheduled to begin on Dec. 9 and be completed by midnight on Dec. 10.
November 30, 2015 -
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The Army is evaluating five years of data to study suicide. The data is both affirming and in some cases disproving what the Army knows about its suicide-prone soldiers. Randy Lane is the division chief of the analytics assessment and systems division at the Army Resilience Directorate. Wendy Lasko is the program manager of the Army Suicide Prevention Program, and Kenneth Cox is the scientific liasion for the Army STARRS program. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, they tell Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko about the data points they collected. The first voice you hear is Lane's.
November 30, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget is telling federal agencies and the General Services Administration to draw up plans that would let them hire private sector help to respond to a cyber intrusion as quickly as possible. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, OMB says it’s clear that no civilian agency has the resources to clean up after a major cyber intrusion on its own.
November 30, 2015 -
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Even for long-serving federal managers, moving from one federal department to another can produce some surprises. Systems, cultures, people might all be different. Just a few short weeks into her job as NASA chief information officer, Renee Wynn has a lot of work to do. Recently decamped from EPA, she compared the two agencies for Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 30, 2015 -
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She has nearly four decades of public service. Her speciality is human services, and she's worked at the county, state and federal levels. Now acting Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin is a new fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. She told Federal Drive with Tom Temin what it means to be a NAPA fellow.
November 30, 2015
