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Federal Drive
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The Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards honor many of the individuals and businesses among the region’s government contractors. The awards are co-sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. Mark Testoni is CEO of SAP National Security Services, and a finalist for the Executive of the Year award in the greater than $300 million in sales category.
October 27, 2015 -
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The Homeland Security Department is getting a clearer picture now of its own asset portfolio. The department is working on the second phase of the DHS Management Cube. It's a tool that gathers and consolidates financial, acquisition, human capital, contracting, real property and security data from across all 22 DHS components. Kirsten Dalboe is the cube's program manager. She tells Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko what kinds of information DHS is trying to tie together.
October 27, 2015 -
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The Health and Human Services Department identified $712 million this summer in false health care billings and brought charges against 243 people. It's the largest action the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has ever taken. The department's inspector general credits the success to the datasets it gathered and studied to find new cases of waste, fraud and abuse. Caryl Brzymialkiewicz is assistant inspector general and chief data officer at HHS. She tells Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko where she thinks agencies are headed with big data, and what best practices her office has found.
October 27, 2015 -
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In Tuesday's Federal Headlines, the government is making slow progress in hiring and retaining Hispanic employees, who are the most underrepresented group in the federal workforce.
October 27, 2015 -
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Federal websites tend to resemble retail sites because they have a more concentrated purpose than simply generating clicks.
October 26, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration has released its next-generation telecommunications solicitation. The Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions RFP could produce contracts worth $50 billion over 15 years, and will replace the current Networx contract by 2020. Diana Gowen is a principal at Deep Water Point Consulting and a veteran of the federal telecom battles. She joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on EIS.
October 26, 2015 -
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The growing demand for federal shared services is driving yet another attempt to improve the management and oversight of these services government-wide. The Office of Management and Budget is setting up two new organizations to plan and implement the shared services concept for common functions like financial management and human resources. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller has more.
October 26, 2015 -
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Even after responding to a request for proposals, negotiating and winning a contract, things change. Sometimes contractors and the government need to make what the regulations call "equitable adjustments." Where it gets sticky is just how much profit a contractor can make on an equitable adjustment. Berenzweig Leonard's attorney Terry O'Connor has studied the fine print. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some surprising findings.
October 26, 2015 -
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More than a thousand IRS workstations never got updated from Windows XP because the agency couldn't find them all. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says another 1,300 are still running even older software, despite the IRS spending $128 million on upgrades. Ralph Khan is vice president of federal at Tanium. He tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about the dangers of still running operating systems the manufacturers no longer support.
October 26, 2015 -
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We start the week with what's on your mind. How do we know? We keep a close eye on what people are clicking on and reading at FederalNewsRadio.com. Reporter Emily Kopp has more.
October 26, 2015 -
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In Monday's Federal Headlines, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is trying once again to get more funding for the Office of Personnel Management's cybersecurity budget.
October 26, 2015 -
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Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin that averting a government shutdown on Dec. 11 weighs heavily on minds as the House mulls its options for a new speaker.
October 23, 2015 -
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OSTP launches 25 new challenge grants, adding to the 450 it's already completed.
October 23, 2015 -
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy wants all agencies to be able to harness the power of crowdsourcing and citizen science. So it's designed and released the Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit to help them do just that. Jenn Gustetic is the assistant director for open innovation at OSTP. She joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more on the toolkit.
October 23, 2015
