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Without a doubt, the 2016 presidential transition is the top priority for the Office of Government Ethics this year. OGE Director Walter Shaub said his agency has more training courses and guides, as well as an electronic financial disclosure filing system, to help ethics officers prepare.
The MSPB in 2015 upheld agency decisions or actions on initial appeal nearly every time. But not for the Veterans Affairs Department. So what are the senators asking?
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is scheduled to certify the Automated Indicator Sharing initiative on March 16, which provides a central location for cyber data and a way to share it across agencies and industry.
NSA is setting up a rapid acquisition office to help engage industry and help the industrial base.
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office defended their increased budget requests to Congress, emphasizing the amount of returns on the investment each agency brings back to the government.
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson defended his agency's $40.6 billion fiscal 2017 budget, telling a congressional committee that cybersecurity funding would help hiring efforts.
Agency preparations for the 2016 presidential transition are well underway. The Office of Government Ethics is adding more training programs to help its employees vet and process financial disclosure forms for new political appointees. And Congress just passed comprehensive transition legislation.
On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Brad Gair, the Vice President of Emergency Management & Enterprise Resilience at NYU Langone Medical Center.
OPM sent a memo encouraging federal managers to minimize travel to regions affected by Zika, suggesting teleconferencing as an alternative.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said federal employees wouldn't worry so much about changing locality pay, if Congress passed higher, across the board pay raises overall. He called for a 5.3 percent bump in pay next year, well over the 1.6 percent raise President Barack Obama proposed in his 2017 budget request.
DoD says BRAC would bring big savings in a time when it's facing big budget shortfalls if sequestration returns.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
If the President's budget request for 2017 prevails, a 1.5 percent jump in the federal workforce would mean another 30,000 or 35,000 new people. Tim McManus, vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin agencies can keep their HR staff from overheating.
The Office of Personnel Management is granting Direct-Hire Authority to certain federal agencies so they can fill needed jobs to fight the Zika threat.