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UPDATED: Agencies with the largest percentage of security clearances, such as DoD, DHS and VA, will end up shouldering a huge part of the burden to pay for the credit monitoring services for 21 million current and former federal employees impacted by the second data breach. AFGE and federal officials are angered after acting OPM Director Beth Cobert tells agencies about OPM’s plans to raise its fees for security clearance services it provides in order to recoup the costs of the identity protection services it must purchase for the victims of the attack.
July 21, 2015 -
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Following discovery of its data breach, the Office of Personnel Management was criticized for awarding a identity protection contract within 36 hours. But in fact, fast-track procurement makes sense in contingency situations. In reality, the government contracting community is too reluctant to use many of the authorities and flexibilities it has. Stan Soloway is the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council; Jonathan Aberman is the managing director of Amplifier Ventures and chairman of Tandem NSI. They joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explore the topic of contingency contracting, and explain why OPM awarded that original contract so quickly.
July 21, 2015 -
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Engagement and commitment scores for agency senior executives are at nearly 82 percent. But for employees it's just 60 percent. That's according to an analysis of the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and Best Places to Work data from the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte. Of the respondents, 79 percent of SES members said promotions at their agencies are based on merit. Just 30 percent of other employees agreed. Bob Tobias is a professor for the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that senior managers don't understand what their employees think of them.
July 20, 2015 -
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OPM's recent cybersecurity breach shows how tight budgets, limited expertise and cultural blind spots create perfect storms of agency vulnerability throughout the federal environment.
July 20, 2015 -
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Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
July 18, 2015 -
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It's been one week now since Katherine Archuleta told reporters she didn't plan to resign -- and then announced her resignation less than 24 hours later. Acting OPM Director Beth Cobert has spent her first week on the job reassuring leaders within her agency and others that she understands the magnitude of the job at hand. Tom Shoop is editor in chief at Government Executive magazine, and he writes Archuleta's resignation is another case of business as usual in Washington. But he tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu that it doesn't have to be that way.
July 17, 2015 -
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A bill that makes it easier for the Veterans Affairs Secretary to fire senior executives could extend to all other employees at the department. The probationary period for new employees would also get longer -- from 12 to 18 months. House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller says too few people at the department have been held accountable for the patient wait time scandal that emerged into public view last year -- nor for other management failings at VA. The VA Accountability Act of 2015 cleared the committee earlier this week. It will likely go to a full House vote during the last week in July. Carol Bonosaro is the president of the Senior Executives Association, which drafted a letter to Congress this week raising several objections to the bill. She tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu about the differences between this bill, and a similar one introduced in Congress last year.
July 17, 2015 -
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Winvale and its subcontractor CSID want to bid on the larger contract to help the 21.5 million people affected by the breach of OPM's security-clearance database, Winvale CEO Kevin Lancaster said. "We'd absolutely go again for it. We have capacity," he said. "We've got the right solutions, the right lessons learned from this one." Not everyone is convinced.
July 17, 2015 -
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Millions of federal employees are finding out their personal data was stolen from the Office of Personnel Management. OPM hired two companies to provide credit and identity theft protection. But Winvale and CSID caused controversy with slow phone response and e-mails that looked like phishing. Winvale CEO Kevin Lancaster and CSID founder Joe Ross joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with their side of the story, and tips for what to do when your information is taken.
July 17, 2015 -
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Federal executives say they worry about the capacity of their workforce and how it impacts their agencies’ performance in a recent “Future of Government Service” survey released this month.
July 17, 2015 -
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With Katherine Archuleta enforced departure a fact, and long-term credit monitoring likely, much of the heat will be off the OPM hack. Too bad, but that's how things work here, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
July 17, 2015 -
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We want to know your thoughts on the OPM data breach, OPM's response to it and what you plan to do next. Take our brief survey today.
July 16, 2015 -
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Recruiting new talent at the National Cemetery Administration is getting faster now because the agency has focused on streamlining its hiring process. NCA is using data analytics to help it hire the right people quickly. 80 percent of NCA's recruitment gets done in about 60 days. Dissatisfaction with traditional outlets like USAJobs.gov means some agencies often look for other approaches to the hiring process. Tim McManus is vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service. He tells In Depth guest host Jared Serbu that other agencies can learn from these best practices -- mainly by making better use of data.
July 16, 2015 -
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Elevators, curb cuts, automatic doors — all things most of us have taken for granted in the last 25 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. For able-bodied people, it makes our days more convenient. But for those with disabilities, ADA provides crucial access to aspects of everyday life. Judy Heumann is the State Department's special advisor for international disability rights. She was on the front lines fighting for people with disabilities over 40 years ago, and now she's doing it at the global level. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the anniversary celebrations.
July 16, 2015
