Agriculture Department
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A long-time career fed says he's excited by the prospect of modernizing and security not only IT but also service delivery.
April 25, 2018 -
Federal employees are hearing a lot of mixed messages about telework these days, so Federal News Radio set out to answer their most common questions.
April 25, 2018 -
Federal CIO Suzette Kent said four agency proposals are among the first set of finalists to get some of the $100 million Technology Modernization Fund.
April 23, 2018 -
The President's Budget for 2019 proposes a nearly $6 billion funding cut to the Agriculture Department, which is undergoing an agencywide reorganization and IT modernization initiative.
April 12, 2018 -
In the omnibus spending bill passed last month, Congress gave the TMF $100 million for the rest of fiscal 2018, falling short of the $228 million the Trump administration asked for in its budget proposal.
April 11, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump presided over the signing of the "One Federal Decision" memorandum of understanding, in which seven of his cabinet secretaries took part.
April 10, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks what feds who are stuck at the office think of teleworking and its effects on customer service and social interactions.
April 06, 2018 -
Agencies concerned solely with the pros and cons of letting employees work from home could be missing the bigger picture.
March 29, 2018 -
The backlash to plans to reduce teleworking in some government offices is being met with resistance from other workers who say that teleworking has lots of drawbacks.
March 19, 2018 -
The Agriculture Department has made a dramatic cutback in the amount of time its workers are allowed to work from home. The Education Department is said to be considering the same thing. Cabinet officers and agency…
March 16, 2018 -
On this episode of Women of Washington, Gigi Schumm welcomes two powerful women representing the Agriculture Department's rural development team.
March 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 24 agencies plan to consolidate their office space in the coming years according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 09, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to explain why he decided to nix an idea to have the Postal Service work with the Census Bureau.
March 06, 2018 -
When it comes to adopting new technology and revamping online services to the public, federal agencies don't always need to reinvent the wheel.
March 05, 2018 -
At the same time, Chris Lowe, the chief information security officer at USDA, is being reassigned to a bureau level role as part of a continued house cleaning of IT officials.
March 05, 2018