Agriculture Department
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The Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service relies on state agencies to detect and stop fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP). States don't all have the people and money required to fully monitor their SNAP programs, and USDA doesn't have what it takes to watch the states. Kay Brown, director of education, Workforce and Income Security issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 29, 2016 -
Interior Department and Forest Service officials say a new $182 million contract awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton will make it easier for travelers to plan their visits to national parks, lands and waters.
May 24, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget is close to finalizing Circular A-123, which will require an enterprise approach to risk management.
May 16, 2016 -
USDA officials open the VegUcation tent at the first farmers market of the season in Washington, D.C. The tent offers 10-minute lessons on how to pick, prepare and store seasonal fruits and vegetables.
May 09, 2016 -
Chad Sheridan, chief information officer at the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how his agency made the switch to more agile software.
May 06, 2016 -
Commerce, USDA, Transportation demonstrate augmented role of CIO to manage significant projects and make much-needed change.
May 02, 2016 -
Multiple Department of Agriculture agencies showed off their scientific expertise at the fourth USA Science & Engineering Festival.
April 18, 2016 -
As the White House decides who should be the first federal chief information security officer, current and former federal cyber executives offer insights into what the role should look like.
April 11, 2016 -
Cold weather did not deter NASA officials and Washington-area students from helping first lady Michelle Obama plant seedlings in the White House Kitchen Garden on Tuesday. Across the National Mall, USDA employees participated in a spring planting at the People's Garden.
April 06, 2016 -
Janet Stevens, the chief information officer of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in USDA, said her bureau will join APHIS in testing out new cyber tools and sensors under the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program.
April 01, 2016 -
The Department of Agriculture provides hands-on displays and examples of flora and fauna -- including bats, bees and butterflies -- to the 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll.
March 29, 2016 -
Agencies say the guidance and tools that the Office of Personnel Management gives to department headquarters often does not filter down to components in the field. OPM began the first of its listening and training tours last week on the federal hiring process.
March 18, 2016 -
Darren Ash is leaving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after spending almost nine years as its chief information officer.
February 17, 2016 -
As OMB presses agencies to spend more money on new or modernized systems, some federal CIOs and other IT executives say modernizing the definition of legacy systems is an important starting point.
February 15, 2016 -
Here's a breakdown of major agencies and the proposed funding amounts for fiscal 2017, which are included the President Obama's $1.1 trillion budget.
February 09, 2016