Agriculture Department
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It's back to business as usual for Department of Agriculture employees the day after a fire closes six buildings at the agency's headquarters.
April 17, 2012 -
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April 14, 2012 -
Travis DeVault, project leader for USDA's National Wildlife Research Center in Sandusky, Ohio, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp about the project.
April 09, 2012 -
Billy Milton, chief human capital officer at the USDA, tells The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp about the Agriculture Department's successful approach to managing its workforce in tough budgetary times.
April 06, 2012 -
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel wants agencies to cut spending and invest in new capabilities at the same time. Savings from outdated or inefficient IT projects can be plowed into new innovations, he said.
April 04, 2012 -
Most of the fiscal 2011 reductions came from the departments of Education, Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The administration also announced new steps aimed at improving how agencies use suspension and debarment to deal with unreliable contractors and grant recipients.
November 15, 2011 -
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November 15, 2011 -
The conference committee is the first step in reconciling the House version of the appropriations bill with the Senate\'s.
November 03, 2011 -
USDA CIO Chris Smith, who co-chaired the conference planning committee, provided a behind- the-scenes look at how the conference is planned and the top priorities for his agency in 2012.
October 24, 2011 -
Several departments are starting to understand that buying and creating technology systems can be done in small, iterative steps. OMB\'s push for agile development seems to be taking hold across the government.
October 17, 2011 -
The number of teleworkers at the Department of Agriculture has swelled to more than 58,000 - up from just 16,000 a year ago.
October 10, 2011 -
A record year for insurance crop claims pushes RMA\'s systems to the brink. Chad Sheridan, RMA\'s CIO, said recent modernization efforts kept the agency\'s systems processing and paying claims. October 6,2011
October 06, 2011 -
Berry said he thinks feds will continue to donate at high levels in future drives, despite a two-year pay freeze and other proposals that could cut their pay and benefits
September 21, 2011 -
The Agriculture Department, the Energy Department and the Navy are turning to industry to try to leverage advanced technologies to produce a new generation of biofuels. A request for information they just issued says the private sector would have to match any federal funds the agencies spend. The three departments are willing to spend up to 500 million dollars to jumpstart an industry to produce fuels that could serve as drop-in replacements for jet fuel and diesel. The Navy is aiming to get half its energy from alternative sources by the year 2020.
September 19, 2011 -
Agencies have stepped up the pace of their data center consolidation efforts, leading to predicted data center closures numbering well above what the Office of Management and Budget predicted earlier this year.
July 21, 2011