Agriculture Department
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This week on FEDtalk, host Debra Roth discusses how the federal government is currently using social media and how that use will expand. Guests include Andrew Krzmarzick of GovLoop and Amanda Eamich of the USDA. October 8, 2010.
October 07, 2010 -
Council on Environmental Quality issues new guidance giving agencies instructions to measure greenhouse gas emissions. Council chair Nancy Sutley said the directive includes approaches used inside and out of government. Agencies have until January 2011 to complete an initial baseline inventory.
October 07, 2010 -
Agriculture plans to update its second version of its green IT strategy this year. State is implementing power management tools and could save almost $2 million. Both agencies are making headway to change the culture of how IT is used by their respective employees.
October 06, 2010 -
USDA plans for second version of green IT strategy, Federal News Radio\'s Jason Miller reports.
October 05, 2010 -
Congressmen Skelton and Davis say legislation would apply the lessons learned from Goldwater-Nichols Act to more than 13 agencies to help promote collaboration and understanding of each other\'s roles. The bill calls for a two-year detail for each senior official to learn how other national security agencies work.
September 30, 2010 -
The winners of USDA\'s Apps for Healthy Kids challenge were announced today. Amanda Eamich, director of web communications at USDA, joined DorobekINSIDER to discuss the motivation behind the contest and give details about the winning apps.
September 29, 2010 -
The Naval Postgraduate School is the latest agency to win in our Best of the Federal Government series.
September 19, 2010 -
FEW and USDA build a partnership based on recruitment, training, retention, advancement and involvement of women in USDA\'s workforce and programs, as well as other areas of mutual interest.
September 13, 2010 -
Vote today in our Best of the Federal Government series.
September 10, 2010 -
GSA will unveil the Challenge.gov platform in the next few months where all agency competitions will be posted. Some agencies already are asking experts and employees for help. NASA will run 34 competitions before the end of December.
September 01, 2010 -
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Grants will be awarded for WiMax, fiber and DSL deployments. Rural Utilities Service Administrator, Jonathan Adelstein, explains.
August 12, 2010 -
The votes are in and Federal News Radio listeners and readers have determined that the Pentagon has the best food choices of any agency in the federal government.
August 06, 2010 -
This week, host Derrick T. Dortch talks with Kevin W. Concannon, United States Department of Agriculture\'s Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. July 23, 2010
August 03, 2010 -
See which agencies made the cut and vote for your favorite in our poll.
July 30, 2010