With environmental reviews holding up lingering projects, the Corps looks to fast-track the process.
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.
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to know what Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing to address Pentagon waste and high contractor pay.
Army Corps CIO believes investing in software as a service will speed up IT modernization and promote more agility in the changes that are made within an agency
Army Corps' working on cyber and user services roadmap to make processes and cloud transition more 'reliable, agile, and capable.'
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Claire McCaskill wants to know more about OMB's plans for the Homeland Security Department, with a potential pay freeze for civilian employees on the table.
Brig. Gen. Diana Holland tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' hurricane relief efforts are going well in Puerto Rico.
Construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora, Colorado, is 98 percent complete. But lawmakers are still frustrated that VA will have to keep the existing medical center open for another three-to-five years.
The Army Corps of Engineers was part of the all-of-government response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
The Homeland Security Department isn't the only agency working on rescue and response to Hurricane Harvey. Other agencies are doing their part to help impacted victims in Texas in Louisiana.
The 9/11 attacks wrecked a big chunk of New York City infrastructure. Hurricane Sandy washed away parts of New Jersey and New York. For decades, waterways feeding East Coast ports were too shallow. Joseph Seebode, deputy district engineer and the chief of programs and project management at the Army Corps of Engineers, is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how he's going to fix all those problems.
According to budget documents that Federal News Radio obtained, the Food and Drug Administration would see $40 million in cuts to employee salaries and administrative expenses during the last five months of fiscal 2017. The Homeland Security Department would lose $41 million for the Financial Systems Modernization program, a shared services effort affiliated with the Interior Department's Interior Business Center.
Although the Veterans Affairs Department handed over a dozen large construction projects to the Army Corps of Engineers, VA is still responsible for certain management functions, like knowing when a project will be finished and for how much. David Wise, director of physical infrastructure issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares some insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite is on a mission to drive the U.S. Corps of Engineers toward more collaboration and opportunities by taking care of national security, energizing the economy, and reducing disaster risk.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the House passes a bill to extend Veterans Affairs' expedited removal process for senior executives to all SES members and the VA Commission on Care releases its long list of recommendations for the agency....