Education Department

• Inside the Reporter’s Notebook: OFPP procurement reform; IT oversight at DHS; longtime execs retire

  In this week's edition of Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Executive Editor Jason Miller examines the unintended consequences of 1990s procurement reform and how OFPP plans to address them. Plus, multiple congressmen crack down on duplication issues at the Department of Homeland Security. Also in this edition, what's behind the retirement of a long-time CIO at Education and a procurement executive at Veterans Affairs?

  Congress

  March 30, 2015
• GSA’s Hashmi squares away industry plans; Kraden heads to OGP

  There was an awful lot of movement in the federal IT community over the last few weeks. There was maybe none more surprising than Sonny Hashmi's decision to leave as the chief information officer of the General Services Administration. Now we know who made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

  Technology

  March 16, 2015
• OMB’s A-123 rewrite to flip risk management on its head

  Mike Wetklow, an Office of Management and Budget official, said the expected changes to Circular A-123 will ask agencies to view risk management in a different way.

  Management

  February 11, 2015
• DHS ‘aces’ plain writing report; State, Interior score ‘incompletes’

  The Center for Plain Language issued its annual plain language report cards Tuesday, with the Homeland Security Department, Social Security Administration and Security Exchange Commission earning top scores.

  Management

  January 27, 2015
• Moniz demands more accountability in Energy projects

  The Energy secretary is shaking up the department to improve accountability. Project managers will assume more responsibility and face harsher consequences if they fail to meet major targets. Some contractors already have felt the difference, and it isn't pretty.

  Management

  January 16, 2015
• Jason Miller, executive editor, Federal News Radio

  The Education Department is giving potential managers a chance to walk in their supervisors' shoes. A program called "A Day in the Life" lets those on the rise see what it's like to be a manager by shadowing a current one over a few days. Quay Crowner is the Education Department's acting deputy chief administration officer and HR director. She told Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller about how the program is part of a broader employee engagement effort going on across the department.

  Federal Drive

  December 03, 2014
• Education offers employees the chance to walk in their managers’ shoes

  The Education Department offers a series of programs to improve employee engagement and leadership training. Quay Crowner, Education's acting deputy chief administration officer and HR director, said there is an increased emphasis across the agency to better take care of the employees.

  Management

  December 03, 2014
• Jessie Roberson, Vice Chair, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

  The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is calling on the Department of Energy to improve emergency preparedness and response. Its most recent recommendation maps out a series of safety updates at DOE sites. Jessie Roberson is vice chair of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, and a new National Academy of Public Administration fellow. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she explained how she'll bring more than three decades in the nuclear engineering field to the NAPA fellowship.

  All News

  November 06, 2014
• The energy behind the Department of Energy

  What are key management and operational challenges facing the U.S. Department of Energy? How is Energy progressing with its environmental management clean up? How is Energy changing the way it does mission support? Join host Michael Keegan next week as he explores these questions and much more with David Klaus, Deputy Under Secretary for Management & Performance within the U.S. Department of Energy.

  Management

  October 13, 2014
• Inside the Reporter’s Notebook: Category management launches five pilots; more vendor past performance data

  In this edition of Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Executive Editor Jason Miller shares news and buzz about the IT and acquisition communities.

  Defense

  July 25, 2014
• Senate confirms new deputy administrator at NNSA

  Madelyn Creedon was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday to be the Energy Department's principal deputy administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

  Congress

  July 23, 2014
• GSA task force plans for future net-zero energy buildings

  The General Services Administration's Net-Zero Energy Task Group is planning to produce a draft letter with clear goals and guidance for net-zero energy buildings by this September.

  Technology

  July 10, 2014
• Administration empowering agencies for more lab-to-market innovation

  The Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of Energy are simplifying intellectual property licensing, and encouraging more private sector involvement in federally-funded research and development.

  Technology

  July 07, 2014
• Jill James, Director of ED.gov, Education Department

  The Education Department has two ambitious goals to reach by 2020: see the U.S. become the nation with the highest percentage of college graduates in the world, and see low income and minority students find the same successes as their peers in graduating from high school and having access to college education. The department's Open Government Plan is key to achieving these goals. Jill James is director of ED.gov in the Office of Communications and Outreach. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss the plan and how Education is communicating with the public.

  Federal Drive

  June 20, 2014