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A new report from the Government Accountability Office looked at four agencies to see how their money management and use of unobligated balances helped offset the impacts of the government shutdown and sequestration.
November 03, 2015 -
The number of Hispanic federal civilian employees increased for the fourth year in a row, according to the latest report from the Office of Personnel Management. The annual report showed an increase of 461 on-board employees between fiscal 2013 and 2014, or a 0.1 percent bump in Hispanic representation.
October 27, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget’s new guidance prohibits civilian agencies from buying computers off any contract except from one of three governmentwide acquisition contracts.
October 16, 2015 Lou Kerestesy, founder of GovInnovators, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how innovation works in the federal government and where it is headed. October 13, 2015
October 12, 2015-
Kathryn Medina, chief talent officer at APCO Worldwide and former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, and Jeri Buchholz, strategic business development advisor for FMP Consulting and former chief human capital officer at NASA, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
September 29, 2015 Jim Rinaldi, the CIO at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, said he created an IT petting zoo to test out emerging technology on a small scale to see how it could improve mission results.
September 25, 2015-
Joanne Woytek, program manager for NASA SEWP V, joins host Roger Waldron to give us an update of the program, which is off to a fast start since being awarded in May. September 8, 2015
September 08, 2015 -
The federal technology community is seeing a lot of key senior executives switch roles or leave government, including new officials in charge of data analytics at GSA and EPA.
September 08, 2015 -
Procurement protests get a bad rep for taking long to sort out minor details. GAO's Ralph White says that's far from true. He debunks some common procurement myths.
August 28, 2015 -
NASA could be soon looking for another chief information officer. Sources say Larry Sweet has told his staff he plans on retiring at the end of the calendar year.
August 24, 2015 -
The federal human resources community is losing a key member. Jeri Buchholz, the NASA chief human capital officer and assistant administrator for human capital management, is retiring on July 31. She is moving to industry…
July 27, 2015 -
As more and more agencies hire chief data officers, the question arises, what’s the difference between data and information? And where does the chief information officer fit into the discussion? In the first part of our special report, Deconstructing the CDO, federal CIOs and CDOs agree there is room for both as agencies mature their use and understanding of data.
July 07, 2015 -
Members of the Senior Executive Service report much higher satisfaction at their agencies than the employees who work for them, according to a new report.
July 01, 2015 -
DHS' Science and Technology Directorate worked with scientists at NASA-JPL to create FINDER, a portable piece of technology to help first responders.
June 30, 2015 It's been more than three months since astronaut and flight engineer Scott Kelly joined the Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend about a year living and working aboard the station to help scientists better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Shortly before the failure of a third try at getting supplies to the Space Station, Kelly joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an update on the mission. He says astronauts don't feel isolated.
June 30, 2015