State Department
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Frontis Wiggins, the State Department’s chief information officer, said he wants to set specific rules around IT management and acquisition, but give agency offices flexibility too as part of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act implementation effort.
May 05, 2017 -
Rex Tillerson goes out on a limb when describing what will happen after State redesigns all of its work processes.
May 05, 2017 -
Three months into his tenure, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke at length directly to career employees. That came just days after he called for a 3 percent reduction in headcount at State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Ambassador Barbara Stephenson, president of the American Foreign Service Association, offers her take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 05, 2017 -
The State Department is a month into a special project, working with the Smithsonian, to protect and preserve precious objects from the ancient world. Mark Taplin, acing assistant secretary for educational and cultural affairs, and Andrew Cohen, senior cultural property analyst, discuss the project on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 04, 2017 -
Passport Services also plans on rolling out push notifications for application renewals, as part of its efforts to reduce the burden on customer service phone lines.
May 03, 2017 -
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walked department employees through his plans to reorganize the agency on Wednesday, echoing many of the Trump administration's talking points about its larger goal of reducing the federal workforce.
May 03, 2017 -
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will have to create a two-way communication channel in which people don't just feel they're heard but also comprehended.
May 02, 2017 -
The spending package gives the Homeland Security Department about $1.5 billion for border security activities for the remaining five months of the fiscal year. For civilian agencies, here are six other areas to take note of in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017.
May 01, 2017 -
President Donald Trump announced a slew of nominees for key administration positions Friday, after the Senate confirmed a new deputy-level Cabinet official this week.
April 28, 2017 -
The U.S. State Department has removed its promotional posting about President Donald Trump's Florida resort, after a storm of ethics criticism
April 24, 2017 -
President Trump issued an executive order for federal agencies to review their policies and procedures for buying American. He suspect loopholes in buy-American laws are too often used when the government buys. Agencies are to forward their legal and procedural reviews to Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross, who will in turn deliver a draft set of recommendations by the end of the year.
April 20, 2017 -
The nation’s number-two military officer added himself to the list of Defense officials who’ve expressed unease about taking funds away from the State Department as one way to pay for a $54 billion plus-up in military spending.
April 18, 2017 -
Agencies were scored for how easy it is to find and use email records, established email policies, and employee training. Agencies were also scored on whether there is a low, medium or high risk of not managing email effectively.
April 10, 2017 -
Brenda Sprague, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for passport services, said the agency has made major changes to its people, process and technology to be able to handle a huge increase in passport applications over the next two years.
March 23, 2017 -
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said proposed budget reductions for agencies such as EPA or HUD are based on the administration’s goals and priorities, and leaders at those agencies will be able to decide how best to address smaller budgets.
March 16, 2017