Transportation Department
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A new report from GAO found that the top three benefits of telework reported by agencies were improved recruitment and retention, improved work-life balance and increased productivity.
August 02, 2016 -
Through HHS’ Entrepreneur-in Residence program and Transportation’s chief innovation officer, these agencies are among the few that are committing resources and people to thinking differently about problems and challenges.
July 28, 2016 -
Federal employees responded to a Federal News Radio survey critiquing agencies' responses to the SafeTrack program, as lawmakers question which Department of Transportation component should be in charge of Metro safety oversight.
July 25, 2016 -
Burdened by student debt, the youngest federal employees are entering the workforce later than their predecessors. As part of a Federal News Radio special report, What Millennials Really Want from Federal Service, most young employees said they'd prefer to stay in government, as long as they have opportunities to develop their skills, careers and benefits.
June 27, 2016 -
The Labor Department hired Booz Allen Hamilton under a $74.2 million contract to manage its financial management system while it prepares to move to a federal shared service provider in 2019.
June 21, 2016 -
Federal CIOs say when it comes to modernizing government IT systems, most of the workforce welcomes the change. But if the government truly wants to modernize, it will have to do more than try to catch up to the technology curve.
June 09, 2016 -
Richard McKinney, the Transportation Department CIO, said he signed a memo along with the CFO and an assistant secretary to require bureau level CIOs to submit IT spending plans as part of how the agency is restructuring its oversight of technology.
May 27, 2016 -
Are three-hour waits at Dulles and Reagan National airports the new normal? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that frequent-flier feds may have the answer.
May 19, 2016 -
Attracting a skilled federal cyber workforce means getting applicants, agencies and hiring managers on the same page when it comes to mission.
May 18, 2016 -
The armed forces rely heavily on the U.S. merchant marine to ship supplies and equipment. That's where the Transportation Department's Maritime Administration comes in. Maritime Administrator Paul Jaenichen talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.
May 17, 2016 -
Commerce, USDA, Transportation demonstrate augmented role of CIO to manage significant projects and make much-needed change.
May 02, 2016 -
Wendy Harris, program director with the Transportation Department's Inspector General's Office of Surface Safety, talks with Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. She discusses an investigation her office conducted on the Office of Defects Investigation, which is responsible for ensuring cars are manufactured defect free.
April 05, 2016 -
Federal News Radio reporters Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss changes in commuter benefits and how the 2017 GOP budget proposal would affect feds. March 30, 2016
March 29, 2016 -
Hundreds of federal employees say their agencies provided them with at least some information on changes in commuter benefits. In an exclusive Federal News Radio survey, government workers said that information varied widely when it came to when and what their agency said, and whether employees would receive the benefits at all.
March 29, 2016 -
For the past couple of decades, the nation's cities have become re-entranced with trolleys and streetcars. And the Transportation Department has aided and abetted this desire.
March 07, 2016