Treasury Department

• White House adds another layer to executive cyber powers

  President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order giving agencies the ability to recommend economic sanctions against cyber attackers and their supporters. As the President signed this latest order, Congress seems closer than ever to passing a cyber information sharing bill.

  Congress

  April 02, 2015
• Abolish the IRS? Easy to say, but awfully hard to do

  By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to abolish the Internal Revenue Service is a good talking point for political candidates who are looking to fire up the Republicans’ most conservative voters. It’s…

  Congress

  March 25, 2015
• House vets chairman: VA impeding congressional oversight

  The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Monday accused the inspector general and other officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs of withholding reports from his panel, despite pledges to be transparent.

  Congress

  March 16, 2015
• What happens when the Treasury IG disputes findings of a VA IG report?

  The Treasury Department's inspector general reviewed a recent Veterans Affairs IG report and concluded the actions of a former VA acquisitions official "did not violate applicable law."

  Defense

  March 16, 2015
• OMB’s Dave Mader: A ‘zealot’ for shared services

  The controller in the Office of Management and Budget says the next two years are critical for financial management shared services. Mader said along with Treasury, OMB will be determining how best to get agencies to move to one of four federal providers.

  Management

  March 05, 2015
• Dick Gregg, Managing Director, HJ Steininger

  Some agencies have ambitious modernization goals because of the DATA Act. The Treasury Department replaced 30 legacy payment systems last year. But some plans work better than others. Dick Gregg is former fiscal assistant secretary of the Treasury Department and managing director of H.J. Steininger. He's using his experience at the Treasury to think of the three best ways to take advantage of the DATA Act, and he shared them on In Depth with Francis Rose.

  All News

  February 25, 2015
• Jose Arrieta, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Treasury

  The Treasury Department wants to make sure small players aren't left out of potential contracting opportunities. That's why it put out a guide for small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses. The guide gives them tips for pursuing Treasury contractings. Jose Arrieta is the director of Treasury's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to talk about the guide.

  Federal Drive

  January 13, 2015
• FBI: Cyber attack against Sony would have bested most federal defenses too

  Whether or not North Korea was behind the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures, its level of sophistication suggests it was sponsored by a country, not a group of hackers. And the FBI believes the same attack could just as easily have penetrated most sophisticated networks, including government ones.

  Congress

  December 11, 2014
• Disability hiring on the rise, OPM says

  Four years after a push from the President, the federal government is hiring employees with disabilities at a rate that's higher than it's been in decades, according to a new report from the Office of Personnel Management.

  Defense

  December 08, 2014
• Adilson Jardim, Senior Sales Consultant, Oracle

  The Treasury Department is working toward publishing the first ever Shared Services Catalogue for financial management. It's due out in early 2015. It will list all the services offered to federal agencies, the price range and what's in and out of scope under the financial management shared services program. Adilson Jardim, senior sales consultant for Oracle, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to give a few examples of how shared services not only saved billions of dollars for his company but set the stage for immense future growth.

  Federal Drive

  December 05, 2014
• Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States

  Two Treasury agencies have managed to make big gains in hiring veterans. In 2014, half of new hires at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint were veterans. Now, veterans make up about one-third of employees at each of the two agencies. How'd they do it? Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States, shared details with Tom Temin on the Federal Drive.

  Federal Drive

  November 21, 2014
• Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

  The Treasury Department isn't getting ready for the holiday buying season with its new catalog of shared services. Rather, Treasury is opening the door for industry to participate in the governmentwide effort. In his biweekly feature, Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Radio's Executive Editor Jason Miller writes about Treasury's plans. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss the next step to move the government toward shared services for financial management.

  Federal Drive

  November 17, 2014
• Not the Montgomery Ward, but the shared services catalog

  The Treasury Department isn't quite getting ready for the Christmas buying season, but it is preparing for the shared services buying season. Treasury will release a catalog of shared services early in 2015.

  Management

  November 17, 2014
• Treasury names Bhagowalia as its new CIO

  Sonny Bhagowalia comes back to the federal government after spending almost three years working for the Hawaii state government as a technology executive.

  Technology

  October 20, 2014