Tuesday Morning Federal Newscast – April 19th

The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. T...

The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.

  • Your next government ID card could require iris recognition. The biometric data to be used on the Personal Identification Verification ID cards is being updated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST had released a draft that includes requirements for iris recognition and on-card fingerprint comparison. GCN reports the revision would replace the existing requirements set in 2007. PIV cards are mandatory for federal workers and contractors under HSPD-12.
  • Federal agencies have two weeks to select a Chief Operating Officer, if they want to stay compliant with an overhauled law. The first major revision of the Government Performance and Results Act was signed by President Obama in January. Part of that Act requires all agencies select a COO by May 2nd. The COO is responsible for organization management to improve agency performance. Agencies have until June 1st to select a Performance Improvement Officer. The Office of Management and Budget has released guidance to help agencies along with the process.
  • The General Services Administration is opening access to information on government contractors and how well they’ve done their work. The Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information Systems is now open to the public. FederalTimes reports contracting officers use the database to see how contractors have performed in the past, before making awards. The public site just went online, and you can go back through records dating back only to last Friday, April 15th.
  • Northrop Grumman has taken the first steps to opening its new headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. The Washington Post reports the company is hiring executives, putting its insignia on the new building, and hiring more people. Only about half of its corporate staff, based in Los Angeles, is planning to move. The move is slated to begin in late summer and will be done in phases, and once it is complete the company will give up its Rosslyn office.

More news links

Black Officers Lodge New Discrimination Complaint (RollCall)

Pentagon inquiry clears McChrystal of wrongdoing

Interior Sec. to reveal Cape Wind details in Mass.

DOJ argues for rehearing in Secret Service lawsuit

iPad app shows US library’s Civil War images in 3D

Soldier Wins Lottery, Heads to Afghanistan (UPI via Military.com)

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