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- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- Proposed commission would give teeth to cost-saving ideas but some lawmakers skeptical
- Feds outside the Beltway react to furloughs
- Contracting executives guilty of 8(a) program fraud
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- 29-year-old NASA engineer going where no one has gone before
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- ICE Director John Morton stepping down
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
- House presses VA for more details after cyber attacks
- DoD maintains BRAC fight, despite opposition
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Hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp bring you the latest news affecting the federal community each weekday morning. Be up-to-date before you step in the office.
Senate Democrat unveils bill preventing shutdown
Top Senate Democrat Mikulski unveils bill preventing government shutdown
House puts damper on USPS plan for 5-day delivery
The fiscal 2013 spending bill doesn't remove the requirement for the Postal Service to deliver first-class mail six days a week. Other provisions in the bill povide a boost in funding DHS cyber, DoD acquisition and VA IT spending.
Report: VA sent data over unsecured networks
Watchdog says VA sent sensitive patient data over unencrypted networks, posing security risk
General foresees end to grim rise in Army suicides
New central commander foresees end to grim rise in Army suicides
Federal Drive Interviews -- March 7, 2013
Former Navy Seal Jon Iadonisi calls cyber policy makers "digital immigrants." Stuart Delery of the Justice Department talks about scams that target service members and veterans. Carl Fillichio of the Labor Department shares stories from his agency's 100-year history. Shawn Brimley of the Center for New American Security weighs in on the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review.
Thursday morning federal headlines - March 7, 2013
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp 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. In today's news, Washington developers are jumping at the chance to build a new headquarters for the FBI or take over the old Hoover building.
As agencies come to terms with cloud security, another barrier emerges
FedRAMP and other initiatives are helping CIOs become more comfortable with securing data and applications in the cloud. But changing the way agencies buy, manage and oversee technology is a bigger roadblock in moving systems to the cloud.
Senator ends long floor speech blocking CIA pick
Kentucky senator ends lengthy speech blocking Obama's nominee to lead CIA
Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
10 years later, final watchdog report concludes US spent too much, for too little, in Iraq
House spending bill prevents shutdown, extends pay freeze
The House has approved legislation to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month, freeze federal pay for a third straight year and give the Defense Department some relief from a cash crunch caused by sequestration. The huge spending measure, which was passed on a 267-151 vote, would fund federal operations through September. It leaves in place automatic cuts of 5 percent to domestic agencies and 7.8 percent to the Pentagon ordered by President Barack Obama Friday night after months of battling Republicans over the budget.
Baker leaving VA a transformed IT organization
Roger Baker's last day as the Veterans Affairs
Department's assistant secretary for
information and technology and chief
information officer is March 8. He said the
agency manages and oversees IT much differently than it did four years ago.
March 7, 2013
Federal Drive Interviews -- March 6, 2013
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen talks about eight years of investigating waste, fraud and abuse in Iraq. John Salamone of Federal Management Partners discusses the ups and downs of teleworking for federal employees. Jeremy Herb, staff writer from The Hill newspapers, discusses a new House bill that would soften the blow of sequestration for some. Dr. Patrick Gallagher, NIST director, talks about a new commission tackling what some see as a critical flaw in the nation's criminal justice system.
IG: Billions wasted on Iraq reconstruction
In his final report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen's conclusion was all too clear: Since the invasion a decade ago this month, the U.S. has spent too much money in Iraq for too few results.
Wednesday morning federal headlines - March 6, 2013
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp 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. In today's news, one senator is wondering why, in these tough budget times, the Agriculture Department is hosting wine tastings.
CIO Council harnessing growing list of 'world class' IT programs
The CIO Council will add 25 more examples of IT project management excellence to its best practice database. DHS CIO Richard Spires said at the Excellence.gov awards Tuesday the goal of all of these success stories is to share what worked and leave a broader legacy across all of Federal IT.
Joint Chiefs welcome House fiscal 2013 budget proposal
The lower chamber's bill would significantly soften the blow against DoD and potentially eliminate current plans such as civilian furloughs because of the automatic budget cuts. The remainder of the government would remain under both sequestration and a full-year continuing resolution.
TSA to allow small knives, bats, clubs on planes
Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes beginning next month under a policy change announced Tuesday by the head of the Transportation Security Administration.
Military leaders welcome House GOP budget bill
Military leaders say House GOP budget bill will ease some of the pain of defense cuts
As sequestration cuts loom, unimplemented IG recommendations could save billions
Over the past few years, unimplemented agency inspector general recommendations that could potentially save the government billions of dollars have piled up. Now, with $85 billion in automatic budget cuts kicking in, lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are telling agencies there's no excuse for them to further delay implementing the cost-saving measures and best practices identified by their IGs.
Upsurge in February retirements causes backlog to balloon
The number of federal employees filing retirement claims last month spiked to more than 20,000 -- nearly four times what the Office of Personnel Management projected, according to new OPM data released Tuesday.
