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- Hagel: Accountability breakdown a leading factor in sexual assaults
- PHOTOS: Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal Finalists
- SES bonuses under fire at GSA, other agencies
- Next-gen Apple devices cleared to join Defense IT networks
- VA's Gould moves the needle on many of VA's toughest challenges
- ODNI's Liberty Crossing complex closed today
- Causey: Saintly media vs. government devils
- White House wants to root out copycat programs - starting with STEM
- Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
- Hagel makes 'difficult choice,' civilian furloughs to begin July 8
- Obama appoints Danny Werfel acting IRS head
- House bill protects homeland security budget
- Intelligence Community free from furloughs
- OMB fuels the passion, synergy between mobile, open data
Navy finds value engineering at sea
We continue our series on the Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards with a look at Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules with program manager, Capt. Michael Good.
US CTO Chopra describes the work to be done on openness
Assessments show that we are off to a good start--but have much more work to do as we transition our overall efforts towards effective agency implementation. U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra explains.
UPDATE: More on military pay raise from Senate Armed Services subcommittee
More from this hearing on using funds for specialty and incentive pay instead of across-the-board pay raises.
Federal web managers introduce cool tools for your agency to use
Some of the federal government's top web managers and producers are seeing some new, cutting edge tools.
JPDO's Karlin Toner explains progress on FAA's NextGen system
House Transportation subcommittee asked for updates from program head, Transportation IG, and GAO.
Commission on Wartime Contracting probes Army services contracts
The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan wants to know how the Army is doing in administering services contracts.
Treasury goes green, saves green
Treasury will require individuals receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Veterans, Railroad Retirement and Office of Personnel Management benefits to receive payments electronically. Dick Gregg, the acting fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, explains.
Agencies going "all in" on new media citizen engagement
Federal agencies are increasingly turning to the tools of social collaboration, and doing it in a way that fits the mission of the organization.
Defense acquisition reform bill coming from House Armed Services Committee
Committee Chairman Ike Skelton says fixing the acquisition system at the Department of Defense is a bipartisan goal.
Interior open about Open Government plans
The plan includes the specific actions DOI will undertake to incorporate the key principles of transparency, collaboration and participation into its core mission. Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Jackson from the Office of Technology, Information and Business Services explains.
New FBI unit hauls in cash and criminals
A new Washington FBI field-office unit has agents working exclusively on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and may be able to pay for itself. Details from Shawn Henry, Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Division
GSA Administrator Martha Johnson kicks off IRMCO with a bang
She announces a top-to-bottom review of how they measure whether or not they are meeting their mission.
Industry Chatter: Greg Baroni of Attain
Improving your agency's procurement process requires some precise steps. Greg Baroni gets you started.
Roundtable: hiring should be about people
People are the best investment in human capital. Technology is good, but not the best. More from David Ellwood, Dean of Harvard's Kennedy School
NNSA looks cut costs while growing efficiences
After more than two years of review, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration has announced its new acquisition strategy decision for key contracts. We get details from Patty Wagner, site office manager at Sandia National Laboratories
Fresh voices weigh in on Pentagon acquisition, logistics
Current military personnel doubling as think tank thinkers, academics share results of their research.
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra reflects on first-year progress
Federal chief information officer Vivek Kundra says a new program will make sure cloud computing makes economic sense for agencies and companies.
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra pushing agencies harder toward the cloud
The move to the cloud in the Federal government is happening, but not as fast as Kundra would like.
GSA Administrator Martha Johnson making waves at IRMCO
Johnson will lead an off-site event in May to reexamine how the agency is serving its customers.
HReinvented: Defense re-tunes its hiring machine
J.D. Sicilia, Director of the DoD Lean Six Sigma Program Office and Howard Seamens, Performance Improvement Specialist with the Human Capital Portfolio in the DoD Lean Six Sigma Program Office say they've cut hiring time and improved candidates for Defense jobs.
