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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
New federal CIO VanRoekel's goal is execution
President Obama today named Steven VanRoekel to replace Vivek Kundra as the federal chief information officer. VanRoekel said his experience at the FCC helped him understand the challenges of government, and the fact there are answers to the complex problems. VanRoekel's first day is Friday.
Agencies getting tougher on contractors?
Faced with increasingly tighter federal budgets, agency leaders are getting tougher on contract spending. The Office of Management and Budget announced in March that spending on federal contracting had actually declined for the first time in more than a decade. Also, earlier this month, OMB directed agencies to cut spending on service contracts by 15 percent.
International development in Africa
Africare President Dr. Darius Mans joins host Derrick Dortch to talk about the work his organization is doing in Africa.
July 1, 2011
Watchdogs: Agencies risking billions in war zones
Unless changes are made "the United States faces new waves of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan" according to the Commission on Wartime Contracting. USAID, the Departments of Defense and State are singled out in a new commission report for their inadequate planning.
NASA, USAID team up to solve worldwide problems
Will Schmitt, the open innovation advisor in the Office of Science and Technology at USAID, spoke to Federal News Radio about the collaborative effort.
USAID works around FISMA to use iPads
"We are not DHS. We are not DoD," says Jerry Horton, chief information officer at USAID.
Fairfax Co. search and rescue team returning from Japan
The elite urban search rescue team from Fairfax County that was assisting in the efforts following the earthquake and tsunami and Japan will be returning to the United States early Sunday morning.
Five-year pay freeze, more federal job cuts proposed
The Republican Study Committee introduced the Spending Reduction Act that would eliminate USAID and three other small agencies. It also would take spending back to 2006 levels in fiscal 2012. The legislation also would cut or reduce spending in 100 programs such as agency travel budgets and require the collection of unpaid taxes from federal employees.
QDDR driving budgets, changes at State Department
Agency's policy head discusses the first-ever four-year review of the Department's operations, future budgets.
State QDDR outlines new goals, strategy
What does the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review mean for the nation's defense, diplomacy and development strategy? Jon Allen and Cheryl Steele, senior associates at Booz Allen Hamilton, joined the Federal Drive this morning to discuss it.
Sites boost transparency on government news, foreign projects
Gov 2.0 is boosting transparency on domestic government news as well as on projects abroad.
Pakistani flood aid efforts increase
USAID is the leading aid-giver
US AID Sets Out New Technology Strategy
Officials with USAID - the U.S. Agency for International Development - recently gathered many of the world's leading scientists and development thinkers, along with leaders of key federal science agencies, to help map out a new Science, Technology and Innovation strategy. More than 60 experts from around the world spent two days discussing issues and how technology might provide solutions. One of the specific goals will be bridging the divide between the interests of the public and private sectors. The conference was the first step in helping USAID to identify what agency leaders call "grand challenges" and explore how science, technology, and innovation can be used to solve them. USAID officials have now appointed the first science advisor the Agency has had in 19 years as well as established a new dedicated Science and Technology office.
Small businesses to play a big role at USAID
Small businesses will play an important role in the new procurement reform strategy at USAID. We get details from the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Mauricio Vera
Causey Awards: Ethics wiki helps feds around the world
USAID's Sabrina Segal has created a Wikipedia-like way of sharing information about government ethics.
Sabrina Segal, USAID
Sabrina Segal is one of seven winners of Federal News Radio's 2010 Causey Awards. Segal was nominated for developin a wiki to assist in the ethical decision making of her fellow attorneys.
Sabrina Segal Nomination
Sabrina Segal, with the U.S. Agency for International Development, was nominated for a Causey Award for her development of a wiki to assist in the ethical decision making of her fellow attorneys.
Inter-American Foundation (IAF): Promoting development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Host Derrick T. Dortch explores the work of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF).
March 12, 2010
Federal response to Haiti earthquake headed by USAID, Pentagon
The Federal government has jumped into action after yesterday's earthquake in Haiti. The lead agencies for Federal response are USAID, working through the State Department; and the Defense Department.
USAID wants additional vetting of contractors, grantees
New system would include national security screenings.
