State's Diplopedia promotes diplomatic info sharing

The collaborative tool is an example of how agencies can share information securely. Chris Bronk, a fellow for information technology policy at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, explains how Diplopedia works.

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Lessons on innovation from HHS' Todd Park

Park was the guest on In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss fostering innovation in government.

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Gates pushes against deeper DoD cuts

Reuters reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to brief Congress on Thursday about the budget cuts over the next five years.

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New law changes NIST marching orders

Patrick Gallagher, the director of NIST, told Federal News Radio's Jason Miller about how the provisions in the law will change the way NIST meets its mission.

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DoD conflict of interest rule to impact nearly every agency

The Professional Services Council's Stan Soloway explains on the Defense Department rule.

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Cybersecurity tops IRS challenges in 2011

Alan Duncan, assistant inspector general in the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, was the guest on Federal Security Spotlight with Tom Temin.

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WikiLeaks prompts review of agencies' handling of classified information

NextGov reports that OMB has set a Jan. 28 deadline for agencies to complete their assessments of how they handled classified information.

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New culture with new GOP majority?

CNN's Brian Todd explains the Republican promises of more fiscal responsibility and whether or not it's coming true with the new Congress convening.

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Dorobek Must Reads - January 5

A daily list of the best stories of the day as compiled by the DorobekINSIDER team.

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DorobekINSIDER: Federal Drive’s most read items for 2010

In the first week of the new year, we looking back â"“ and look forwardâ"¦ by looking at what you determined were the big stories. All week, Iâ"™m highlighting the most read items across Federal News Radioâ"™s programs. Monday, we focused on the 100 most read items on the DorobekINSIDER in 2010; on Tuesday, the [...]

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DorobekINSIDER: Federal Drive’s most read items for 2010

In the first week of the new year, we looking back â"“ and look forwardâ"¦ by looking at what you determined were the big stories. All week, Iâ"™m highlighting the most read items across Federal News Radioâ"™s programs. Monday, we focused on the 100 most read items on the DorobekINSIDER in 2010; on Tuesday, the [...]

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Update: TSP check mistake due to processing error

Nearly 10,000 participants received payments, some as much $10,000. The Federal Thrift Investment Board's Tom Trabucco said participants can keep the money but will have to pay taxes on it.

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Causey on attitudes toward feds in 2011

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New Year's resolutions for the Pentagon

Small Wars Journal's Robert Haddick outlines the top three resolutions he has suggested for the Defense Department.

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McAfee: Cyber attacks on Apple products to increase

SC Magazine reports that Macs and other Apple products will be targets of malware in 2011.

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Fair pay question tied to performance

Gov Exec's Tom Shoop explains the challenges of agencies trying to determine fair pay for employees.

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Archive's online portal increases accessibility

WFED's Jason Miller discusses the new online collection at the National Archives.

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Report measures open gov benchmarks

Socrata's report measures government, public and developer activities and perceptions about open government.

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5 ways to improve Pentagon acquisition

Loren Thompson, CEO of the non-profit Lexington Institute, says this year was a disaster for DoD acquisition and offers five ways for the agency to improve.

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DoD tries to green acquisition process

DoD's Paul Yaroschak explains efforts at the agency to make products more green.

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