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- Friday federal headlines - May 24, 2013
Monday morning federal headlines - Dec. 19, 2011
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.
DoD saving CBP's bottom line
A Defense Department program to share military equipment with federal, state and local agencies could ease budget pressure at the Homeland Security Department. Already, Customs and Border Protection has used military drones and radar-equipped airships to track drug smugglers and human traffickers.
CBP eyes streamlined import process
In an interview on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris, Brenda Smith, the executive director for trade policy and programs at CBP, said the a new "simplified entry" tool, which is currently in the testing phase, will help streamline data requirements for companies that import material into the United States.
GAO: Not enough info on border security technology
Rich Stana is director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office.
DHS to limit employees' outside employment
The Homeland Security Department proposed a rule that would prohibit employees in certain DHS components from participating in certain outside jobs and activities. By drafting the proposals, DHS leaders are trying to prevent perceptions of conflicts of interest.
Panel: Cloud computing 'new way of doing business'
Fred Whiteside, project manager for the cloud computing program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Wolf Tombe, chief technology officer, Customs and Border Protection joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris for a panel discussion on cloud computing in government.
Transforming homeland security: The creation of DHS (chart)
Created in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the formation of the Homeland Security Department involved a massive reorganization of the federal government. The chart represents the 22 agencies or offices from 12 different departments that were absorbed by DHS.
CBP aims to deliver 'unified' border strategy
The federal government pulled a number of components from various federal departments to create Customs and Border Protection, after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Inspiring employees to work together under a new boss required persistence and a sense of shared mission, Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations Thomas Winkowski told reporters in a roundtable about border security developments since the attacks.
Thursday morning federal headlines - August 18
Today on the Federal Drive: The Defense Intelligence Agency wants to ease the revolving door so it's younger workforce can return if they depart and the GAO rates a Federal Protective Service project poorly.
CBP to probe workforce corruption
Customs and Border Protection will send investigators to field offices run by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general. The probes will focus on alleged corruption at U.S. borders.
DHS coordinates interagency security at waterways, ports
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) brought forth a new plan, the Maritime Operations Coordination (MOC), that will improve cross-coordination efforts between the Coast Guard (USCG), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Corruption in the ranks frustrates CBP
More than 125 U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees have been arrested or indicted on corruption charges since 2004. We get details from The Hill's Jordy Yager
CIOs cite struggles with agile development
Agency chief information officers say the road to more agile acquisition and development of information technology has some speed bumps, including misaligned budgetary and acquisition cycles, and industry partners who are just as accustomed to the old way of doing things as the government is.
BRAC side effect: Greener buildings
Because of mandates requiring new DoD buildings to meet minimum requirements for environmental design, tens of thousands of Defense employees are making moves from older, energy inefficient buildings into greener ones.
CBP stopping bugs at the border
Moths, snails, longhorn beetles, leafhoppers, miner flies and mites have been stopped at the border - before they could do damage. We get details from the CBP's Linda Cullen.
SBInet lives on in parts of DHS border protection plan
A new southwestern border security technology strategy is in the works. We get details from CBS's Mark Borkowski.
DHS to gain real-time access to DoD biometrics
The Department of Homeland Security already has real-time access to biometric data maintained in the FBI's huge database of criminal records. Within the next year, it'll be able to share similar data with the Defense Department.
The budget, new and old, and your agency
On this week's show, host Mike Causey talks with NTEU president Colleen Kelley and Federal Times' Steve Watkins about different budget plans being considered and how they might hit you, or your agency, in the wallet.
DHS ends SBINet virtual fence
The controversial project to build an electronic fence along the country's southern border is being terminated.
CBP to cut its IT contractor workforce in half
The agency plans on hiring 500 more federal employees in 2011. Officials said they could save $40 million by reducing the number of vendor employees. CBP also is hiring more lower-level employees to help keep the pipeline of skills flowing.
