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- VA chipping away at oldest disability claims in backlog
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- New mobile tools gives agencies ‘giant innovation permission slip'
- Congress pressures agencies to speed up office consolidations
- Furlough Friday: Multiple agencies took advantage of holiday weekend
- Data breach puts DHS employees at risk of ID theft
- IRS replaces official in Tea Party controversy
- Commerce nominee sails through hearing
- Obama nominates Archuleta as next OPM director
- FedRAMP achieves another cloud security milestone
- Tangherlini to be nominated as permanent GSA chief
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB reworking financial system requirements
- Federal retirement funds temporarily tapped
- Friday federal headlines - May 24, 2013
Monday - Friday, 3-7 p.m.
Francis Rose keeps you updated on all the federal news happening during your workday. Don't leave the office without seeing what's on the show.
Federal News Countdown: How will sequestration impact government operations?
On a special edition of the Federal News Countdown, Jeff Neal, senior vice president at ICF International and the former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department, discusses the potential effects of sequestration on government operations.
In Depth Interviews - February 25
Guests from the federal community discuss the latest issues with In Depth host Francis Rose.
Coburn calls for partial federal job freeze as sequestration nears
The Republican senator from Oklahoma is asking the Office of Management and Budget to require agencies to stop hiring for certain positions. Instead, he would like that funding put towards mission critical jobs that could be affected by sequestration cuts. Coburn, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, found 10 jobs listed on USAJobs.gov that he believes could be frozen. He says this would give agencies $1.4 million to spend on positions like border security officers and TSA screeners.
Inside the Reporter's Notebook: OPM personnel changes, Tangherlini gets more than 210 days
News and buzz in the acquisition and IT communities that you may have missed this week.
In Depth interviews - Feb. 22
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Boehner says US veterans' claims system is broken
House speaker says system for veterans' disability claims is broken, cites 'shameful' failures
Obama administration: Cuts to cause flight delays
Obama administration: Spending cuts will cause flight delays
SBA head: Agency will avoid major blow from cuts
SBA head Mills says agency operations unlikely to be drastically hurt by automatic budget cuts
Abt Associates' Kathleen Flanagan on international-development contracting
Kathleen Flanagan, CEO of Bethesda, Md.-based Abt Associates, joins Industry Chatter to discuss the issues facing contractors working in international development.
GSA cancels 2013 Expo conference
Budget uncertainty at the General Services Administration, other agencies and among vendors is the main cause behind the decision to call off the annual training conference, GSA officials said.
Private US firms take major role vs. cyberattacks
China hacking reveals outsourcing to private US firms in international cyberwar
White House announces anti-theft trade strategy
New US effort launched to stem theft of trade secrets; concern about China leads to action
In Depth interviews - Feb. 21
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Navy mulls extending NMCI contract, increasing contract ceiling
The Department of the Navy has announced it may spend up to $1.2 billion more for support of its Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). In a Feb. 20 FedBizOpps posting, the Navy issued sole-source justification, detailing a notice of intent to increase the price of Hewlett-Packard's continuity-of-service contract (CoSC). The notice also allows the Navy to extend the CoSC services from April 2014 through September 2014 to ensure the department can complete the transition to its Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN). However, that contract option would only be exercised if the NGEN transition is further delayed.
Union: EPA plans agencywide furlough days under sequestration
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning at least three agencywide mandatory furlough days through the end of the fiscal year if sequestration goes into effect, according to union officials who say they were briefed on agency plans. EPA also will implement employee furloughs in two phases, according to John J. O'Grady, the president of AFGE Local 704, which covers the Chicago region.
OPM eases burden to hire people with disabilities
The agency will publish a final rule Friday that will remove the need for people with disabilities to have a "certification of job readiness."
Pentagon notifies Congress of likely furloughs
Pentagon tells Congress that worker furloughs are likely if no budget deal reached by March 1
In Depth interviews - Feb. 20
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
After Navy role, Work to head CNAS think tank
Undersecretary of the Navy Robert Work will become the CEO of the Center for a New American Security, a prestigious defense think tank with close ties to the Obama administration. Work will start at CNAS April 22.
DoD details states hit hardest by sequestration
The Pentagon's budget chief, Robert Hale, told reporters that the economic impact of sequestration would be felt nationwide. The biggest potential losses, in term of total civilian payroll dollars, would be in Virginia, California, Maryland, Texas and Georgia, he said. Hale said the unpaid leaves for civilian workers would begin in late April and would save $4 billion to $5 billion if extended through the end of the budget year, Sept. 30.
