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- OMB reworking financial systems to focus on outcomes, not inputs
- Lew taps government retiree pension fund to avoid default
- OMB taps VanRoekel to lead management team
- PHOTOS: Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal Finalists
- Hagel: Accountability breakdown was leading factor in sexual assaults
- Former IRS commissioner faces questions about Tea Party
- SBA starting new lending program for veterans
- New Apple devices cleared to join DoD IT networks
- Army prioritizes access to data in fight over intelligence IT system
- DoD upends slow approval process for mobile devices
- Senior execs' bonuses under fire at agencies
- Gould moves the needle on many of VA's toughest challenges
- Tuesday federal headlines - May 21, 2013
Industry Chatter: Agencies must get grip on big data
Randall Jackson, vice president of Federal Solutions at software firm MarkLogic, joined Industry Chatter with Francis Rose to discuss the shifting nature of Big Data and how agencies are managing it.
NOAA official honored for oil spill efforts
Amy Merten, spatial data branch chief in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration, is being honored for her efforts at using a new online data system to help clean up in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
In agency budget squeeze, will cyber suffer?
Pat Howard, chair of the (ISC)2 Executive Writers Bureau, discussed the bureau's recent list of eight tips for agency IT leaders to continue to improve cybersecurity even as overall budgets decline.
Best practices for international interagency collaboration
John Pendleton, the director of Defense Capabilities & Management at Government Accountability Office, shares what you need to do to make sure your agency works well with other agencies.
How going mobile can help interagency collaboration
Gwynne Kostin is the Director of Mobile at the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at GSA. She explains how the program is coming along and what exactly it's doing to help interagency collaboration.
FOSE Conference to outline agencies' tech future
Karen Evans is the Director of the US Cyber Challenge. And the former E-gov administration.
Budget-cutting lessons from DoD
Kevin Green is the vice president for defense and intelligence at IBM Federal.
DoD employee swap program underway
The Defense Department is launching an Information Technology Exchange Pilot Program.
How to avoid TSA headaches
TSA can learn from other countries using technology to prevent security breaches.
Inside look at DoD-VA interagency relations
In Debra Filippi's 34 years of work in the federal government she served as the Director of the DoD/VA Interagency program office.
GAO: How to better implement new projects
Lisa Shames is director of natural resources and environment at the Government Accountability Office and shares tips for your agency.
Agencies share strategies for upgrading facilities
Our Federal Drive Discussion this month looks at what goes into planning facility upgrades. Guests include George Jakabcin from TIGTA and Lou Williams from GSA.
Bhagowalia says goodbye to DC, hello to Hawaii
CIO Sonny Bhagowalia says best practices of information resource management translate across federal and state sectors. At the heart of the job is to remember who you serve.
Reorganization lessons of 9/11
Former leaders from the intelligence community are looking to see if they can find best practices for the administration's effort to reorganize the government. We get details from the Partnership for Public Service's John Palguta.
This Old Pentagon better than brand new
It will probably be another 50 years before the Pentagon needs renovating. DoD's Sajeel Ahmed details the latest effort.
GAO: DHS, HHS threat planning can be better coordinated
Building your relationship with other agencies. Get advice from GAO's Marsha Crosse, director of Health Care Issues.
OPM wins innovation award for training wiki
OPM developed the wiki in January 2011 as a way for federal employees to share training and development best practices to create an "ever-revolving resource," according to the wiki.
BRAC move inspires a prize-winning telework program
Nine out of ten employees at one federal office are now teleworking nine out of ten days, adding up to a whole lot of happy.
CACI's award-winning recruiting includes disabled vet hiring
Larry Clifton, CACI's Senior Vice President of Recruiting, shares the do's and don'ts for great recruiting.
Collaboration lessons from Army, Marine Corps training
GAO's Sharon Pickup explains how the Army and Marine Corps are working together and how your agency can work with other agencies to achieve a common goal.
