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TSA no-show angers lawmakers as they get few answers about TWIC
Program to provide identification cards for maritime workers lags behind a similar DoD effort, and is causing decade-long problems.
Tags: House , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , John Mica , TSA , port security , TWIC , Transportation Worker Identification Credential , Stephen Sadler , secure identity cards , Keith BieryGolick
Coast Guard contract officer sentenced in $150K fraud case
Lt. Danielle Daniese Ferreira, 36, of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty to obtaining thousands of dollars from Coast Guard repair contracts that she oversaw. Her co-defendants channeled money into two accounts owned by Ferreira and her spouse.
Tags: Danielle Daniese Ferreira , DHS , OIG , DoD
Kodiak in dark on double homicide investigation
Tags: DHS , Alaska , Kodiak Island
Buying commercial in DoD: 15 years after acquisition reform
During the last Defense drawdown, Congress and the White House pushed the Pentagon to make smarter buying decisions in the hopes that it would save a lot of money. The idea was to have the military buy many products the same way businesses do. A decade and a half later, DoD now spends tens of billions of dollars a year under the commercialized models Congress set up. In a two-part, exclusive report, Federal News Radio examines the debate underway over how well it has worked out.
Tags: commercial products , Bill Clinton , Al Gore , Reinventing Government , commercial of a type , Shay Assad , Clinger-Cohen Act , William Clinger , Federal Acquisition Streamling Act , Susan Lawrence , Army , Network Integration Evaluation , Navy , CANES , John Korn , DoD , Aquisitions , Scott Amey , Project on Government Oversight , Defense Service Board , William Perry , Dennis Moran , Harris Corp. , Jared Serbu , Nett Warrior
On the show today - May 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.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Thad Allen , John Berry , John Shoraka , Lance Rodewald , CDC , OPM , SBA
In Depth interviews - May 18
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.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , John Hegarty , National Postal Mail Handlers Union , Thad Allen , Booz Allen , Bob Leins , NITP , Paul Strasser , DRC , FedRAMP , Roger Waldron , CGP , GSA Expo
Agencies see potential of putting HR systems in cloud
VA will award a contract for human resources services to a private sector cloud provider later this year. GSA still is in the planning stages, while the Coast Guard is refreshing its HR system that has been in a private cloud since 2003. OMB listed HR systems as a possible function to move to a shared service provider in 2012.
Tags: technology , human resources , cloud computing , GSA , Dennis Papula , VA , Cynthia Vaughn , Mike Fijalka , shared services , LRP Publications , Jason Miller
International Ice Patrol maps out icebergs
Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It's the 99th anniversary of a small Coast Guard unit that was created to prevent future ship disasters in the rough north Atlantic Ocean.
Tags: International Ice Patrol , icebergs , John Luzader , Federal Drive
Some military college alumni upset by pride events
Tags: DoD , Coast Guard Academy , West Point , Army , gay rights , DoD Update
Military leaders assert zero-tolerance for hazing
Military services still struggle to track hazing incidents, but insist incidents that harm or demean servicemembers won't be tolerated.
Tags: DoD , Congress , Army , Navy , Marine Corps , Air Force , Rick West , Michael Barrett , Judy Chu , Mike Coffman , hazing , Harry Lew , Danny Chen , Jared Serbu
