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Former Park Police chief ready to return
A federal board has ordered the reinstatement of a U.S. Park Police chief who was fired in 2004 after complaining publicly that her department was understaffed and underfunded. Teresa Chambers tells Federal News Radio she's humbled, heartened and ready to come back.
Tags: Federal Drive , security , management , lessons learned , Park Police , MSPB , whistleblower , Teresa Chambers , fed bashing , pay debate , Suzanne Kubota , USPP
What will the Google bid protest mean for cloud?
Host Roger Waldron is joined by David Dowd, partner at Mayer Brown, to discuss the acquisition implications of the recent bid protest decision involving Google, Microsoft, and the Interior Department.
January 11, 2011
Tags: David Dowd , Mayer Brown , Google , Microsoft , technology , cloud computing , contracting , Roger Waldron
Google sues U.S. government
Google is suing the U.S. government for what it claims is unfairly requiring the Web-based document system it uses to be part of Microsoft.
Tags: Google , Microsoft , technology , cloud computing , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider
Interior uses public lands for solar projects
Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) committed to helping the nation reach its clean energy future. BLM's Ray Brady tells us how that could happen.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , green government , management , BLM , Interior , Ray Brady , Suzanne Kubota
Minerals Management gets an extreme makeover
The Interior Department has created a new agency to collect billions of dollars in royalties for onshore and offshore drilling. We get details from Interior's Rhea Suh.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , MMS , Office of Natural Resources Revenue , Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and , Rhea Suh , Suzanne Kubota
Moran says Mark Center 'is not going to work'
Rep. Jim Moran tells Federal News Radio if you take 395 through Arlington, your commute may be about to get two to three hours longer every day.
Tags: Federal Drive , Congressional Spotlight , Jim Moran , BRAC , morale , pay and benefits , Suzanne Kubota
Interior CIO targets troubled IT programs
Troubled IT projects are getting top-level attention. The kind of attention CIOs would like to avoid. Interior's CIO Bernard Mazer gives us a progress report.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , management , Interior , IT , Bernard Mazer , Vyomika Jairam
New Interior ethics policy explained
Scandalized by federal regulators who had sex with oil company executives and negotiated with them for jobs, the agency that oversees offshore drilling is imposing a first-ever ethics policy that bars inspectors from dealing with a company that employs a family member or personal friend. Attorney Debra Roth has details.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , MMS , Debra Roth , ethics , pay and benefits
Meagher: CIOs need to go back to basics
The high priority list includes a number of well-known, and almost infamous IT projects that have given CIOs under several administrations gray hairs. Ed Meagher knows the feeling. He's a former CIO at Veterans Affairs and Interior.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , technology , OMB , Ed Meagher , VA , CIO , SRA International , Suzanne Kubota
Blow the whistle, win some cash?
Reversed and remanded. That's where the case of a former Interior Department employee who blew the whistle sits. Bill Bransford gives us an update.
Tags: Federal Drive , POGO , management , pay and benefits , Interior , whistleblower , Robert Berman , Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , ethics , bribery , Suzanne Kubota
