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Obama signs short-term highway bill, feds' retirement changes stalled
The House has passed a stopgap three-month transportation bill to keep federal aid flowing to construction projects — delaying a vote on a larger bill that included increasing federal employees' retirement contributions.
Tags: House , Transportation , pay and benefits , retirement
FAA extends reprisal-free safety reporting program
The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded a project that allows controllers who make a mistake to report the incident without fear of instant reprisal.
Tags: David Conley , FAA Managers Association , FAA , Federal Drive , AT-SAP
Obama calls for end of transportation showdown
Tags: President Obama , Congress
FAA Meets NextGen Milestone
Ground satellite system gets go-ahead to expand nationwide
Tags: Next Generational Air Transportation System , GPS , Commerce , DoD , DHS , FAA , President Bush , Bobby Sturgell , technology
Contractor misconduct getting second look from House Oversight Committee
The General Services Administration in the next week will unveil a new system making it easier for agencies to understand if a contractor is found guilty of breaking a law.
Tags: contracting , Elaine Duke , Drew Luten , Greg Woods , Richard Skinner , Calvin Scovel , Ed Towns , Donald Gambatesa , DHS , USAID , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , GSA , suspension and debarment , contractor oversight , FAPIIS , PPIRS
Moving America (Smartly) Forward
Tags: technology , Intelligent Transportation Systems , Peter Appel , innovative technology
NIST, DoD move closer to a set of unified cyber guidelines
IT security also to be worked into federal segment architecture methodology
Tags: technology , Ron Ross , Scott Bernard , Kshemendra Paul , NIST , DoD , intelligence community , OMB , cybersecurity , risk management
OMB to hold senior officials more accountable for government waste
President Obama will issue an executive order in the next week detailing steps agencies must take to reduce the amount of improper payments. OMB will set up a new online dashboard to track these expenditures, similar to the one for IT projects. Executive order also will implement stricter requirements for contractors to report overpayments.
Tags: management , Peter Orszag , Daniel Werfel , Tom Carper , Patrick Murphy , OMB , HHS , improper payments , Medicare , Recovery audits , CFO , Agriculture , Defense , Education , DHS , VA
GSA wants Networx to move into high gear
Agency offering to help others transition to new telecommunications contract in any way possible. Only 28 percent of all agency services have moved to Networx so far.
Tags: contracting , technology , Karl Krumbholz , GSA , Energy , DoL , State , USDA , SSA , Treasury , IAC , AT&T , Verizon , Qwest , Networx , Connections , telecommunications , cybersecurity , TIC
