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OFPP: Hiring needed ahead of 'tsunami of buying'

Agency leaders say a commitment hiring and training contract oversight personnel is an important step towards balancing the federal budget and increasing efficiency. They highlight several creative cost-cutting measures being undertaken government-wide.

Tags: DoD , OMB , contracting , Dan Gordon , Shay Assad , Barack Obama , Robert Gates , Senate , management , Rachel Stevens

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State to turn to contractors when DoD goes

If outsourcing is the answer, what should be the question? We hear from Commissioner Grant Green of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Commission on Wartime Contracting , State , DoD , Grant Green

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How Defense feds prepare for deployment

The CEW is a workforce of Department of Defense civilians trained and equipped to deploy oversees in support of worldwide military missions. We learn more about it from Frank DiGiovanni, the Acting Director of Readiness and Training Policy and Programs at Defense.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , Civilian Expeditionary Workforce , Frank DiGiovanni , DoD , Suzanne Kubota , best practices , training

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NSPS move cuts raises of the 'best and brightest'

Tens of thousands of federal employees may have their pay raises cut under the General Schedule for earning better raises under NSPS. Federal Managers Association's Patricia Niehaus explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , NSPS , GS , high three , Patricia Niehaus , FMA , Suzanne Kubota , OPM , DoD ,

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Analysis: Should DoD cut benefits or guns?

Within the defense budget, a debate has been developing for some time between funding the personnel-related areas and the equipment-related areas. We get details from Todd Harrison with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD , FY 2011 budget , defense budget , Todd Harrison , Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis

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Bill would give DHS emergency cyber powers

Bill would require Defense to explore new cybersecurity buys and tools, First governmentwide cyber provider approved

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , GSA , DoD ,

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Defense Authorization still 'veto bait'

Don't Ask, Don't Tell and Joint Strike Fighter issues are only the beginnings of the hurdles for the bill. Jodi Schneider, Senior Editor at American Banker, explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , Defense Authorization Bill , Congress , FY 2011 budget , Don't Ask, Don't Tell , Joint Strike Fighter , Jodi Schneider , Suzanne Kubota

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Businesses could use Einstein for cybersecurity

Federal agencies scrambling on DNSSEC implementation

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DoD , Einstein , DNSSEC

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Contracting may put feds in harm's way in Iraq

Mike Thibault, Co-Chairman of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, tells us about new findings on contracting in Iraq.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD OPM , contracting , Mike Thibault , State , Suzanne Kubota

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Bill would block BRAC traffic at the parking lot

It's being called a potential traffic catastrophe. Thousands of federal workers, and their cars, are being shifted to already crowded roads in Northern Virginia as part of BRAC. Now, there are efforts to stop it.

Tags: pay and benefits , BRAC , DoD , Mark Center , traffic , Amy Morris , Congressional Spotlight

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