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DoD calls on industry to help it save money
Undersecretary Carter says vendors providing services and weapons systems must figure out how to do more with less. He says DoD will create a preferred supplier program.
Tags: contracting , Ashton Carter , William Lynn , efficiency initiative , cost savings , Meg Beasley , management , pay and benefits
OPM shaping future leaders in a new way
The first graduates of a new leadership training program run by the Office of Personnel Management received their certificates yesterday. They are, as OPM Director John Berry describes them, the "tip of the spear" of a cadre of up-and-coming federal workers who are honing their leadership skills to be the next generation of agency leaders and executives who will run the government.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , OPM , John Berry , LEAD program , training , Kay Ely , Walter Kennedy , Edward Melton , Max Cacas , Rachel Stevens
Industry group encourages DoD to use GSA
Coalition for Government Procurement sends a letter to DoD Secretary Gates asking him to stop the military from developing new contracts.
Tags: contracting , Robert Gates , GSA , Coalition for Government Procurement , multiple award contracts , Rachel Stevens
McChrystal out, Petraeus in in Afghanistan
Gen. Stanley McChrystal loses his job after remarks to freelance reporter that reflected poorly on his civilian superiors.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , management , Stanley McChrystal , Afghanistan , David Petraeus , Rolling Stone , J.J. Green
War zone corruption allegations rise
More and more cases of fraud and corruption by troops and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are being investigated. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, brings us up to speed.
Tags: Federal Drive , SIGIR , Stuart Bowen , Iraq and Afghanistan , contracting , Suzanne Kubota
White House to give identity management a push
Cyber coordinator Schmidt says the administration will issue a draft national strategy for secure online transactions by Friday. The goal is to make identity management easy to use, secure and interoperable to conduct business with the government and the private sector. Schmidt says transactions are key to everything the White House wants to do.
Tags: technology , Howard Schmidt , Ely Kahn , White House , GSA , Symantec , cybersecurity , secure online transactions , HSPD-12 , identity management , Jason Miller
PSC voices concerns over Hill Defense bills
An organization representing companies that sell to the federal government is worried about newly approved provisions of the Defense Appropriation Bills now pending in the House and Senate. The Professional Services Council is worried that the provisions could cause more harm than good to contractors, and in some cases, were approved without the benefit of rigorous debate on their potential to affect the contracting community.
Tags: management , House , Senate , Defense Authorization Bill , PSC , Stan Soloway , Max Cacas
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Air Force saves cash by changing cell phone rate plans
The Air Force plans to save millions of dollars by changing the rate plans for thousands of its cell phone accounts.
Tags: Peter Orszag , OMB , Air Force , cell phones , rate plans , Rachel Stevens
DLA and FEMA prepare for hurricane season
Federal emergency responders can expect prompt and well-rehearsed reaction from the Defense Logistics Agency when providing disaster relief during this year's hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30. DLA's Aaron Geduldig explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , DLA , FEMA , DHS , Aaron Geduldig , Joint Logistics Operations Center , preparedness , best practices , Suzanne Kubota
