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Air Force scandal prompts changes at training base

Tags: Lackland Air Force base , Air Force , DoD , sexual assault , Christopher Smith , Federal Drive

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Federal Drive Interviews -- Nov. 14, 2012

JJ Green of WTOP discusses the national security implications of the Petraeus scandal. Conference Chairman Steve Goodrich talks about the upcoming Human Capital Management Federal Conference. Jeremy Herb of The Hill newspaper reports on what Congress thinks of the Petraeus scandal. Lorelei St. James of the GAO talks about a partnership between the Department of Transportation and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Tags: JJ Green , Steve Goodrich , Jeremy Herb , WTOP , Center for Organizational Excellence , HCMFC , The Hill , David Petraeus , Marine Transportation System , Lorelei St. James , DoD , GAO , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update

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Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget

Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , budget , John McCain , Jon Kyl , pay freeze , pay and benefits , DoD Update , TRICARE

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Ex-worker pleads guilty to setting nuke sub fire

Tags: DoD , Navy , USS Miami , Federal Drive

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Election Special: Federal Drive Interviews -- Nov. 7, 2012

Po Collins of the National Contract Management Association talks ethics. Don Kettl, dean of the school of Public Policy, University of Maryland, sheds light on the election. Craig Karch of ICE talks about the return of antiquities to Mexico. Alexander Bolton of The Hill newspaper and J.David Cox, national president of AFGE, call in about the election.

Tags: Po Collins , Don Kettl , J. David Cox , ICE , DoD , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Craig Karch , Alexander Bolton , The Hill , Federal Drive

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Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 19, 2012

Warren Suss of Suss Consulting discusses Sprint's acquisition by Japanese company Softbank. Harl Sanderson, the "mayor of Beale Air Force Base," is honored as manager of the year. Roger Baker, the CIO at the VA, talks about the benefits of electronic health records. Technology reporter Ed Scannell reviews Windows 8.

Tags: Warren Suss , Sprint , Softbank , Harl Sanderson , technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DoD , Roger Baker , Veterans Affairs , health IT , Ed Scannell , Federal Drive

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Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 17, 2012

FTA administrator Peter Rogoff discusses the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. Attorney Stephen Ramaley talks about a U.S. District Court's decision ruling the 8(a) program unconstitutional. Erik Wasson of The Hill talks about Sen. Tom Coburn's Wastebook 2012. Juliet Beyler discusses the upcoming deadline for service members and their families to apply for retroactive pay.

Tags: Peter Rogoff , Stephen Ramaley , Erik Wasson , Juliet Beyler , Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DoD ,

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Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 15, 2012

David Goldman of Public Health Science discusses a new customer complaint form put out by USDA. Martin Libicki of the Rand Corp. talks about Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's recent speech on cybersecurity. John Mahoney discusses the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's latest report on the federal workforce. GAO's Brenda Farrell talks about her agency's analysis of the Military Health System.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , John Mahoney , Martin Libicki , David Goldman , Brenda Farrell , cybersecurity , DoD , USDA , Federal Drive

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GAO: Lack of guidance stymies efforts to review DoD service contracts

In 2008, Congress mandated the Pentagon to keep an inventory of service contracts and review it annually to make sure government work wasn't being improperly outsourced. But the Government Accountability Office, in a recent report, found a lack of guidance from the top has led to challenges in implementing that requirement.

Tags: GAO , Tim DiNapoli , Francis Rose , In Depth , DoD , acquisition , service contracting , Jack Moore

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Federal Drive Interviews -- Oct. 10, 2012

Denise Wu of Clifton Larson Allen explains how the Chief Financial Officers Council has moved the idea of a Statement of Spending to the front burner. Julian Pecquet of The Hill discusses the bitter partisan battle raging on Capitol Hill over last month's attack in Benghazi. Sharon Virts-Mozer, president and CEO of FCI Federal, details how some local businesses are thriving despite down economy and impending sequester.

Tags: Denise Wu , CFO Council , Julian Pecquet , The Hill , Sharon Virts-Mozer , FCI Federal , Federal Drive , DoD , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update

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