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Rapid acquisition speeds capabilities to warfighters
With a $500 billion budget, the United States is the world's biggest buyer, and Defense is the biggest piece of that pie. The Rapid Acquisition Program has kicked into overdrive to help warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan. Roy Smith, an executive vice president at ITG and a member of the executive advisory council of the National Contract Management Association, discusses how the program works and how industry views its achievements.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , acquisition , contracting , Rapid Acquisition Program , NCMA , Roy Smith , ITG , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , DoD
Assessing acquisition rules a full-time pursuit
Rules and regulations are supposed to help the government make the smartest, fairest purchases are often complex. For Bill Woods, director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at the Government Accountability Office, federal procurement rules are a full-time pursuit.
Tags: Bill Woods , GAO , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , acquisition , acquisition workforce , oversight , acquisition policy , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer
Federal Drive interviews -- May 18
The Federal Drive talks to Susan Grundmann, the chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, about changes to federal employment cases. Plus, interviews with top officials from the Broadcasting Board of Governors and GSA's Public Buildings Service.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Michael Meehan , Susan Grundmann , Larry Melton , BBG , MSPB , Public Buildings Service
Federal Drive interviews -- May 17
The Federal Drive talks to NASA's deputy administrator about the first commercial space launch and ClearanceJobs.com's Evan Lesser about speeding up the clearance process.
Tags: Evan Lesser , Lori Garver , NASA , SpaceX , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , security clearances
Federal Drive interviews - May 16
The Federal Drive talks to GSA's Bev Godwin about National Women's Health Week and NetApp's Mark Weber on big data.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , John Palguta , Brian Friel , Bev Godwin , Keith Laing , Mark Weber , Bloomberg Government , GSA , Partnership for Public Service , The Hill , NetApp
Navy's Ken Barrett pushes for diversity, work-life balance
Navy Capt. Ken Barrett said diversity is an issue "people get hung up on," but he's never looked at it as meeting quotas. "It's about making heads counts, not counting heads," he said. The profile is part of Federal News Radio's Federal Voices series.
Tags: Federal Voices , workforce , DoD , Navy , diversity , Ken Barrett , General Motors , Jolie Lee
GAO's Rich Stana reflects on a career he never anticipated
Former Government Accountability Office Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues Rich Stana never aspired to public service. As a newly-minted business school graduate, he interviewed for jobs at banks and companies, but didn't find them appealing. Then his dean suggested applying to GAO, where he could apply his business knowledge to auditing government programs. Stana never looked back. He retired in December after 35 years.
Tags: Rich Stana , Federal Voices , GAO
Suspicious emails target gas pipeline operators
The Department of Homeland Security is urging natural gas pipeline operators to look out for suspicious emails. The agency said they are part of an organized cyber attack that began five months ago.
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , technology , DHS , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , In Depth , Francis Rose
Author recounts forgotten history of how women broke government's glass ceilng
Lee Stout, the author of A Matter of Simple Justice: A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp to discuss how and when women started to become full members of the federal workforce.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Lee Stout , Richard Nixon , workforce , management , diversity
FAA awards cyber contract to lock down personally identifiable information
The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen cybersecurity firm Lunarline to lock down personally identifiable information in its systems. The company says it'll help the agency prevent unauthorized access and disclosure of such material.
Tags: cybersecurity , contracting , acquisition , Lunarline , FAA , In Depth , Tom Temin
