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Unions denounce FAA bill compromise
Union leaders on Monday denounced a deal in Congress that would make it harder for them to organize airline and railroad workers, saying it was reached without their input.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , Transportation , unions , FAA reauthorization , John Mica , Harry Reid
AGA recommends new COO, PIO job descriptions
The Association of Government Accountants is calling on the government to change how it finds and hires chief operating officers. AGA said better hires should lead to better program performance. And despite finding a number of shortcomings, AGA said performance improvement is working across the government.
Tags: performance improvement , AGA , Harold Steinberg , Association of Government Accountants , DoJ , Toni Trombecky , Ruben Gomez , performance improvement officer , management , best practices
Officials: Broadband plan would disrupt GPS
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD , LightSquared , DoD Report , Commerce Department , Transportation ,
OPM's new CTO, Bowen, to handle USAJobs, retirement system
The Office of Personnel Management has hired David Bowen as its new chief technology officer. Bowen was the Federal Aviation Administration's chief information officer.
Tags: David Bowen , OPM , USAJobs , Matt Perry , retirement system modernization , John Berry , technology , Emily Kopp
Public aircraft safety oversight 'mixed'
Public flights don't fall under the same Federal Aviation Administration rules as civil aircraft do. The FAA can't regulate them and doesn't conduct any oversight.
Tags: Tom Haueter , NTSB , aviation safety , oversight , Federal Drive
No. 2 official takes over after FAA chief resigns
Tags: Randy Babbitt , Barack Obama , White House
FAA Administrator Babbitt on leave after drunken driving charge
Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt has been placed on a leave of absence after a drunk driving charge this weekend.
Tags: Randy Babbitt , drunk driving , people
Thursday morning federal headlines - Dec. 1, 2011
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive update , White House , Congress
Analytics helps agencies turn data into decisions
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and IBM's Public Sector Business Analytics and Optimization Practice points to the importance of analytics in measuring agency performance. But the report emphasizes that data collection is only the first step in turning facts and figures into usable information.
Tags: Partnership for Public Service , data analytics , IBM , management , best practices , GPRA , CMS , SSA , HUD , VA , John Palguta , Federal Drive
