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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: management , DoD , DLA , FEMA , DHS , Aaron Geduldig , Joint Logistics Operations Center , preparedness , best practices , Suzanne Kubota
CMS gets ahead of healthcare changes
We get update on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' responsibilities when it comes to health care reform from the director of the Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, Rod Benson.
Tags: CMS , contracting , HHS , acquisition , Rod Benson
OFPP previews the future of in and outsourcing
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is recommending all agencies use only the definition of inherently governmental as defined in the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act, and create a test to determine whether other jobs should be done only by federal employees. OFPP's Dan Gordon has details.
Tags: contracting , Dan Gordon , OFPP , inherently governmental , Alan Chvotkin , Professional Services Council , insourcing , outsourcing
Tuesday Morning Federal Newscast - June 15th
Feds get time off for domestic partners, but not pets; GAO finds FPS workforce challenges; State Dept. passport risk persists
Tags: newscast
U.S. seeks allies in battle against cyber warfare
Bug hunter discovers serious Windows XP flaw
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DoD , Windows XP
GAO: Agency rules allow conferences at resort locations
A recent GAO report looked at agencies' policies for choosing the locations of conferences and found that cost was the number one factor when it came to planning. Details from GAO's Lorelei St. James.
Tags: management , GAO , federal travel , resorts , conferences , Lorelei St. James , Suzanne Kubota , GSA , SSA , USDA , DoC , DoD , HHS , DHS , DOI , DoJ , DOT , Treasury , VA
ADT conference examines security solutions
The Sec Tech '10 conference will cover everything from cyberthreats to workplace violence. Duke Rollins from host ADT joins us with details.
Tags: security , ADT , workplace violence , cybersecurity , Duke Rollins , ADT Security Services , Suzanne Kubota
Survey completed on the real state of federal procurement
A new survey finds while the Obama administration is putting a stronger emphasis on increasing transparency and accountability across the Federal government, agencies still have significant work to do at the operational level. The president of Meritalk, Steve O'Keeffe, joins us with details.
Tags: acquisition , contracting , procurement , MeriTalk , Steve O'Keefe , management , Earned Value Management , Capital Planning and Investment Control
Biosecurity struggles between safe and secure
Regardless of the prevention strategy pursued by the U.S., effectiveness cannot be assumed. Therefore, it is fundamentally important to national security that the U.S. bolster its capacity to respond rapidly and effectively to a bioweapons attack. Dr. Gigi Kwik Gronvall explains.
Tags: Science and National Security , science , Randall Larsen , Institute for Homeland Security , Gigi Kwik Gronvall , Center for Biosecurity , UPMC
Monday Morning Federal Newscast - June 14th
$400M in bonuses to federal employees in 2009, DoD staff, managers cuts possible, FEHBP extension denied in Senate, USPS area chief leaves after assault allegation
Tags: newscast
