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Forest Service to states: Give subsidies back

The U.S. Forest Service is demanding that states give back $17.9 million in federal subsidies, saying the taxpayer cash is subject to automatic spending cuts called "sequestration."

Tags: sequestration

Friday - 05/03/2013, 06:38am EDT

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USDA's Forest Service taking different approach to mobility

Doug Nash, the Forest Service's CIO, said he sees great promise in using a PC-on-a-stick to let employees securely connect back to the network, save data from the field and do work from anywhere. Forest Service will release a mobile strategy and architecture in the coming weeks.
February 21, 2013

Tags: technology , Doug Nash , USDA , cloud computing , mobile computing , BYOD , enterprisewide services , operational efficiences , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller

Friday - 03/22/2013, 05:34pm EDT

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Feds file discrimination complaint against Forest Service

Multiple current and former Forest Service employees say they've faced sexual harassment and physical assault while on the job, and some have lost their positions for speaking up. Now, they are fighting back by filing a class action EEOC complaint for unfair treatment. The Agriculture Department, the parent agency of the Forest Service, says it is tackling a history of discrimination with more training and accountability as part of a cultural transformation program.

Tags: USDA , Joe Leonard , Elaine Vercruysse , Debra Roth , Shaw Bransford & Roth , Jonel Wagoner , Alicia Dabney , Lesa Donnelly , USDA Coalition of Minority Employees , EEOC , civil rights , discrimination , Jolie Lee , workforce , exclusive

Monday - 12/03/2012, 05:00am EST

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Federal Drive interviews - Nov. 16

Export-Import Bank President Fred Hochberg explains why his agency had a banner year, with a record number of transactions in fiscal 2012. And a professor at the Wharton School describes how private insurance companies are making money off the National Flood Insurance Program — but taxpayers are likely to pick up the slack when claims surpass premiums.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD , cybersecurity , technology , Howard Kunreuther , Wharton , Jamie Barnett , Potomac Institute , Fred Hochberg , Export Import Bank , Carl Davis , USDA

Monday - 11/19/2012, 05:34am EST

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Wildland firefighters win federal health benefits

Tags: Diana DeGette , Federal Drive , Interior Department , firefighters , NFFE

Wednesday - 07/11/2012, 12:30am EDT

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OMB to expand permit-tracking initiative

President Obama told the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Tuesday the administration would create performance metrics, track progress and adapt best practices for reducing the red tape for businesses.

Tags: technology , mangement , Barack Obama , White House , OMB , permitting dashboard , Jeffrey Zients , Interior Department , BLM , USDA , Council on Jobs and Competitiveness , Jason Miller