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Former OMB official weighs in on LightSquared broadband controversy
Both the Defense and Transportation Departments have asked the FCC to rescind its decision allowing a Virginia company to set up a national broadband network.
Tags: LightSquared , FCC , DoD , Transportation , GPS , broadband network , OMB , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , technology
The Business of Banking & the Business of Government
Tags: Treasury Department , banking industry
Koskinen: Logistics of a shutdown
If a shutdown does happen, feds will be faced with logistical nightmare. John Koskinen, an executive with Freddie Mac and former Deputy Director for Management at OMB,shares his experience during the 1995-96 shutdown.
Tags: OMB , shutdown , budget , In Depth
Koskinen: Assume no shutdown, but prepare for one
Both political parties are making a "good faith effort" to avoid a shutdown, but agencies should still have a plan in place in case Congress cannot reach a compromise to fund government, said John Koskinen, the former deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget during the last partial government shutdowns in 1995 and 1996,
Tags: OMB , shutdown , budget , In Depth , Francis Rose , management , Congress
Y2K offers lessons for cybersecurity
One cyber bill before Congress would create a cyber committee much like the Y2K Conversion committee to help deal with cybersecurity issues. John Koskinen, former chairman of the Council on Year 2000 Conversion, tells us how his committee was set up and why it was successful.
Tags: cybersecurity , technology , Y2K , Council on Year 2000 Conversion , Cybersecurity Update , In Depth
