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SlideShare is like YouTube for PowerPoint
As agencies continue to work toward being more 'open and transparent,' feds are always looking for better ways to communicate. We learn about a new option called SlideShare from the NNSA's Damien LaVera.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , transparency , tools , Damien LaVera , technology , SlideShare
Big honors for small business use
In honoring Pantex in the manufacturing category, the SBA recognized the site for its "hard work, innovative ideas and dedication" and for its achievements in the community. We learn more from Pantex's John Woolery.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , B&W Pantex , John Woolery , Eisenhower Award , SBA
Gamma camera could stop wars, detect cancer
A new technology from the NNSA has medical, industrial, scientific, environmental, and homeland security applications.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , nuclear non-proliferation , cancer , Gamma Camera , Ralph James
NNSA breaks ground in many ways
Imagine moving just eight miles and saving about $100 million per year. The NNSA's Mark Holecek has details on how his agency's doing it.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Mark Holecek , Suzanne Kubota , LEED certification , Greening of Government: buildings
NNSA offers a new opportunity in nuclear security
The MAC program, which began as a summer program this year, will place Military Academy cadets, midshipmen and officers in tours of duty within science, technology, engineering, national security and relevant fields at any of the NNSA sites. NNSA's Greg Simonson explains how it works.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Greg Simonson , Military Academic Collaborations , DoD Report
Energy hopes green roofs spread like weeds
What's white and green and efficient all over? DOE hopes it's your roof.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoE , green roof , Jen Stutsman , technology , management , cool roofs , green government , Steven Chu , Rachel Stevens
EPA experiences the upside of contracting reforms
OMB issues a fact sheet detailing successes across the government. Agencies are using fewer risky contracts and achieving more competition. One expert, however, wonders if the insourcing initiative is part of the reason for the changes.
Tags: contracting , Dan Gordon , Chuck Gherardini , John Bashista , OMB , OFPP , EPA , Interior , DoD , DHS , robert burton , Venable , competition , sole source contracting , contracting reforms , acquisition workforce , insourcing , Jason Miller
Second Line of Defense takes some first steps
NNSA's Second Line of Defense program, which works around the world to strengthen the capability of foreign governments to deter, detect, and interdict illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials across international borders and through the global maritime shipping system. We get details from program director Tracy Mustin.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , security , Second Line of Defense , Tracy Mustin
Satellite Launch Begins New Era of Explosion Monitoring
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the deployment of a satellite that heralds the beginning of a new era of space-based nuclear explosion monitoring. On May 27th, the U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first I-I-F series of satellites, carrying improved nuclear detonation detection instruments built by Sandia National Labs and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the N-N-S-A. Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator Ken Baker says the deployment of the new instruments will significantly improve the agency's ability to detect atmospheric, or space-based, nuclear explosions and verify compliance with nuclear test ban treaties. The sensors are being integrated on to Air Force GPS satellites, thus the entire planet is monitored continuously for tell-tale signs of treaty violation.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , Air Force , Ken Baker , Scott Carr
Energy and FBI join forces to fight dirty bombs
NNSA and FBI have jointly developed a comprehensive training curriculum that incorporates both the radiation detection and law enforcement aspects of interdicting illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials. The curriculum is designed around the use of fixed and mobile radiation detection equipment.
Tags: DoE , FBI , mngt , best practices , dirty bombs , security , Elly Melamed
