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NOAA plans for 4 furlough days, begins talking to unions
Employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be furloughed four days starting in July, acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan wrote in an email to staff Monday.
Tags: NWS , Commerce Department , furlough , sequestration , budget , Ciaran Clayton , Michael OConnell , Kathryn Sullivan
DHS, DoD among agencies making slow, steady progress to get off High Risk list
GAO adds two new areas to the list, NOAA's satellite programs and the federal government's financial risk because of climate change. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro said nearly every initiative on the list made progress in fixing their problems over the last two years.
Tags: management , GAO , DHS , DoD , Gene Dodaro , Darrell Issa , OFPP , Joe Jordan , High Risk list , Congress , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , David Powner , Jason Miller
IRS program, interagency contracting finally removed from High-Risk list
A total of 30 programs, once again, are considered troubled, including two new areas. But, the Government Accountability Office removed the IRS' Business Systems Modernization program after 18 years on the list, and interagency contracting after 8 years.
Tags: management , GAO , High-Risk List , IRS , Business Systems Modernization , OFPP , GSA , Interagency contracting , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , Gene Dodaro , DoD , Jason Miller
NWS ramps up to track Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy
Steve Cooper, acting deputy director of NOAA's National Weather Service, told The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp, his agency added staffing to follow progress of the major East Coast storm.
Tags: Steven Cooper , NWS , Hurricane Sandy , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell
Federal Drive interviews - Oct. 12, 2012
Nobel Prize winner David Wineland of NIST discusses his accomplishments. And a contingent of large federal buildings might be getting a makeover. The National Capital Planning Commission shares plans the GSA is considering.
Tags: David Wineland , NIST , Rebecca Spitzgo , HHS , Ed Zurndorfer , pay and benefits , Diane Sullivan , National Capital Planning Commission , Chris OConnors , Federal Drive
Federal Drive interviews - Oct. 3, 2012
GSA's Dorothy Robyn discusses new green initiatives being tested on federal facilities. And the president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is urging a new approach to how the federal government predicts weather.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Bogdan , University Corporation for Atmospheric Research , Dorothy Robyn , GSA , green government , Carlo Munoz , The Hill , Air Force
Federal Drive interviews - Oct. 1, 2012
A former chief financial officer explains how agencies can prepare for the start of a new fiscal year. And NOAA shares details of a new satellite to help track weather changes worldwide.
Tags: Federal Drive , Owen Barwell , Grant Thornton , budget , Jim Snyder , Bloomberg , Doug Nierle , MSPB , Mary Kicza , DoD , cybersecurity , technology
Why does Social Security need 174,000 bullets?
Tags: SSA , Jonathan L. Lasher , inspector general , oversight
Washington Monument didn't sink after earthquake
The Washington Monument did not sink any further into the ground as a result of last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake, government surveyors said in a report released Tuesday.
Tags: Washington monument , National Mall & Memorial Parks , National Geodetic Survey ,
Keeping NOAA's information and IT resources secure
Mr. Klimavicz is responsible for implementing statutory requirements regarding the acquisition, management, and use of NOAA's information and information technology resources.
Tags: Business of Government Hour , management , Joseph F. Klimavicz ,
