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Many agencies are not under a hiring freeze
Federal News Radio surveyed 10 agencies to find out how they are preparing for a shutdown, and how operating under a continuing resolution is affecting their operations.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , shutdown , OMB , SBA , Transportation , GPO , HUD , Justice , NASA , State , Commerce , Energy , DOT , hiring freeze , John Buckner
McDermott to retire from NRC after 38 years
Jim McDermott, the director of the Office of Human Resources, will leave the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Jan. 1.
Tags: management , Jim McDermott , Miriam Cohen , Jason Miller
Agencies discuss how to measure government performance
What's the best way to use the measurements developed for government in the past few years? We ask a panel of experts for their opinion.
Tags: Federal Drive , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , General Dynamics IT , technology , Herb Jackson , GPO , Jim Dyer , FDA , Malcolm Bertoni , management
Agencies see IT Dashboard as starting point
EPA CIO Jackson said he wants to dig deeper to improve programs and save money on technology systems. Others are using the data on the dashboard to have a common language across the department.
Tags: technology , Malcolm Jackson , John Teeter , Darren Ash , EPA , OMB , HHS , FDA , IT Dashboard , AFCEA , Project management , Jason Miller
Pentagon has best transportation options for feds
Federal News Radio asked you which agency has the best transportation and parking options as part of our Best of the Federal Government series. The results are now in.
Tags: Best of the Federal Government , DoD , NASA , NIH , NGS , Pentagon
IT security help wanted
US Secretary of Commerce Set to Keynote at Online Trust & Cybersecurity Forum, 1.2 Million Computers Infected by Cybercriminals Using Eleonore Exploits Toolkit
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Pat Howard , CISO , Commerce , Gary Locke , Eleonore
NRC leads cultural shift towards transparency
The new emphasis on transparency and openness is requiring a different approach to leadership in many federal agencies. The NRC's Darren Ash gives us his take.
Tags: Federal Drive , Excellence in Government conference , EIG , Darren Ash , transparency , management , leadership , Rachel Stevens , EIG 2010
Choosing Genetically Engineered Crops
A new USDA report says American farmers continue to choose genetically engineered crops over their conventional counterparts.
A July USDA Economic Research Service report finds the rate of adoption of Genetically Engineered soybeans is up to 93 percent this year; the adoption of all Genetically Engineered cotton climbed to 93 percent; and the adoption of all biotech corn reached 86 percent in 2010.
An April report from the National Research Council notes, many U.S. farmers who grow genetically engineered crops are realizing substantial economic and environmental benefits - such as lower production costs, fewer pest problems, reduced use of pesticides, and better yields.
In 2009, 330 million acres of biotech crops were planted in 25 countries by 14 million farmers.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , USDA , Scott Carr
New Performance-Based Fire Protection for Nuclear Reactor Plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant's adoption of the National Fire Protection Association's new "Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants."
NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko calls it an important milestone in advancing fire protection at nuclear power plants.
Under the NFPA 805 standard, reactor owners and operators perform engineering analysis to demonstrate their fire protection systems.
Plant owners must also install additional equipment or take other measures if the analysis call for them. In the case of Shearon Harris, the analysis led the plant to make several modifications, including installation of an additional fire detection system and an additional diesel generator.
The new regulatory approach will be adopted by additional 47 reactors at 31 sites, representing 17 utilities.
Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , National Fire Protection Association , Scott Carr
Agencies get ready for FISMA changes
VA plans on implementing software to monitor desktop computers every 24 hours. NASA is developing a concept of operations plan to move to real-time oversight. OMB mandated agencies know the status of their networks in real time by November.
Tags: technology , Jerry Davis , Jaren Doherty , Pat Howard , NASA , VA , OMB , AFCEA , cybersecurity , FISMA , real-time monitoring , Jason Miller
