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State expands E-Mentor Corps
E-Mentees will be recruited through State's existing network of thousands of alumni from exchange programs focusing on entrepreneurship, and others who express serious interest in entrepreneurial guidance. We get details from the State Department's Steven Koltai.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , mentoring
State Department set to take control in Iraq
A small army of American diplomats left behind is embarking on a long and perilous path to keeping Iraq from slipping back to the brink of civil war. Michael Corbin is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs for Iraq issues explains the road ahead.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Iraq , Michael Corbin , transition , Suzanne Kubota
Architecting Defense-in-Detail
August 11th at 11:05am
The DoD GIG IA Portfolio Management Office (GIAP) has learned through experience that mission critical networks are contested, violated, infiltrated and penetrated, leading to significant risks to US interests. The U.S. critical infrastructure has evolved from a ‘network enabled' position to one that is now ‘network dependent.' No aspect of the national critical infrastructure operates without extensive use of information technology, and it is this very fact that makes our networks such a high priority target for adversaries.
The need for secure, self-aware, proactively managed defense mechanisms has never been more critical. Commercially available technologies, when combined with research and development done by both the government and the private sector, represent the best possible approach for combating the types of threats our critical infrastructure is facing today.
Tags: technology , CA Technologies , Dynamic Cybersecurity , cybersecurity , Tim Brown , security , Robert Brese , DoE , Gary Galloway ,
State hopes technology will better secure passport process
GAO found significant success in obtaining passports using fraudulent documents in the second investigation in two years. While State is implementing facial recognition technology to close the existing gaps, lawmakers are introducing new legislation to give the agency more security capabilities.
Tags: technology , management , Ben Cardin , John Kyl , Greg Kutz , Brenda Sprague , GAO , Senate Judiciary Committee , SSA , DHS , passport security , Jason Miller
State Department moves ahead with Facebook-style site
At the Excellence of Government Conference, the State Department's Richard Boly, director of the Office of e-Diplomacy, talks about ways to improve communication and transparency without adding cost or red-tape.
Tags: Federal Drive , EIG , management , transparency , Richard Boly , Corridor , Facebook , EIG 2010
State to turn to contractors when DoD goes
If outsourcing is the answer, what should be the question? We hear from Commissioner Grant Green of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tags: Federal Drive , contracting , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Defense , DoD , Grant Green
US lifts lid on alleged leak to WikiLeaks
State Department believes an alleged whistle-blower obtained secret diplomatic data.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads ,
U.S. contractor use in Iraq expected to rise
As the U.S. military pulls troops and equipment out of Iraq, the State Department will have to rely increasingly on contractors.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , DoD
State Dept. guides staff on being diplomatic online
Get the details on what they can and can't do.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads ,
State partners to green diplomacy
Earth Day Network and the U.S. Department of State have developed the D.C. Forum for Greening Embassies so that foreign missions can exchange ideas on environmental issues and operational practices. Details from State Department's director of management policy, right sizing and innovation, Marguerite Coffey.
Tags: Federal Drive , Marguerite Coffey , management , innovation , Earth Day Network , embassies
