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A labor of love: USDA grows produce for local food bank
Employees at Fort Detrick's USDA lab are using their gardening skills to help the community, creating a People's Garden to grow produce for a local food bank.
Tags: Fort Detrick , Tom Vilsack , Frederick News-Post
Vote: Which agency has the best food/cafeteria?
See which agencies made the cut and vote for your favorite in our poll.
Tags: Best of the Federal Government , CIA , USCG , Pentagon , DoD , DoC , National Reconnaissance Office , food , cafeteria
Financial systems overhaul on OMB's radar
The Office of Management and Budget is taking aim at approximately 30 agency financial management modernization systems. Part of the new oversight is a Financial Systems Advisory Board made up of CFOs and CIOs across the government. The administration's goals are lower costs and improve performance by addressing long standing project problems.
Tags: Max Cacas , technology , management , IT , financial management systems , OMB , Danny Werfel , Vivek Kundra , Jon Holliday , FSAB
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 , NRC , Scott Carr
Alboum gets moving with technology to help solve problems at the Food and Nutrition Service
This week's guest is Jonathan Alboum, chief information officer at the Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service.
July 8, 2010
Tags: technology , FNS , Apps for Healthy Kids , Jonathan Alboum , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Indiscretions spur organic changes
The New York Times reports that the Agriculture Department has banned a leading American inspector of organic foods in China for conflicts of interest.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , organic , Miles McEvoy
New food guidelines to recommend more veggies
New dietary guidelines expected by the end of the year will recommend you eat more vegetables, fruits, high-fiber whole grains, low-fat milk and milk products and seafood.
Tags: food pyramid , dietary guidelines , Kristi King , Colleen Kelleher
GAO: Agency rules allow conferences at resort locations
A recent GAO report looked at agencies' policies for choosing the locations of conferences and found that cost was the number one factor when it came to planning. Details from GAO's Lorelei St. James.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , GAO , federal travel , resorts , conferences , Lorelei St. James , Suzanne Kubota , GSA , SSA , DoC , DoD , HHS , DHS , DOI , DoJ , DOT , Treasury , VA
DoD, USDA putting secure ID cards to work
The military is performing a proof of concept in Utah by putting transit benefits on employees' Common Access Cards. USDA is implementing technology to require the use of HSPD-12 cards to log onto applications.
Tags: technology , Bob Gilson , Owen Unangst , DoD , Interagency Smart Card Advisory Board , Tony Cieri , CAC , smart cards , HSPD-12 , secure identity cards , Jason Miller
Williams honored with Franke award
Every year, one distinguished federal IT acquisition manager receives the coveted John J. Franke award for career excellence. The award last night went to Jim Williams, who recently retired from the GSA as the Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service.
Tags: management , Dave Wennergren , GSA , DoD , OMB , Jim Williams , Karen Evans , John Johnson , Sandy Bates , John J. Franke , Jason Miller , Management of Change 2010
