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- OMB clarifying industry's role in shared services
- Senators digging into GSA conferences in all regions
- USPS moves ahead with closings, staff reductions
- Analysis: Schmidt tenure as cyber czar a mixed bag
- House OKs $642 billion defense bill
- GOP measure shields lawmakers' office budgets
- Salary tracker splits feds down the middle
- Hatch Act reform could put more feds in the hot seat
- SBA directs agencies to consider small-biz for multiple-award contracts
- NASA takes giant leap into commerical space flight
- Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
- Senate Democrats reject House GOP budget plan
- Senate committee approves OFPP nominee
- Big Data creates big challenges for agencies
- NASA kicks off SEWP V planning
- Man pleads guilty in Army Corps contracting fraud scheme
- IT upgrades highlight MSPB's innovation
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Divisive issues in the House defense budget
The House passed a $642 billion defense budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 that adds billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's spending blueprint and rejects several of his proposals. The White House has threatened a veto. A look at some of the bill's disputed provisions:
House OKs $642 billion defense bill
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge to the Democratic commander in chief.
Federal Drive interviews -- May 18
The Federal Drive talks to Susan Grundmann, the chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, about changes to federal employment cases. Plus, interviews with top officials from the Broadcasting Board of Governors and GSA's Public Buildings Service.
DoT seeks help in assessing vulnerability to cyber attacks
The Transportation Department is looking for help to test the strength of its air and ground transportation systems against cybersecurity threats.
House GOP heads off plan to end weapons programs
House Republicans thwarted a plan by a few Democrats to cancel weapons programs. The moves and counter-moves came during debate on the 2013 Defense Authorization bill.
Friday morning federal headlines - May 18, 2012
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today's news includes a VA official stepping down and legislation at unlinking the Pentagon and NASCAR.
OMB begins to clarify industry's role in shared services
Agencies face a series of deadlines starting at the end of May to map out their plan to consolidate commodity IT. Vendors will, many times, be the suppliers of the shared service, said Scott Bernard, OMB's chief architect. OMB wants agencies to use the shared services strategy as a guide and the PortfolioStat sessions as the tool to figure out where opportunities exist.
Hatch Act reform could put more feds in the hot seat
State and local investigations make it difficult for investigators to probe possible Hatch Act violations by federal employees, said Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner. The Office of Special Counsel is asking Congress to remove OSC's duty of policing state and local issues, so it can focus on federal cases.
GOP measure shields lawmakers' office budgets
Even as they press cuts to food stamps and a host of other domestic programs, Republicans running the House of Representatives are shielding their own office expense accounts from further cuts.
Man pleads guilty in contracting fraud scheme
A former Army Corps of Engineers employee has pleaded guilty to his role in a $30 million bribery and kickback scheme involving the awarding of government contracts.
Congressman pitches cybersecurity amendments to defense bill
As cybersecurity-specific bills stall in Congress, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I) has suggested amending the defense bill to get the biggest cyber initiatives passed.
New bill would push diversity in military leadership
Two senators have introduced a bill that they said addresses concerns raised by a recent Defense report.
'Mobile job store' for vets parks it in DC - literally
A job-assistance program for veterans is taking its show on the road.
USPS moves ahead with closings, staff reductions
The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close and consolidate 229 mail-processing facilities. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe (pictured) said the postal service can no longer wait for Congress to decide how to cut postal costs, and the processing network had simply become too big and too costly. The consolidations are expected to reduce the USPS workforce size by 28,000 employees.
Budget official picked for top cybersecurity post
The White House has selected the head of the intelligence branch in its budget office to be President Barack Obama's top adviser on cybersecurity issues, a move that comes as Congress and the Obama administration are at odds over how best to protect critical U.S. industries from crippling electronic attacks by cybercriminals, foreign governments and terrorists.
US joins cyber forces with Australia
The United States will partner with Australia in the global fight against cyber attacks.
NASA takes one giant leap into commerical space flight
The space agency is set to launch its first commercial resupplying mission, perhaps as early as Tuesday. The Falcon 9 rocket will carry the Dragon capsule into space, where it will deliver food and water to the International Space Station.
Thursday morning federal headlines - May 17, 2012
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today's news includes two new agreements for General Dynamics Information Technology and the final stage of anew résumé for the Air Force.
Federal Drive interviews -- May 17
The Federal Drive talks to NASA's deputy administrator about the first commercial space launch and ClearanceJobs.com's Evan Lesser about speeding up the clearance process.
GSA Expo turns into a smaller, toned down affair
The Public Buildings Service Western Regions conference scandal is reverberating across government. A new Federal News Radio online survey found other agencies are feeling the effects of GSA's problems. More than half of all respondents said their agency canceled conferences or meetings.
