Federal News Radio Reports
Federal government operating status for Wednesday up in air 02/09/10
Will federal employees have the day off Wednesday? It's still up in the air as the D.C. region prepares for another winter storm which could dump another 10-20 inches of snow on the nation's capital. OPM Director John Berry talks about how he made the initial call for Monday, and why he's using the snow as an opportunity to telework.
QHSR: Crowdsourced and complete 02/09/10
For the first time since the founding of the agency, the Department of Homeland Security is getting an opportunity for some introspection and a look at whether its programs and priorities are "on mission." The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, unlike other agency documents, was written and developed using a variation of popular web 2.0 collaboration tools.
CRS finds federal CTO role remains undefined 02/08/10
The research service finds that - without a statutory definition of the federal chief technology officer's exact responsibilities - the position could have a tougher time affecting "change in individual federal agencies or systemically throughout the federal government."
VA sets rules for set-aside program 02/08/10
Final regulation applies to all agencies for determining eligibility of veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Agencies spent almost $20 billion with these firms in 2008.
OPM Director Berry says open/close status to be made after 6 p.m. 02/08/10
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry joins us at 3 p.m. to talk about making the call to close the federal government. We'll ask him which way he's leaning for tomorrow when the next big snow event is being predicted. Federal agencies that employ 230,000 in Washington were closed today at an estimated cost of $100 million.
Federal government closed Monday 02/07/10
The Office of Personnel Management has decided to close agencies in the Washington D.C. region on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, due to the weekend's snowstorm.
OMB to dash(board) to better management 02/05/10
Chief performance officer Zients says agencies need to figure out and follow the best metrics to improve performance. Federal Performance Portal will be a one-stop shop for all agency measures that are being tracked through online dashboards.
TSP Snapshot: Look past the thorns of January 02/05/10
Financial planners say that when it comes
to the Thrift Savings Plan, its always useful to invest for the long-haul. That may be good advice for federal employees based on the performance of the TSP
in January. Federal News Radio's Max Cacas has the latest edition of our new
monthly feature, TSP Snapshot.
Is there a central travel office in DHS' future? 02/05/10
A recent report from the Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security charges that some funds spent for conferences and travel were either wasted, or cannot be accounted for. A Congressional panel which oversees DHS commissioned that report, and is expressing its concern. But the agency says it has already taken steps to better spend and account for its conference and travel budget.
DHS CIO taking on IT governance 02/05/10
Richard Spires wants to set up a program management center of excellence and provide tools and best practices around requirements development. DHS also is making progress with data center and network consolidations. Next up for the agency is merging its network and security operations centers.
Martha Johnson confirmed as GSA Administrator 02/04/10
The Senate has confirmed Martha Johnson as Administrator of the General Services Administration. The agency has been without a permanent administrator for over two years.
Government needs to define cyber war 02/04/10
Sen. Feinstein calls for an international treaty on cyberspace to create mutual assurances of protection. Experts say the difficulty is determining the threshold of what constitutes an attack worthy of war. Delayed DoD cyber command would play key role in coming up with strategy for offensive and defensive cyber actions.
DHS completes roadmap for change 02/04/10
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delivered to Congress the very first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. The document reflects nearly a year's worth of work as DHS officials, external stakeholders and even members of the public held an unusually open examination of the programs and priorities of a mega-agency charged with safeguarding the nation. An outside group that monitors the homeland security community offers its own first-look of the QHSR.
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