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The congressionally-appointed VA Commission on Care suggested a major overhaul to the Veterans Health Administration. According to the commission's draft report, due to Congress by the end of the month, VHA employees should have their own personnel system.
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced sweeping changes to DoD's personnel system for both military officers and civilian employees, saying it needs more flexibility to control military promotions and to hire qualified civil servants.
Federal CIOs say when it comes to modernizing government IT systems, most of the workforce welcomes the change. But if the government truly wants to modernize, it will have to do more than try to catch up to the technology curve.
OPM allowed each federal agency to decide how it would deal with the ongoing Metro Safetrack maintenance plan. Here's how they've responded.
The Veterans Affairs Department officially fired three more senior leaders at the Phoenix VA Health Care System, the hospital where reports of wait time manipulation first started two years ago. Two of the three VA executives can appeal their removals to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Join Women of Washington’for a special 2-part show live at the Women in Technology leadership awards. Hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm interview the 2016 finalist and winners. These incredible accomplished women share their insights and lessons learned on their journey to success. Part 2 Winners and Finalist interviewed Kay Kapoor, AT&T, Amy Garble USGC, Sue Evans, Evan Inc and Sophia Paros, DISA.
It's that time of year when summer interns stream into federal agencies and offices on Capitol Hill. Managers can have interns open mail and fetch coffee, or they can help young minds find fulfillment and possibly an exciting new career while you get real work done. Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his perspective.
President Barack Obama has named Rear Adm. Michael Gilday to be the next commander of the Navy’s 10th Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command, the Defense Department said on Tuesday.
Federal contractors say there is room for improvement when it comes to protecting itself and working with government in a post-OPM breach environment. That includes modernizing the bidding process, sharing more information and being ready to adapt to an ever-changing threat.
The White House listed 20 pages worth of qualms with the Senate 2017 defense authorization bill, including military health care reforms, acquisition policy changes and personnel tweaks.
On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, host Tim Karney interviews Bill Murtagh, Assistant Director, Space Weather, White House OSTP.
One of government's leading officials on the Freedom of Information Act says agencies need more open channels of communication with members of public seeking government records.
New numbers from the Office of Personnel Management show that only about 2.7 million people — or roughly 11 percent — out of the 21.5 million victims of the two OPM data breaches last year have enrolled in free identity protection services.
An exclusive Federal News Radio survey found that about 45 percent of public and private sector employees disagreed with the notion that their office or agency was better prepared to protect against future data breaches. Only about 25 percent of respondents said they were confident their workplace understood cyber risks.