Todd Keil serves as the assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security. Recently, ExecutiveGov had the opportunity to sit down with Keil to discuss his top priorities, forming partnerships between the public and private sectors and his experience transitioning from the public to the private sector and back to the public [...]

Now you can stay informed about clean water and check water violations in your own community. The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new set of web tools to better inform citizens about Clean Water Act violations.
These tools will include interactive maps and datasets listed state-by-state. According to Cynthia Giles, the assistant administrator for EPA’s [...]

The Financial Literacy and Education Commission on Tuesday announced the launch of its redesigned financial literacy education website, which now has enhanced interactive features to provide more resources to individuals seeking information that could assist with their personal financial decisions.
As the nation recovers from the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression, it is [...]

Federal CTO and CIO Aneesh Chopra and Vivek Kundra believe that the Open Government Initiatives for each agency “are off to a good start–but have much more work to do.”
In a blog post on the White House website, Chopra and Kundra outlined three major findings from reviews of the plans submitted by agencies against the [...]

Navy officials yesterday announced plans to integrate women onto submarines beginning late next year or early 2012, a decision that became public after Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Congress in February that the Navy wants to add women to submarines.
“There are extremely capable women in the Navy who have the talent and [...]

The U.S.-Pakistani partnership is vital to U.S. strategic interests, senior Defense Department officials told Congress members yesterday. Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., director of operations for the Joint Staff, each said that continued funding of Pakistan’s civilian and military efforts to combat [...]

GSA Administrator Martha Johnson testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee yesterday to request $675 million for fiscal ‘11, an $80 million increase from last year.  Administrator Johnson said that the funding increase was necessary to implement the Obama Administration’s priorities, including improvements to federal contracting via increases to the federal acquisition workforce.
Requested outlays in GSA’s [...]