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James Clapper: Diverse Workforce Fundamental to Intell Community’s Mission
by Mary-Louise Hoffman
Published on May 26, 2016
James Clapper: Diverse Workforce Fundamental to Intell Community’s Mission


James Clapper
James Clapper

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has urged intelligence agencies to promote diversity and a culture of inclusion in their workplaces during his speech at the IC Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity Leadership Summit held Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.

Clapper said in his written remarks he believes the community has made a substantial progress in efforts to build a diverse and inclusive workforce, empower staff and increase minority representation at senior levels.

“People in our intelligence community who belong to a minority group… need to feel welcome in our community, and they need to know they shouldn’t hide what makes them unique,” he noted.

“They need to feel they are valued, and to know that we can’t meet our mission without the unique qualities they bring to our intelligence community.”

He said IC plans to release an unclassified demographics report online within the next two weeks and encourage the public to provide feedback on the matter.

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House OKs Bills to Shrink Federal Real Estate Footprint; Rep. Jeff Denham Comments
by Jay Clemens
Published on May 26, 2016
House OKs Bills to Shrink Federal Real Estate Footprint; Rep. Jeff Denham Comments


FedBuildingThe House of Representatives has passed two bills that seek to reduce the federal government’s footprint, consolidate real estate properties and negotiate office space lease deals.

The Federal Asset Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (H.R. 4465) and the Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2016 (H.R. 4487) mean to change how unused federal real estate are sold and disposed, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Monday.

“By selling and consolidating unneeded and underutilized federal property we can save taxpayer dollars and revitalize communities in the process,” said Rep. Jeff Denham (R-California), lead sponsor of H.R. 4465

Reps. Denham, Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), Lou Barletta (R-Pennsylvania), Andre Carson (D-Indiana) and Elijah Cummings introduced H.R. 4465 to refurbish high-value properties identified by a proposed Public Buildings Reform Board.

The bill calls for the General Services Administration to publish a database that contains data about all excess federal real properties.

Reps. Barletta, Carson, Shuster, DeFazio, and other members of the Transportation Committee proposed H.R. 4487 to create a Streamlined Leasing Pilot Program to eliminate red tape on GSA leases and step up GSA’s oversight of the acquisition and construction of new federal space.

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Ashton Carter Opposes Provision to Separate Defense R&D, Procurement Functions
by Mary-Louise Hoffman
Published on May 26, 2016
Ashton Carter Opposes Provision to Separate Defense R&D, Procurement Functions


Ashton Carter
Ashton Carter

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said he opposes language in a draft fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill to separate military procurement and research and engineering functions into two proposed organizations, DoD News reported Wednesday.

“I couldn’t support something that supports that separation, I just know better,” Carter was quoted as saying by DoD News.

Jim Garamone writes Carter told audience at a Naval College War forum held Wednesday in Newport, Rhode Island, he also wants to see the military service chiefs take more direct responsibility for acquisition programs.

Carter highlighted the importance of people and technology in DoD’s national security efforts during a troop talk Monday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut, Terri Moon Cronk of DoD News reported Monday.

“Attracting good people to follow you, retaining good people like you in the future, is an important responsibility [that] I and the rest of the leadership have,” he told military personnel there.

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David Tillotson: DoD ‘Delayering’ Initiative Eyes $1.9B Savings for Military Training, Readiness
by Jane Edwards
Published on May 26, 2016
David Tillotson: DoD ‘Delayering’ Initiative Eyes $1.9B Savings for Military Training, Readiness


PentagonA Defense Department official has said DoD has begun to implement a “delayering” program at its headquarters in an effort to reduce personnel costs by 25 percent, DoD News reported Wednesday.

David Tillotson III, assistant deputy chief management officer at DoD, told DoD News reporter Lisa Ferdinando in an interview that the Pentagon aims to achieve $1.9 billion in savings through the initiative and use that savings for military readiness and training efforts.

Tillotson said the delayering initiative will run from fiscal year 2016 through FY 2020 and aims to restructure business practices and processes through attrition or reassignment of employees to other positions.

“By starting now, we have multiple years to address the issue,” he said.

Approximately 1,260 positions are slated for elimination within defense agencies and other field activities, while 309 positions are expected to be cut within the office of defense secretary, Tillotson told DoD News.

DoD/News
Air Force Seeks Exec Director, Deputy CIO for Transcom’s Cyber Directorate
by Ramona Adams
Published on May 26, 2016
Air Force Seeks Exec Director, Deputy CIO for Transcom’s Cyber Directorate


JobAdThe U.S. Air Force has kicked off its search for a professional to serve as executive director and deputy chief information officer at the U.S. Transportation Command’s directorate of  command, control, communications and cyber systems.

The service branch said in a USAJobs notice posted Monday that the dual role entails oversight of the Joint Deployment and Distribution Architecture, information technology investment and enterprise infrastructure portfolios, regulatory and statutory compliance for the command’s information systems and migration into the Joint Information Environment.

The chosen candidate will also advise the Transcom commander, command staff and other command components on compliance, IT investments, enterprise architecture and process improvement and reengineering matters.

The TCJ6 executive director/deputy CIO will be based at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

Applications will be accepted throughJune 13, according to the job posting.

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Keith Salzman: On U.S. Funding of Healthcare and Social Services
by Ramona Adams
Published on May 25, 2016
Keith Salzman: On U.S. Funding of Healthcare and Social Services


Keith-SalzmanKeith Salzman, IBM chief medical information officer for global business services, said the U.S. government under utilizes one third of its $3 trillion healthcare spending.

Salzman wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the government should reallocate “misapplied” healthcare investment to social services initiatives to optimize the health of individuals without spending more.

Compared with other countries the U.S. overspends on healthcare services and underspends on social services highlighting the disconnect in the funding of services.

“Remember that healthcare can affect about 10% of the beneficiary’s experience of health while other factors: socioeconomic status, environment, education, behavior (social determinants of health) account for roughly 60%,” Salzman wrote.

He noted the New Jersey-based Camden Coalition of healthcare providers saw lower costs, hospitalization rates and use of outpatient services when they worked to address healthcare issues directly.

Salzman added the Camden Coalition is conducting a study that involves 800 patients in efforts to determine whether direct intervention for “high utilizers” with chronic medical conditions affects outcomes.

 

Civilian/News
New Pennsylvania Policy Aims to Cut Teacher License Processing Time for Military Vets, Spouses; Pedro Rivera Comments
by Jay Clemens
Published on May 25, 2016
New Pennsylvania Policy Aims to Cut Teacher License Processing Time for Military Vets, Spouses; Pedro Rivera Comments


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The Departments of Education, Military and Veterans Affairs in Pennsylvania have introduced a new policy to reduce processing times for veterans, active military personnel and their spouses who apply for a teacher license.

Reps. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-New York) and Pam DeLissio (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) are currently working to turn House Bill 2078 into law after the House Education Committee passed the policy, the state announced Monday.

“This policy will ease and accelerate the transition for our veterans, military members, and their spouses when they head back into Pennsylvania schools,” said Pedro Rivera, Secretary of Education.

The policy aims to lower the overall cost and expedite the process of applying for teacher certifications for veterans, military members and their spouses when they return to the state after serving elsewhere.

The Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education worked over the past year to formulate the policy, which requires that an applicant must have served at least 180 days of active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces or must have a certificate of honorable dismissal.

Furthermore, applicants must also meet Pennsylvania’s certification requirements.

Active military members, veterans and spouses can apply for a teacher license through the online Teacher Information Management System.

 

Government Technology/News
Fedscoop: DHS to Release Online App for Citizenship Application Process
by Ramona Adams
Published on May 25, 2016
Fedscoop: DHS to Release Online App for Citizenship Application Process


DHS - ExecutiveMosaicEric Hysen, Department of Homeland Security executive director for digital services, has said DHS plans to unveil an online tool that will work to automate the application process for U.S. citizenship, Fedscoop reported Tuesday.

Whitney Blair Wyckoff writes Hysen told the audience at the Fedscoop’s MobileGov Summit that the online app will work to condense the eight-page eligibility flow chart into a set of questions.

Hysen added the cloud-based app will be designed to automate the 20-page N-400 application form and walk users through the process, Wyckoff wrote.

“We’ve launched online forms before, but for something of this significance, we realized we had to redesign this process from the ground up,” he said.

Hysen noted DHS plans to increase electronically-processed forms by 40 percent this year, Wyckoff quoted.

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Frank Kendall: F-35’s Final Operational Test Likely to Occur in 2018
by Mary-Louise Hoffman
Published on May 25, 2016
Frank Kendall: F-35’s Final Operational Test Likely to Occur in 2018


F-35Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall has said the F-35 fighter aircraft will likely be ready for a final operational test and evaluation in 2018 at the earliest, Defense News reported Wednesday.

Lara Seligman quoted Kendall as saying DoD officials reached consensus on an OT&E timeline after the department reviewed the status of current F-35 operational test plans.

“The target was the middle of 2017, but it’s clear we’re not going to make that,” he said during a conference call with reporters Tuesday.

Seligman writes Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 Joint Program Office, told reporters Tuesday the office’s planned initial OT&E was pushed back from August or September 2017 to January or February 2018.

Kendall added DoD and F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin are in the final stage of contract negotiations for the low-rate initial production lot nine fighters.

Government Technology/News
IBM’s Gina Loften: Cognitive Platforms Could Help Address Mental Health Problems Among Veterans
by Jane Edwards
Published on May 25, 2016
IBM’s Gina Loften: Cognitive Platforms Could Help Address Mental Health Problems Among Veterans


BrainMapIBM’s Gina Loften has said government agencies and the private sector should work together to leverage the “power of data” through cognitive platforms in order to help treat traumatic brain injury and other mental health conditions among military veterans.

Loften, a vice president and chief innovation officer at IBM’s federal business, wrote in a Federal Times article published Tuesday that a hackathon hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs in April resulted in the development of a cognitive application called Trusted, Empathic, Calming and Insightful.

She said the TECi application works to remind veterans on their medications and help manage their schedules during their recovery from brain-related injuries.

Loften also cited other efforts that aim to help doctors and caregivers address TBI, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems among veterans.

These include the use of streaming analytics by Columbia University Medical Center to help detect ischemia and the development of a population health management tool, called Mentrics, through a partnership between IBM Watson Health and behavioral health analytics firm ODH, according to Loften.

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