Federal employees' health care premiums will rise an average of 3.2 percent in 2015. The Office of Personnel Management announced the rate increases for the Federal Employees Health Benefits program ahead of Open Season, which will run from Nov. 10 - Dec. 8, 2014. During Open Season, federal employees can shop around for the health, dental and vision plans that will serve them best. Join Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey and...

Join Mary Mayonado, Cyber Security Service Line Director, SAIC and Bill Kaczor, Information Assurance Program Manager, SAIC for a free online chat to discuss the challenges in managing cyber threats throughout the full cybersecurity life cycle – beyond just compliance requirements. Federal News Radio's Custom Media director Jason Fornicola will moderate the discussion that lets you ask these industry experts about the larger cyber big pi...

Rubenstein will discuss her priorities and challenges as they relate to Federal News Radio's exclusive CFO survey on this on demand webinar. Those who participated asked Rubenstein their own questions. Martha Rubenstein has been NSF CFO since May 2010 and has worked at NSF since 1997. Before coming to NSF, Rubenstein began her career at the Bureau of Labor Statistics where she was responsible for budget analysis and management information syst...

Dawn Leaf, the Labor Department's deputy chief information officer, joins Federal News Radio for a free online chat. Leaf will discuss Labor's priorities around IT modernization, data center consolidation and cybersecurity. Leaf will take part in the chat immediately after her appearance on Federal News Radio's Ask the CIO radio program. Leaf has been deputy CIO at the Labor Department since November 2012. Before coming to Labor, Leaf worked a...

Every department in the agency is a service provider whether that be human capital, finance, or acquisition. Yet, very few have matured the service model to the level of the IT department. While service relationships with the IT organization are well defined and automated, they are often inefficient, unstructured, or non-existent in other service domains.

Welcome to the Government Technology series, sponsored by Avnet Government Solutions and NetApp. This panel series discusses a wide range of technology topics and trends effecting federal agencies today. Visit our different discussions below and continue to check back as we add new discussions.

VanRoekel will take part in the chat after his appearance on Federal News Radio's Ask the CIO radio show at 10:30 a.m. Listen on 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. area and online everywhere. In addition to taking questions from chat participants, VanRoekel will discuss the White House's priorities to improve federal technology. VanRoekel will highlight the latest initiatives under the Smarter IT Delivery Agenda and PortfolioStat, as well as progr...