You Can Say That Again

What Did You Say? Language skills are a huge need all over the government, including in the Defense Department. Pentagon staffers that need language training get it...

What Did You Say?

Language skills are a huge need all over the government, including in the Defense Department. Pentagon staffers that need language training get it at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. The Commandant, Army Colonel Sue Ann Sandusky, gave us an introduction to the Center, the programs offered, and the languages they teach.

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Download Roundup

The Stanford Group offers a bi-weekly “DC Download” that provides clients with an update on the business of government. Jeremy Grant is a contributor to the Download, and he talked to me today about trends in the Federal IT sector, and what we might see with a new Administration and Congress.

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Huge Helping Hands

The Walter Reed Society is providing amazing relief to the families of warriors getting treatment at Walter Reed. Darci Marchese of our sister station, 103.5 FM WTOP Radio has a great story on the WTOP web site about the Society, along with information about how to help. She joined me in studio to tell the Society’s story.

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Get Your Data Out of the Clouds

Cloud computing is becoming one of the most-heard buzz words in the Federal IT community (Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller is writing about it here). Eran Feigenbaum, Director of Security for Google Apps, gave me an introduction to cloud computing, and we talked about issues like security and cost savings.

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Money Talk and Open Season Preview

On yesterday’s Your Turn with Mike Causey, Mary Beth Franklin, Senior Editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, talked to Mike about health savings accounts, and money advice in the middle of the turmoil in the financial markets.

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