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The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today's news includes the government's efforts to recruit "kick-ass" innovators and CBO's estimated savings for the phased-in retirement legislation.
May 24, 2012 -
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On this edition of the Capital Impact show, BGOV Trade Analysts Caitlin Webber and Ken Monahan evaluate trade tensions facing the U.S. Plus, Congressional Analysts Melissa Avstreih and Loren Duggan look at legislation to reduce or eliminate duties on imported goods.
May 24, 2012 -
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The Presidential Innovation Fellows program will bring 15 experts into government to work on specific programs aimed at improving citizen-government interaction. According to Todd Park, federal chief technology officer, the administration has a certain kind of person in mind for the job openings. "What we are looking for are bad-ass innovators," he said.
May 24, 2012 -
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Why is it that because so many members of Congress have managed to become millionaires, top career federal executives must play show and tell, baring their most intimate financial details to the world, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders. And could you be next?
May 24, 2012 -
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Steven Sossei, a consultant with the Association for Government Accountants, discusses a report on data analytics. Sopen Shah, a defense financial analyst with Bloomberg Government, talks about the first quarter drop-off of three defense contractors. Pete Kasperowicz, a staff writer with The Hill, discusses the impact of recent scandals on federal employees.
May 24, 2012 -
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On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
May 24, 2012 -
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Lt. Gen. George J. Flyn, the Joint Staff's director of Joint Force Development, delivered the keynote address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' conference "Challenges to Access and the U.S. Response: The Joint Operational Access Concept."
May 23, 2012 -
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A new report finds federal agencies can wring a lot more potential savings by implementing cloud computing. The study by the group Meritalk finds agencies are saving about 5 billiion dollars a year right now…but total potential savings could be as much as 12 billion dollars. A survey of more than 100 government IT managers found percieved security concerns are the biggest factor holding back cloud adoption. 85 percent of those surveyed cited security worries. The second biggest factor: agency culture, at 38 percent.
May 23, 2012 -
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Host Mike Causey will talk about several issues affecting federal workers with Bill Bransford, general counsel of the Senior Executives Association and Steve Watkins and Stephen Losey of the Federal Times. May 23, 2012
May 23, 2012 -
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Three of the top five U.S. defense vendors — Northrop Grumman Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co. — had lower sales in the first quarter of 2012, a trend that may continue as the Pentagon cuts its budget, according to a new report from Bloomberg Government.
May 23, 2012 -
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The Northern Virginia Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) is hosting the annual Spring Mentor/Protégé Night at Maggiano’s in Tyson’s Corner on Thursday June 14th from 5:30 – 9:30 pm. Mentor…
May 23, 2012 -
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The administration will release its Digital Management Strategy today that details 29 goals with deadlines over the next 12 months. OMB wants to set up a FedRAMP-like process for mobile, open a new Digital Innovation Center run by GSA and require the use of APIs.
May 23, 2012 -
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Stephen Sossei, a consultant with the Association for Government Accountants spoke to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp about a recent AGA report on how well agencies were implementing data analytics.
May 23, 2012 -
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House lawmakers are still skeptical about what they see as wasteful spending to build green buildings in the Defense Department. Language in the 2013 defense authorization bill the House passed last week continues a prohibition on using any budget money to certify a DoD building as LEED Gold or LEED Platinum. The highest level allowed would be LEED Silver.
May 23, 2012
