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  • The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive host Tom Temin 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 newscast includes new safety standards for nuclear generators and a decline in federal contractors.

    March 12, 2012
  • More than a year ago, the Government Accountability Office launched its mobile website to allow users to access reports, testimonies and other documents.

    March 12, 2012
  • The cancellation is only a minor setback, though, said former national health IT coordinator David Brailer in an interview with Federal News Radio\'s Ruben Gomez.

    March 12, 2012
  • The Obama administration couldn\'t keep pace with the increasing number of people asking for copies of government documents, emails, photographs and more under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of the latest federal data by The Associated Press.

    March 12, 2012
  • Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced an amendment Thursday to the Senate Highway Bill that would extend the federal pay freeze for another year as part of special deficit reduction trust fund.

    March 12, 2012
  • OPM met just more than half of its two dozen performance measures for 2011, according to an annual performance report released in February. However, among the agency\'s \"high-priority\" goals, such as telework and hiring reform, the report cites \"great strides.\" While goals on retirement processing showed mixed progress, OPM\'s director of planning and policy analysis Jonathan Foley said the agency is \"on track\" to reduce the processing time to 60 days by July 2013.

    March 12, 2012
  • Security checks at federal and military bases are a fact of life. But when it\'s a 100 percent effort, lots of people spend lots of time doing it, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Many feds work a lot of voluntary overtime but how much is too much?

    March 12, 2012
  • Every week, Federal New\'s Radio\'s Ruben Gomez speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about fun things to do in and near the nation\'s capital.

    March 10, 2012
  • Jack Gillis, author of \"The Car Book,\" discusses auto safety, gas mileage and how to get the best price, and lists the best buys for 2012.

    March 10, 2012
  • Avue Technologies Co-CEO Linda Rix will give us an update on federal hiring and how her company is helping those who want to work for the government. March 9, 2012

    March 09, 2012
  • FLEO President Jon Adler and Tony Vergnetti, president of Federal Employee Defense Services, will talk about legislation affecting federal law enforcement officers. March 9, 2012

    March 09, 2012
  • State and local governments are either pulling back on pensions, or stopping them completely — and private sector employers have pretty much eliminated them. This could be a bad omen for federal benefits, some experts say, because changes to the federal workforce often follow provisions that have been put in place by the states or private companies. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the pattern.

    March 09, 2012
  • The release of the new iPad could make the government mobile market even hotter than it is now. Tom Suder, the president and CEO of Mobilegov, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss whether the new tablet will help fuel demand for iPads at federal agencies.

    March 09, 2012
  • The Justice Department will begin evaluating managers based, in part, on their adherence to its diversity management plan. It\'s the latest step in a diversity strategy that began in 2010. The department is advising other agencies on how to diversify their workforces ahead of a March 16 deadline for all agencies to complete diversity and inclusion strategies.

    March 09, 2012