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  • Cybersecurity, border security reports due by mid-February

    January 23, 2009
  • President Barack Obama has announced the appointment of Kathie Ann Whipple as the Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), according to an OPM press release. Prior to her appointment, Whipple was…

    January 23, 2009
  • Members of Congress are trying once more to push legislation on the Hill that would provide all federal employees with four weeks of paid parental leave. The measure passed the House last year, but was…

    January 23, 2009
  • One of the groups charged with helping to clean up the air is making history. The National Urban Air Toxics Research Center Board got its first Hispanic board member. Dr. Jane Delgado was named to…

    January 23, 2009
  • Now that President Obama is in office, many are wondering what is going to change for those C-Level positions in the federal government. One of those jobs is that of the Chief Financial Officer. Samuel…

    January 23, 2009
  • Many Bush Officials Held Over at DHS (WashingtonPost) GAO Details a Bloated Budget for Government Contracts (WashingtonPost) Intel nominee would scale back contractors (FederalTimes) Casting a wide telework net (FCW) Clinton vows robust diplomacy as…

    January 23, 2009
  • Federal and postal unions have urged the Obama administration to reappoint three members of the board that runs your $200 billion dollar 401(k) plan. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey takes a look at what this means to you as an investor.

    January 23, 2009
  • By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio The General Services Administration has a new leader, but not a permanent one. The Obama administration today named Paul Prouty as the new acting administrator. Prouty, who had been…

    January 22, 2009
  • Last year, the House passed by an overwhelming margin a measure to provide four weeks of paid parental leave to federal and congressional employees. The measure was never considered in the Senate, but now, a…

    January 22, 2009
  • President Obama ordered the closing of the Guantanamo Bay Prison within a year. The president signed an executive order today directing the CIA to stop holding terrorism suspects for months and years and to now…

    January 22, 2009
  • The latest Space Shuttle Mission was called “STS-126.” The commander of that mission was Chris Ferguson. Ferguson and his crew have been making history – in space AND here on Earth. We talked with Commander…

    January 22, 2009
  • A new report outlining high risk areas in government was released today by the Government Accountability Office. The report outlines areas that need special attention by Congress and the Executive Branch. Three new areas of…

    January 22, 2009
  • We’ve been watching the new White House Web site — whitehouse.gov — and we’ve talked about how they are using blogs and video on the site. And we’ve also talked about how some government rules…

    January 22, 2009
  • Tax returns were one of the focal points of the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Timothy Geithner to become Treasury Secretary. Mr. Geithner answered questions about his personal finances, as well as the deficit…

    January 22, 2009