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  • At High Noon on January 20th thousands of political appointees, including many of your bosses, will cease to exist. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the walk-the-plank rules for the politicals.

    January 08, 2009
  • At High Noon on January 20th thousands of political appointees, including many of your bosses, will cease to exist. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the walk-the-plank rules for the politicals.

    January 08, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about one of the key post for feds — the government’s first chief performance officer, Nancy Killefer. We’re joined by Robert Shea. Until recently, Shea was at the Office of…

    January 07, 2009
  • More than 400 vendors today, participated in the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity directive industry day. The companies wanted a glimpse of what DHS’s needs are under the multi-billion dollar initiative. But instead, DHS turned the…

    January 07, 2009
  • President-elect Obama has named a new top level official when it comes to government performance and accountability. Nancy Killefer, currently a consultant with McKinsey and Company, and a former Treasury assistant secretary in the Clinton…

    January 07, 2009
  • President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for the nation’s top spy post is short on direct intelligence experience. Obama’s choice to head the CIA was a surprise. Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta has lots…

    January 07, 2009
  • From HSPD-12 to IPv6 to TIC to FDCC, it’s been an alphabet soup of initiatives that came from the Office of Management and Budget’s office of e-government and information technology over the past eight years.…

    January 07, 2009
  • Nancy Killefer was chosen as Chief Performance Officer for the Obama administration today. President-elect Barack Obama says that she will work to make the government more effective, more efficient and more transparent. Killefer is a…

    January 07, 2009
  • Exciting times on Capitol Hill, as the 111th Congress is sworn in, and the debate over the possible nominee for CIA director continues. We get insight on all this and more, from CNN Washington Correspondent…

    January 07, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio has been telling you that you can get the Obama transition Web site — change.gov — as an application on the iPhone. And the Obama team didn’t create it. Instead, they just freed up…

    January 07, 2009
  • Other Stories We’re Following CBO projects $1.2T deficit for 2009 Projected deficits put Obama stimulus in new light Obama: Act now on ‘very sick’ economy (federaltimes) Obama performance czar to wear dual hats (govexec) Obama…

    January 07, 2009
  • Pakistan\'s president says his country and neighboring Afghanistan need more support from foreign allies to win the battle against extremist militias.

    January 07, 2009
  • It’s been five years and they’re still going strong. The Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been beaming back information from the Red Planet for much longer than expected. John Callas is the Project Manager…

    January 07, 2009
  • It’s been five years and they’re still going strong. The Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been beaming back information from the Red Planet for much longer than expected. John Callas is the Project Manager…

    January 07, 2009