Agency Oversight

• White House names Zients to lead reorg effort

  The chief performance officer will be joined by Lisa Brown, who currently serves as the assistant to the president and staff secretary. The restructuring will begin with trade and exports to give companies better opportunities in the global marketplace.

  Budget

  January 31, 2011
• SAVE Award winner presents President with idea

  Trudy Givens, who works at the Bureau of Prisons in Wisconsin, received more than 20,000 votes for her suggestion to stop printing and mailing the Federal Register to employees. She won the 2010 SAVE Award and talked to President Obama about it Friday.

  Budget

  January 31, 2011
• Napolitano: Einstein 3 coming in 2011

  DHS is in the final stages of deploying version 2 of Einstein across the government, and already is making plans for version 3.

  All News

  January 28, 2011
• Federal pros rise to social media challenges

  The federal government is no stranger to Facebook, Twitter, blogs and even photo-sharing sites like Flickr. Using those tools effectively is the subject of the Federal News Radio Discussion: Shouting from the Rooftops.

  Federal Drive

  January 28, 2011
• Justice watchdog Fine leaves after 10 years

  After 15 years, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine is stepping down. He tells us what\'s next.

  Federal Drive

  January 28, 2011
• DHS readies new tools to combat cyber attacks

  Secretary Janet Napolitano said the Einstein 3 software will be deployed across the government to detect and disrupt malicious cyber activity. Cybersecurity among the hot topics Napolitano highlighted during her State of Homeland Security address.

  Budget

  January 28, 2011
• Study: National security needs overhaul

  The Project on National Security Reform studied the human capital program for national security personnel - and found that it doesn\'t exist. The report\'s primary finding was that national security teams function in silos within each agency rather than collaborating across all agencies and levels of government.

  Budget

  January 27, 2011
• Parker: Tough budget times manageable, not new

  Tough budget times at the Pentagon and other Federal agencies aren’t new, and agencies with the right tools and partners can make it through. Wood Parker, President and CEO of TASC, joined me in studio…

  All News

  January 27, 2011
• OSTP’s role expanding under new law

  The White House agency will help coordinate the process around prize competitions, science and technology education efforts and online access to government data. The America Competes law details several news policy directives for OSTP and other federal scientific agencies.

  Budget

  January 27, 2011
• Plain writing award open for 2011

  Sure, Johnny Fed can read, but if it\'s not written clearly, there\'s room for misunderstanding. The Center for Plain Language\'s Dr. Annetta Cheek, tells us about this year\'s awards for writing.

  Federal Drive

  January 27, 2011
• White House making plans for government reorg

  The administration is identifying Executive branch officials inside and outside of the White House to figure out how best to reorganize government.

  Budget

  January 26, 2011
• Postal Service greening saving millions

  The Postal Service\'s sustainability measures are cutting energy usage across the board, and resulting in lower costs.

  Budget

  January 26, 2011
• Budget work about to hit Congress

  Congress is about to be confronted with the reality of funding your agency at new, theoretical levels. For how that might happen, we get details from The Hill\'s Bob Cusack.

  Federal Drive

  January 26, 2011
• Afghan projects at risk

  Poor planning and weak management are undermining the effort to build up the Afghan army and police while putting billions of U.S tax dollars at risk. We get details from Wartime Contracting Commission Co-chair Mike Thibault

  Federal Drive

  January 26, 2011