Thad Juszczak is director in Grant Thornton\'s Global Public Sector practice.
Andrew Krepinevich is the president and CEO at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Mike McCord, principal deputy undersecretary and comptroller for DoD, says that Defense is focusing on making mandated cuts while waiting for Congress to pass 2012 appropriations bill.
Don Kettl, dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, said policymakers can draw on lessons learned from previous rounds of government downsizing to make smarter decisions now. He made his remarks from the 2011 Excellence in Government conference.
Jeff Page, the chief financial officer of the Library of Congress, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris from the Excellence in Government conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss how the Library is preparing its budget for possible cuts.
Host Mike Causey is joined by Walton Francis, author of \"The Checkbook Guide to Health Plans,\" to talk about what\'s the best health plan for you and your family. November 16, 2011
Congress crafted a partial measure to fund some agencies through fiscal year 2012 and extend a continuing resolution for others. Erik Wasson of The Hill acknowledges that the current budget process has been the most complicated he\'s seen.
With a week until the deficit panel\'s deadline, Bill Frenzel, a guest scholar of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, said details about what will be cut and by how much remain up in the air. \"At the point, we don\'t know where any of these axes are going to fall,\" he said.
Facing likely budget cuts, the Energy Department\'s inspector general, Gregory Friedman, has issued a slew of recommendations, including cutting redundant staff, appointing a BRAC-like commission to study the department\'s facilities and federalizing the contractors that secure those facilities.
Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing, health IT, and mobile technology with Tracey Graves-Stevens, President and CEO of Innoviss. November 15, 2011
A new report finds agency data is dubious and lacks reliability. OFPP disagrees with GAO\'s findings.
Jan Frye, the deputy assistant secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department\'s Office of Acquisition and Logistics, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris live from the conference to discuss the big issues in contract management.
Steve Bell, the senior director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to provide an update into how the supercommittee is coming along and what it all means for the federal budget and federal employees.
Host Mike Causey will talk about the big issues facing federal employees with NARFE\'s David Snell and Federal Times staff writer Stephen Losey. November 9, 2011
A plan to cut the Postal Service\'s costs so it can stay in business has passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Relations Committee. Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised a vote on the Senate floor as soon as possible, according to committee leaders.