LeAnn Jenkins is the executive director of the Oklahoma Federal Executive Board.
Lisa Makosewski is the executive director of the Philadelphia Federal Executive Board.
Francine Roby is the executive director of the San Francisco Federal Executive Board.
Rose Garland is the executive director of the St. Louis Federal Executive Board.
Gwendolyn Campbell is the executive director of the Atlanta Federal Executive Board.
Jeff Baker works for the Energy Department in Golden, Colo. He said good communication between headquarters and the field starts by understanding, listening, learning and remembering why each employee is at the agency in the first place.
An exclusive Federal News Radio survey of federal employees who work in Washington and those who work outside the D.C. metro area reveals a wide gap in opinions of each other. More than half of all federal workers outside of D.C. said their Washington office doesn\'t pay enough attention to them. Employees in Washington called their field offices essential and helpful.
Leon Panetta, in his first news conference as defense secretary, said a potential second round of Pentagon budget cutting, set up as a failsafe, by this week\'s debt-ceiling deal would be a doomsday scenario for the military. The additional $500 billion cut would be \"completely unacceptable,\" he added.
Marty Bollinger, senior vice president and director of aerospace and defense practice at Booz & Co. discusses the prospects for the Defense Department budget, the impact of the debt ceiling on industry and the implications U.S. debt will have on policy.
Some liftoff for the FAA. Former administrator Jane Garvey has insight.
A new memo from OPM details the efforts to standardize and improve the Senior Executive Service\'s performance management system. A task force of 10 agencies will develop the new process using public and private-sector best practices. Once finished, OPM expects agencies to implement the system over the next two years.
Cindy Troutman, the president of CGH Technologies, joined In Depth with Francis Rose, to give her perspective and to provide one snapshot of how the partial shutdown at FAA is affecting contractors.
Agency budgets will shrink by $7 billion next year. But no one knows where those cuts will happen. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal, sorts out what we know and what we don\'t.
Ashton Carter would take over for Bill Lynn, who announced in July he is retiring.
On today\'s Federal Drive, more updates on how the debt-limit deal will affect agency budgets. Plus, NASA\'s green mission to Jupiter and why the National Security Administration is looking for new hires at a hacker convention.