Budget

  • Two Senators have proposed a bill reducing the number of printed copies of the Congressional Record in order to reduce the overall deficit.

    March 30, 2011
  • Jefferson Consulting Group\'s Kathy Conrad offers tips for managing in tough budgets.

    March 30, 2011
  • The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service testified before a subcommittee with improvement to SES and ways Congress can help.

    March 30, 2011
  • Federal News Radio asks readers to take a poll on their agency\'s shutdown preparations.

    March 30, 2011
  • Any budget deal in Congress has to be reached a lot sooner than you might think. The House and Senate need more than just enough time to pass it. Because of that Russell Berman, congressional reporter, says not to be surprised if another continuing resolution is needed to keep the lights on at your agency.

    March 30, 2011
  • A radical new plan would outfit postal service trucks \"with sensors to collect and transmit information about weather or air pollutants,\" including radioactivity! We talk about it with the originator, the Postal Regulatory Commission\'s own Chief Counsel to the chairman, Michael Ravnitzky!

    March 30, 2011
  • Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Steve Losey, financial planner Arthur Stein, and president of the Senior Executives Association Carol Bonosaro join us to answer your questions.

    March 30, 2011
  • Federal employees have some of the best knowledge about how our government works, and some of the best ideas of how to improve it so it best serves the American people. That\'s why the White House wants your input through a new online tool.

    March 30, 2011
  • OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM\'s Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.

    March 30, 2011
  • April 8 could be S-day. S as in shutdown for hundreds of thousands of nonpostal federal workers. The White House is fuming. Congress is feuding and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many federal workers are concerned about an extended time out without pay.

    March 30, 2011
  • Former E-gov administrator Karen Evans is here to tell you what might stay, what might go, and who it would affect if this cut gets passed.

    March 29, 2011
  • The IG says the Defense Department didn\'t follow specific rules to make sure the information was correct.

    March 29, 2011
  • Former Congressman Tom Davis (VA-R) joins host Roger Waldron for a discussion on the federal procurement system. Plus, Davis gives his take on the current budget debate. March 29, 2011

    March 29, 2011
  • A fellowship program that sends U.S. government officials to work in Japanese government offices is as determined as ever. We get details from the Mansfield Fellowship program\'s Paige Cottingham-Streater.

    March 29, 2011