Budget

• Asbestos Exposure at the Smithsonian

  Members of a House committee focused today on recent published reports of employee exposure to asbestos at the Smithsonian Museums. Federal News Radio’s Max Cacas is back from the hearing on Capitol, and joins us…

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  April 01, 2009
• Causey on Congress

  Next month it will be quiet while Congress is away, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells us what’s going to be on their plate when they return.

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  March 31, 2009
• Fighting Food Fallacies

  America’s food safety system is plagued with problems — from spinach to tomatoes to peanut butter and, now, pistachios. The FDA is warning us to not eat any foods containing pistachios until they can trace…

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  March 31, 2009
• Switching focus

  Word that a new decision about how to conduct immigration raids has the homeland security community abuzz. Instead of focusing on the illegal immigrants, it appears the Department of Homeland Security is prepared to turn…

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  March 30, 2009
• DorobekInsider: GSA’s O’Hare to replace Johnson as ITS Assistant Commissioner

  We’ve been telling you about the departure of GSA’s John Johnson. There is now a replacement: GSA’s Ed O’Hare will become the new Assistant Commissioner for the Federal Acquisition Service’s Integrated Technology Services, which oversees…

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  March 30, 2009
• DorobekInsider: Meet the innovators — Wikinomics author Anthony Williams

  Each Monday on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, we have a feature we call “Meet the Innovators,” where we get to have a conversations with somebody who…

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  March 30, 2009
• IT Boost Along the Border

  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced a major initiative to improve security along the US-Mexico border, and IT is going to get a boost. In a press conference last week, Secretary Napolitano said the…

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  March 30, 2009
• Ed DeSeve to join the Obama administration

  Ed DeSeve, the former acting Office of Management and Budget deputy director of management during the Clinton administration and Chairman of Strategy and Solution Partners, is going to join the Obama administration, Federal News Radio’s…

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  March 23, 2009
• The CIO Council’s 2009 Azimuth Award goes to… Marty Wagner and Symantec’s John Thompson

  At the end of FOSE, the CIO Council holds an awards dinner to present its Azimuth Award. The Azimuth is essentially the compass on a boat that guides people. And so the CIO Council’s Azimuth…

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  March 23, 2009
• Water, water everywhere!

  The Water Quality Investment Act of 2009 would authorize $18.7 billion through 2014 to clean up water pollution. Reuters reports that the Congressional Budget Office says the bill will cost the federal government a hefty…

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  March 23, 2009
• Budget Talk

  The Pentagon Budget will be front and center in about a month. Among the programs and issues on the bubble are the Army’s Future Combat systems. The GAO also recommended that Congress not approve full…

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  March 23, 2009
• Putting a stop to ‘stop-loss’

  The Army is phasing out the controversial practice of involuntarily extending tours of duty, known as “stop-loss”. Defense Secretary Gates has sought to end the practice since he began his term in the last administration.…

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  March 20, 2009
• A ‘stimulating’ new Army hospital

  Fort Hood, Texas, is getting something from the Stimulus Bill: 621 million dollars for a new military hospital. Fort Hood has outgrown the Carl Darnall Army Medical Center, built in the days of Vietnam, and…

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  March 20, 2009
• Changing of the Guard

  Have DHS’s priorities changed when it comes to the southern border? DHS secretary Janet Napolitano seemed to suggest they have. Meeting with reporters Napolitano said DHS is still focused on fighting illegal immigration and drug…

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  March 20, 2009