Radio Interviews
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The first round of the military’s new mine-resistant ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles have hit the ground in Afghanistan. This comes just three months after the delivery order was awarded to the OshKosh Corporation. Dave Hansen is…
October 01, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez and Tom Temin Edited by Phil Vogel This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Working for the federal government will not get you special treatment for swine flu vaccine. The…
October 01, 2009 -
From “Troubled federal procurement data systems to get facelift” on FederalNewsRadio.com: “The General Services Administration’s plan to integrate at least eight governmentwide acquisition systems has caught the attention of some member of Congress. And they…
September 30, 2009 -
Written by Jane Norris & Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Senior executives in the federal government are earning more money under the new Pay for Performance…
September 30, 2009 -
The safety of the homeland continues to be on the mind of former White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend. She participated in a discussion on the subject at the Heritage Foundation yesterday. She covered…
September 29, 2009 -
You’ve heard of Orbitz and Travelocity. The Pentagon runs its own travel booking site too, but satisfaction ratings have dropped, in part, because people say it’s too confusing. FederalTimes got ahold of a poll indicating…
September 29, 2009 -
Written by Tom Temin, Ruben Gomez and Suzanne Kubota Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: An astonishing amount of information on NSF computers is NSFW. The Washington Times reports…
September 29, 2009 -
The “b-word” – bureaucrat – has been tossed around quite a bit over the last several weeks. Former OPM Director Linda Springer says when she hears it, it’s almost always a pejorative. Linda joined me…
September 28, 2009 -
Meeting the needs of troops in the field is the responsibility of the Defense Department’s supply chain agencies. The Defense Acquisition Reform Panel heard from leaders of two of them last week, and the GAO…
September 28, 2009 -
This weekend was a great one for NASCAR racing at Dover International Speedway, and the Federal government was represented. Race teams sponsored by the Army, Air Force, and Border Patrol competed with teams representing private-sector…
September 28, 2009 -
Cyber threats like the ConFicker worm have pushed government to respond swiftly, but experts say those fixes eventually wear off like Band-Aids® . So the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is working to…
September 28, 2009 -
From “Air Force restarts $35B tanker competition” on FederalNewsRadio.com: “The Air Force on Friday launched its third attempt to award a $35 billion tanker contract to either Boeing Co. or Northrop Grumman Corp. “The Air…
September 25, 2009 -
The markets closed slightly down on Thursday, but if you keep an eye on how they behave, you know the long-term picture is more important than daily fluctuations. So what can you do to weather…
September 25, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez and Tom Temin Edited by Phil Vogel This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Adding a Roth option to the Thrift Savings Plan isn’t easy – or cheap. Yesterday, the…
September 25, 2009 -
From “Defense Contract Audit agency not improving fast enough” at FederalNewsRadio.com: “The Defense Contract Audit Agency, like many in the acquisition community, is finding that decisions made during the 1990s are having a negative impact…
September 24, 2009