Radio Interviews
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Agencies across the Federal government are beefing up their Web 2.0 efforts. One of the agencies that has made a recent push into Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter is the FBI. Mike Lilly and Jonathan Cox…
August 27, 2009 -
Earmarks in fiscal 2010 spending bills are down by about 30 percent as compared to this year. A preliminary analysis of the bills was conducted by the group Citizens Against Government Waste. David Williams is…
August 27, 2009 -
While the government awaits the appointment of President Obama’s cybersecurity czar, work continues on shoring up Federal cyber defenses. Senator Tom Carper is on the front lines of that work, from the Capitol Hill perspective.…
August 26, 2009 -
Written by Tom Temin Edited by Emily Jarvis This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Post Office Plans Cuts Via Buyouts-The Postal Service will pay 15-thousand a head for some of its people to…
August 26, 2009 -
As the economy struggles to recover, the Commerce Department is trying to do its part to make sure minority-owned businesses play a key role in that process. David Hinson is the director of the Minority…
August 26, 2009 -
President Obama has chosen Ben Bernanke for another term to lead the Federal Reserve. The move comes as Congress considers setting up a new agency to regulate
August 26, 2009 -
An Inspector General’s report on interrogation tactics released; changes to the way questioning is conducted; reports of an agency head clashing with a White House official; and much more. All in a week’s work in…
August 25, 2009 -
Five-out-of-five is as good as you can get. And that’s what the General Services Administration scored on the Small Business Administration’s small business procurement scorecard, just released on Friday. GSA was the only agency to…
August 25, 2009 -
Throughout the summer, federal employees have been donating food to hungry families through the Feds Feed Families program. The initiative is being led by the Office of Personnel Management. Tomorrow, OPM Director John Berry will…
August 25, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The Justice Department launches a criminal probe to investigate allegations of torture under the Bush CIA. Attorney General Eric…
August 25, 2009 -
NASA’s mission to land humans on Mars just took one small leap forward. It’s an inflatable heat shield that spacecraft can use to slow as they enter the Martian atmosphere, or the atmospheres of other…
August 24, 2009 -
Today was graduation day for about 140 of the Federal government’s finest. They’ve completed the Partnership for Public Service’s Excellence in Government Fellows program. I drilled down deep into the program with Tom Fox, director…
August 20, 2009 -
Transparency and high performance are two things the Obama administration has made big priorities. They’ve been working at it for about six months now. Robert Shea, now with Grant Thornton, was Associate Director for Administration…
August 20, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez & Tom Temin Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: More scrutiny on the way for those of you who manage federal agencies. OPM plans to…
August 20, 2009 -
Dr. Ian Spielman pioneered a new area of research in government that’s helping scientists understand crucial, but currently intractable, mysteries of physics — like an explanation of something called high-temperature superconductivity.Spielman is a Physicist at…
August 19, 2009