Radio Interviews
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Debate over the future of the F-22 fighter jet comes to Capitol Hill this week. The Senate could vote as early as today on an amendment to the 2010 defense authorization bill that would strip…
July 21, 2009 -
Written by Phil Vogel Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The head of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, defended federal workers at the second annual excellence in…
July 21, 2009 -
Your agency’s work space was most likely acquired for the government by the General Services Administration. One tool GSA has to obtain space is the National Broker Contract. The House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development,…
July 20, 2009 -
We hear a lot about how good federal employee health benefits are but Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says changes are coming to your insurance premiums.
July 20, 2009 -
What happens when the Defense Department makes decisions that the defense industry can’t support? That’s the topic of a new study from the Aerospace Industries Association. Fred Downey is the Vice President of National Security…
July 20, 2009 -
In an attempt to address post September 11th challenges, the State Department merged three of its bureaus that deal with arms control and nonproliferation down to two. But a new report from the Government Accountability…
July 20, 2009 -
Written by Phil Vogel Edited by Emily Jarvis This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: A Pay raise for federal workers is on the way. The House has passed a 2 percent pay raise…
July 20, 2009 -
Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller is reporting “The Veterans Affairs Department is putting 45 information technology projects on hold — at least temporarily — while it figures out how to get them back on track.”…
July 17, 2009 -
Legacy-to-open-source transitions are popping up all over the government. The US Postal Service has set this shift as a policy, and one big transition is complete. John Byrne, Manager of the Integrated Business Solutions Service…
July 17, 2009 -
What’s next for federal whistleblowers? As Congress debates new protections, federal employee advocates say the time has come to move on this legislation. Tom Devine is the Legal Director for the Government Accountability Project.
July 17, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Pay for performance at the Pentagon could be headed for an Extreme Makeover. A task force reviewing the National…
July 17, 2009 -
The migration to Windows Vista in the Federal market has been slow, and Microsoft is already close to releasing Vista’s successor, Windows 7. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking at Windows 7…
July 16, 2009 -
Delays in the processing time of claims at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs triggered the creation of a new electronic health record. But the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations wants to know…
July 16, 2009 -
NASA’s not worried, but engineers are taking a close look at the shuttle Endeavour’s skin this morning. Astronauts blasted off yesterday on a flight to the international space station. But NASA says during the launch,…
July 16, 2009 -
A new agency may be coming, to oversee consumer finance. With that comes new jobs and new powers. What will this agency do? Who will they report to? These were some of the questions the…
July 15, 2009