Radio Interviews
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After a challenging few weeks for her agency, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing. She answered questions about response to swine flu, security on the US-Mexico…
May 07, 2009 -
The deadline for implementation of Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (or TWIC cards) has officially passed. Now, the Coast Guard is working to develop requirements for the card readers that will be deployed at ports across…
May 07, 2009 -
The President is set to unveil details of his 2010 budget today. The White House also plans to release information on cuts to 121 federal programs. CNN’s Dick Uliano reports that could save $17 billion…
May 07, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The President’s 2010 budget request would trim or eliminate 121 federal programs. The White House says the reductions will…
May 07, 2009 -
Tomorrow is the expected release date of the FY2010 DoD budget recommendation from Secretary Gates. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn talked about the change in priorities in that budget at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space…
May 06, 2009 -
The tactical and strategic lessons learned from Iraq form the basis of a new book by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Stuart Bowen talked about that book “Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience”…
May 06, 2009 -
The Defense Department’s goal of developing enterprise-wide back-office services for pay, personnel or even contracting may be coming to an end, reports Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller. DoD set up the Business Transformation Agency in…
May 06, 2009 -
What does Democracy mean to you? That was the question the State Department asked people to answer in its Democracy Video Challenge. Some of the videos chosen as semi-finalists in the competition will be aired…
May 06, 2009 -
Next week, a group of pilots in vintage World War 2 war planes will paint the sky white. It’s the Geico Sky Typers, and they’re performing at this year’s Joint Services Air Show at Andrews…
May 06, 2009 -
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says he expects to see some economic growth by later this year. His statements before the Joint Economic Committee yesterday come just days before results of stress tests are released…
May 06, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: FEMA may need to wait a bit longer for its new leader. Lousiana Senator David Vitter is blocking Craig…
May 06, 2009 -
What will America’s energy policy of the future look like and when can we expect to see one put in place? Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the ranking member on the Senate Energy and…
May 05, 2009 -
Roger Waldron, Of Counsel Mayer Brown LLP May 5th, 2009
May 05, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Fort Meade in Maryland will play host to the Pentagon’s new cyber command. The official announcement coming from National…
May 05, 2009 -
This year’s Web Manager University is history, but as always the presentations were loaded with the latest information for Federal web managers. Today I played highlights of the presentation on “Citizen Participation and Engagement.” The…
May 04, 2009