Radio Interviews
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This Thursday Defense Secretary Robert Gates will release the Pentagon’s FY 2010 budget. Secretary Gates has talked about what priorities the budget will contain. The Senate Armed Services Committee called two experts on every aspect…
May 04, 2009 -
As the H1N1 Swine Flu virus continues to spread, the Government Printing Office is going to airports (pdf). Its print procurement program is responsible for nearly 42,000 traveler information cards that have been handed out…
May 04, 2009 -
The Transportation got over $40 billion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development, and Related Agencies heard from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Transportation Inspector…
May 01, 2009 -
Two cabinet secretaries were before the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday to testify on the FY09 war supplemental bill. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got some support from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and they answered questions…
May 01, 2009 -
Just like private-sector businesses, agencies are trying to squeeze out every last penny from IT budgets. One way is to extend the life of laptop inventories and other IT hardware. But Jack Gold of J.…
May 01, 2009 -
H1N1 is on the rise here at home and abroad, and Homeland Security is working furiously to prevent its spread. More than 100 cases have been confirmed in the US. National Security Correspondent JJ Green…
May 01, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The ear of management turns to federal chief information officers. The majority of CISO’s responding to a new survey…
May 01, 2009 -
David Fisher Director Business Transformation Agency May 5th, 2009
April 30, 2009 -
The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic threat awareness level to 5 out of 6 because of the swine flu. Officials have confirmed at least 93 cases in the United States, most of those…
April 30, 2009 -
We told you yesterday about the federal marshal who was convicted of violating the secrecy policy of the Witness Protection Program. Prosecutors say John Ambrose discussed a person in the program with a friend who…
April 30, 2009 -
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Congress has passed a $3.4 trillion dollar budget blueprint for next year. The bill sets limits for subsequent tax…
April 30, 2009 -
The outbreak of swine flu is creating a stir around the world, even though the actual number of cases is still minimal. The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related…
April 29, 2009 -
The restructuring of the government’s technology team caused the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security to look at how those changes are working – and will…
April 29, 2009 -
The full House and Senate could vote today on President Obama’s first budget resolution. James Horney is the director of federal fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He joins us to…
April 29, 2009 -
Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter switched parties yesterday. He says he’s found himself increasingly at odds with the Republican Party and will run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010. Jodi Schneider is a senior…
April 29, 2009