Judy Tillman Commissioner, Financial Management Service U.S. Department of the Treasury March 30th & April 1st
The Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division is failing at its job and leaving millions of workers vulnerable. That’s according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, which says the Wage and Hour…
The DC Examiner is reporting that federal programs are giving cocaine, morphine and other hard-core drugs to taxpayer-funded researchers for testing on drug addicts. The practice has apparently been going on for decades often without…
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The President’s pick for the number 2 spot at EPA has removed himself from consideration. Joe Cannon says controversy…
Improving the military’s health IT program is a priority in the new White House budget proposal. The House Armed Services Subcommittees on Joint Military Personnel and Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities called a panel of…
Happy Birthday WTOP! Jim Farley, Vice President of News Operations, and Mike McMearty, News Director, visit with us to talk more about this historic event.
Fiscal hawks in the House are gearing up for a fight. A block of fiscally conservative Democrats are demanding strict spending and deficit controls on the 2010 budget. Marc Goldwein is Policy Director of the…
Written by Bob Laurence Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The Senate will consider providing more training while adding new performance standards for federal managers. The 2009 Federal Supervisor…
Representatives of three agencies, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, announced new initiatives to improve security along the southwest border with Mexico. DHS, State, and Justice will implement the Federal News Radio National Security Correspondent…
Tyree Varnado, Deputy Commissioner Federal Acquisition Service Gary Feit, Assistant Commissioner Office of Customer Accounts and Research General Services Administration March 24th, 2009
There’s a renewed focus in Washington on federal employee benefits. A slew of proposals aim to change how unused sick leave is credited toward retirement and provide paid leave for birth or adoption. There’s also…
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Bearing Point is selling most of its public sector business unit to Deloitte. The move is part of a…
Do you bike to your federal job? The League of American Bicyclists wants to make the answer a resounding “yes!” And they’re taking the push to Capitol Hill. The league’s president, Andy Clark, joins us.
Procurement and contracting have been hot-button issues in the federal space lately. The President has pledged to reform the system, but a new administrator for federal procurement policy has yet to be named. Angela Styles…