Radio Interviews
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Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Vivek Kundra is back in his job as federal chief information officer. Kundra had been put on administrative leave…
March 18, 2009 -
More than 5,500 police officers will be funded by grants from the Justice Department. Attorney General Eric Holder detailed the program and talked about other ways stimulus money will impact cities and local jurisdictions at…
March 17, 2009 -
The new head of the Energy Department is promising to change the way business is done there. Secretary Steven Chu testified about his plan at a House Science and Technology Committee hearing this morning.
March 17, 2009 -
The terror attacks in Mumbai could happen here. FBI Director Robert Mueller addressed that issue in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations about two weeks ago, talking about ways his agency is working…
March 17, 2009 -
Yesterday was FOIA Day. The FOIA Day Celebration was sponsored by the Collaboration on Government Secrecy and American University’s Washington School of Law, and one of the guests was Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of…
March 17, 2009 -
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The Pentagon has suspended conversions to its civilian pay for performance system. Defense officials and…
March 17, 2009 -
One Congressional committee is not happy with the way the Troubled Assets Relief Program is being handled. The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy heard from a number of experts on TARP,…
March 16, 2009 -
Financial pundits say one of the things driving the upturn in the financial markets is positive comments from government officials. One of those officials is Lawrence Summers, Director of the White House National Economic Council.…
March 16, 2009 -
What does the future hold for clean coal technology? In 2003, the Department of Energy began a project called “Future Gen”. This involves building a coal-powered energy plant that would capture and store much of…
March 16, 2009 -
Written by Bob Laurence Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will announce a new small business lending package today. The package…
March 16, 2009 -
The latest installment of the Federal News Radio book club is “What Would Google Do?” by Jeff Jarvis. My colleague Chris Dorobek, and Frank DiGiammarino, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the National Academy of…
March 13, 2009 -
Helping new Chief Acquisition Officers navigate the Federal maze, and helping the career Feds in acting positions, is what the Partnership for Public Service wants the CAO SAGE program to accomplish. Norm Lorentz, Strategic Advisor…
March 13, 2009 -
You probably still associate David Winstead with the GSA, where he was commissioner of public buildings. Well, he’s out of government now and has joined the law firm, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. He’s…
March 13, 2009 -
Virginia lawmaker calls for pay parity (GovExec) President will issue regulations Friday on stimulus spending (GovExec) Obama to get report on stimulus plan from Volcker Army database may have been breached (FCW) Congresswoman’s bank work…
March 13, 2009 -
The In Depth Technology Board exists to get new technology into the hands of Feds and former Feds who will be making decisions about whether – and how – that technology will help them fulfill…
March 12, 2009