Our Role and Response in Mumbai Lots of questions are being asked in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks last week. Federal News Radio National Security Correspondent JJ Green talked about some of them, and…
What should President-elect Barack Obama think about in terms of military planning? The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has a plan for the “long haul.” Senior Fellow Robert Martinage explains what that is and…
Getting the right people in the right positions is one of the many challenges facing President-elect Barack Obama and his team. The Partnership for Public Service has teamed up with Grant Thorton to get the…
President-elect Barack Obama is not a Washington insider, which means he might not know Congress as much as some think. This according to Howard Paster, Executive Vice President for Public Relations at the WPP Group…
It’s no secret that our country is facing what many are calling a historic financial crisis. While the federal government has bailed out a variety of institutions, some are saying more needs to be done.…
Why should you tune into the Army – Navy game this weekend? FederalNewsRadio commentator Lurita Doan, and former head of the General Services Administration, joins us with an answer in her weekly Leadership Matters op-ed.…
Columnist, former presidential appointee, and Army fan Lurita Doan plays FederalNewsRadio chanteuse. Click to sing along with Lurita.
Study reveals the success of Pentagon personnel system is unclear (GovExec) National security adviser seeks to forge consensus Defense secretary says nuclear gaffes unacceptable GAO: More information needed on northern border Bush sorry economic crisis…
Ahead of the Curve Telepresence is one of the few IT applications that government used BEFORE the private sector. Dave Rubal is Manager of the Regional Sales and head of Cisco’s UC federal practice. He…
Richard Beck Director, Office of Planning and Performance December 1st and 3rd, 2008
The Cabinet Possibilities Who Are Saying ‘No, Thanks’ (for Now) (WashingtonPost) Federal buildings go unwatched (GovExec) Homeland Security in disarray, officials warn (BostonGlobe) Labor Dept. Accused of Straying From Enforcement (WashingtonPost) NASA curbs removable media…
Calming the Chaos Homeland Security officials have lamented the myriad Congressional committees that have oversee their agency. The Center for Strategic and International Studies took a look at how to solve that problem with a…
The US could have a federal deficit of $1 trillion and many are asking what, if anything, can be done? James Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,…
Joining a union could become much easier under a bill floating thru Congress. It’s called the Employee Free Choice Act. Some say the bill would give workers a bigger say in their companies. But there’s…
In just one week, contractors get a peak at the work Homeland Security wants them to do next year. The event is Industry Day. DHS’s Mui Erkun is program manager of the event. He’ll tell…