Radio Interviews

  • Transition Terror How vulnerable are we to a terrorist attack during the transition to the new administration? Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA’s Osama Bin Laden unit and author of the book “Imperial Hubris,”…

    November 17, 2008
  • Thomas Day Senior Vice President, Intelligent Mail and Address Quality November 17th and 19th, 2008

    November 17, 2008
  • There’s been a lot of speculation on who will be named to President-elect Barack Obama’s cabinet. Just last week, we heard that Hillary Clinton is being floated as a possible Secretary of State. Ann Veneman…

    November 17, 2008
  • Reviving a Dispirited Workforce Obama Urged to Tackle Frustrations of Federal Employees (WashingtonPost) Obama Wrote Federal Staffers About His Goals (WashingtonPost) Declaration issued after meltdown summit European markets lower after G-20 summit Next up for…

    November 17, 2008
  • FAIL The Federal landscape is littered with projects that didn’t turn out the way they were intended. A panel of Federal project management experts talked about why they fail, and how to prevent it. The…

    November 14, 2008
  • President-elect Barack Obama has yet to name most of the people he would like to serve in his administration, including the person who would fill the role of National Security Advisor. Who is he likely…

    November 14, 2008
  • Welcome to Friday! Former Feds Mentioned as Possible Federal CTO (NextGov) Prospects list grows for job of intellectual property czar (NextGov) Former civil servant might head Obama USDA transition team (GovExec) More ex-Clinton officials tapped…

    November 14, 2008
  • Quietly Effective One agency that doesn’t get a lot of media coverage is very tightly woven into the transition process. The Office of Government Ethics deals with many aspects of the switch in administrations. The…

    November 13, 2008
  • Robert Brodsky Reporter Government Executive Magazine November 13th, 2008

    November 13, 2008
  • The Plum Book is officially out. It lists about 8,000 jobs up for grabs in the next administration. So what can you do to get one of them? Derrick Dortch, career coach and host of…

    November 13, 2008
  • It will now be easier for members of academia and industry to access the Department of Energy’s high-tech research facilities. The agency has simplified the process for gaining entry to the research centers in an…

    November 13, 2008
  • We’ve told you that retiring Republican Congressman Tom Davis is giving his support to Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California to be the next ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Congressman…

    November 13, 2008
  • Democrats picked up at least 20 seats in the election, and it could be more by the time all of the races are finally decided. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joins us to talk about…

    November 13, 2008
  • Evelyn DePalma, a retired procurement executive at DoD, joins us to talk about how this could affect the contracting community on a more general basis. Click to hear the interview.

    November 13, 2008
  • A law establishing a five percent goal for awarding defense contracts to minority-owned small businesses has been overturned. Diana Veilleux, partner in the law firm Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux, and Roth, joins us for our weekly…

    November 13, 2008