Radio Interviews

  • Recent Pay Legislative Changes (OPM Memo) Top jobs at agencies remain unfilled as transition looms (GovExec) The Plum Book: More Cool Jobs (WashingtonPost) Obama Team Faces Major Task in Justice Dept. Overhaul (WashingtonPost) Air marshals’…

    November 13, 2008
  • Just in case you hadn’t heard, there’s a new team coming to town. We talked about that a bit today, and talked about some new technology too. Focusing on Technology The next wave of technology…

    November 12, 2008
  • Leaders from around the world will descend on Washington this weekend for the World Economic Summit hosted by President Bush. What is likely to come out of the meeting? Steven Schrage, Scholl Chair in International…

    November 12, 2008
  • We’ve been telling you about the $491-million dollar contract IBM has won from Citizenship and Immigration Services. Under the contract, IBM will modernize the immigration benefit application process that CIS uses. The current system is…

    November 12, 2008
  • During the election, President-elect Obama promised to fire poor-performing managers but will he follow through on that? Professor Don Kettl, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government, joins us to talk about…

    November 12, 2008
  • Top Two Officials In U.S. Intelligence Expect to Lose Jobs (WashingtonPost) GAO rejects limits on task order reviews (FCW) Companies push Congress for pension relief Part-time veterans’ nurses getting full pensions Sniffly Surfing: Google Unveils…

    November 12, 2008
  • Veteran’s Day Today we observe Veteran’s Day today, and thank vets for their service to our country. Our resident vet, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, told us the story about how the day became a holiday,…

    November 11, 2008
  • Is the future of Army’s Future Combat Systems up in the air as a new administration gets ready to take the helm? Retired Army Lt. Gen. Pete Cuviello joins us. He’s a former Chief Information…

    November 11, 2008
  • Sometimes Continuity Trumps Change (WashingtonPost) Intelligence Policy to Stay Largely Intact (WSJ) Foreign Service officers clamor for security clearance reform (GovExec) Like Clinton, Obama Calls for Fewer Federal Contractors to Cut Spending (WashingtonPost) Capitol Visitor…

    November 11, 2008
  • Birthday Boys & Girls Congratulations to the United States Marines, celebrating their 233rd birthday today. Gunnery Sgt. Fred Zimmerman told me how the Marines celebrate, some history behind the observation, and his personal story of…

    November 10, 2008
  • Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr. Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery November 10th and 12th, 2008

    November 10, 2008
  • What will an Obama administration mean for career executives in the federal government? Carol Bonosaro, President of the Senior Executives Association, joins us with her answer. Click to hear the interview.

    November 10, 2008
  • What major issues will the next Secretary of State face once he or she is confirmed? Catherine Kelleher is a professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. Ms. Kelleher has also served…

    November 10, 2008
  • Taking care of more than 25-million veterans is no small order for the Federal Government, but that’s exactly what the Department of Veterans Affairs does. FederalNewsRadio is taking a close look at this issue in…

    November 10, 2008
  • Government provides new aid to AIG Report: US conducted secret ops in Pakistan, Syria Pentagon board says cuts essential (BostonGlobe) Blackwater could face sanctions for improper arms shipments (GovExec) Obama planning US trials for Guantanamo…

    November 10, 2008