We’ve heard a lot about change lately – from the election to new rules for agencies and contractors. This morning we’re speaking about another kind of change: the kind that happens when an entire agency…
President-elect Obama will hold his first news conference today since winning the presidency. The Democrat will address the financial crisis after meeting with members of his transition economic advisory board. After that, Obama is planning…
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Day Two of the post-election transition festival included more experts on what will happen, what should happen, or both, during the handoff from the Bush administration to the Obama administration. Terry Sullivan, Executive Director of…
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We should know more soon about who will make up President-elect Barack Obama’s economic team, including his choice for Treasury Secretary. Bob Litan, former Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Senior…
Agencies have placed a heavy emphasis on going green, but will these initiatives continue into the next administration? Boyd Rutherford, assistant secretary for administration at the Department of Agriculture, joins us to talk about some…
How might the contracting landscape change in the new administration? Will the government use fewer contractors? Alan Chvotkin is executive vice president of the Professional Services Council and an expert of federal acquisition policy. He…
Alaska Senator Ted Stevens’ future is still up in the air. Debra Roth, partner in the law firm of Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux and Roth, joins us for the “Legal Loop” to talk about the Senators’…
We’ve mentioned that the new administration isn’t wasting any time with the transition. In fact. President-elect Obama has his first official intelligence briefing this morning. CNN’s Bob Constantini has that story. Click to hear the…
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Now that we know who the next President will be, I focused on talking to some experts about transition. They all offered some guidance about different angles of the upcoming transition, not just from President…
The election may be over, but the real work is just beginning. President-elect Obama’s transition team will get to work as soon as today getting up to speed on every issue so that the President…
The Defense Budget far outweighs that of any other agency. So how will it change in the new administration? Dov Zakheim, is the former Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, and Chief Financial Officer for the…
There were a lot of promises during the election season about streamlining budgets and making cuts where needed. But how much of that will come to fruition in the next administration and how will it…