Radio Interviews

  • Winner of many environmental awards, the United States Postal Service has taken one more step into a “green” world. The largest green roof in New York City was dedicated yesterday, on top of the Morgan…

    July 23, 2009
  • Written by Phil Vogel Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Pay As You Go legislation has passed in the House of Representatives. The system would require tax cuts or…

    July 23, 2009
  • The deadline for a task force charged with reviewing detainee policies at Guantanamo Bay has been delayed by six months. This could halt the closure of GITMO which President Obama said would come in January.…

    July 22, 2009
  • The midsummer budget update is usually released in July. However, the Obama administration is holding off on its release until next month. Some say it will show higher deficit and unemployment rates than earlier projections.…

    July 21, 2009
  • One in three feds is expected to retire over the next 10 years. John Palguta is the Vice President for Policy at the Partnership for Public Service. He joins us to discuss what agencies will…

    July 21, 2009
  • Debate over the future of the F-22 fighter jet comes to Capitol Hill this week. The Senate could vote as early as today on an amendment to the 2010 defense authorization bill that would strip…

    July 21, 2009
  • Written by Phil Vogel Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The head of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, defended federal workers at the second annual excellence in…

    July 21, 2009
  • Your agency’s work space was most likely acquired for the government by the General Services Administration. One tool GSA has to obtain space is the National Broker Contract. The House Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development,…

    July 20, 2009
  • We hear a lot about how good federal employee health benefits are but Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says changes are coming to your insurance premiums.

    July 20, 2009
  • What happens when the Defense Department makes decisions that the defense industry can’t support? That’s the topic of a new study from the Aerospace Industries Association. Fred Downey is the Vice President of National Security…

    July 20, 2009
  • In an attempt to address post September 11th challenges, the State Department merged three of its bureaus that deal with arms control and nonproliferation down to two. But a new report from the Government Accountability…

    July 20, 2009
  • Written by Phil Vogel Edited by Emily Jarvis This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: A Pay raise for federal workers is on the way. The House has passed a 2 percent pay raise…

    July 20, 2009
  • Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller is reporting “The Veterans Affairs Department is putting 45 information technology projects on hold — at least temporarily — while it figures out how to get them back on track.”…

    July 17, 2009
  • Legacy-to-open-source transitions are popping up all over the government. The US Postal Service has set this shift as a policy, and one big transition is complete. John Byrne, Manager of the Integrated Business Solutions Service…

    July 17, 2009