Radio Interviews

  • Carolyn Clancy, M.D. Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) July 20th and July 22nd

    July 13, 2009
  • Two high-level military nominations are in process on Capitol Hill. The Senate Armed Services Committee is considering the nominations of Marine Corps General James Cartwright to be reappointed as the Vice Chairman of the Joint…

    July 13, 2009
  • Paul Gillin Consultant, speaker, blogger Paul Gillin Communications July 13th, 2009

    July 13, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez, Jane Norris and Tom Temin Edited by Emily Jarvis This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Senate lawmakers look to reorganize the Pentagon. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee…

    July 13, 2009
  • Jobless claims took an unexpected dip last week. But economists expect short life for that news from the Labor Department. The stock market still hasn’t recovered from last year’s crash. But Certified Financial Planner Art…

    July 10, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez and Tom Temin Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Federal civilians will get a pay raise next year, but just how much? We don’t know.…

    July 10, 2009
  • How healthy is your state, your town, or even your neighborhood? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new tool that will allow health professionals and the public to track environmental issues…

    July 09, 2009
  • Just how controversial are the health IT provisions in the stimulus package? One nurse in New Hampshire is suing the Department of Health and Human Services. She says parts of the bill violate privacy protections.…

    July 09, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Two percent: That’s the amount of next year’s pay raise for federal civilians, at least if the House gets…

    July 09, 2009
  • The Transportation Security Administration may soon be forced to give its workers collective bargaining rights. Legislation giving workers the right to unionize continues to make its way through the House Homeland Security Committee. Congressman Bennie…

    July 08, 2009
  • Career contentment is just steps away: five steps to be exact. Karren Alexander is a motivational speaker and Director of Financial Management at the U.S. Forest Service. She recently spoke about this topic at the…

    July 08, 2009
  • The House and Senate are busy marking up appropriations bills as they try to get a majority of them passed before the August recess. Jodi Schneider is a Senior Editor of Congressional Quarterly. She joins…

    July 08, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Hackers knock out several government Web sites here in the US and abroad. Reports are that the attacks focused…

    July 08, 2009
  • President Obama has promised that the Recovery Act will create millions of new jobs. Sound familiar? President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised something similar during the Great Depression. Amity Shlaes is a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg…

    July 07, 2009