Radio Interviews

  • A series of hearings hosted by the Defense Acquisition Panel of the House Armed Services Committee is looking at making the acquisition process work better. Wednesday’s hearing was titled Coordinating Requirements, Budgets, and Acquisition: How…

    June 05, 2009
  • The Troubled Asset Relief Program at the Treasury Department is due for a new boss. The President has nominated Herbert Allison to become Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, and the TARP will be a major…

    June 05, 2009
  • The federal e-Buy contracting system is expanding to include state and local governments that need help. Steve Kempf is Assistant Commissioner for Acquisition Management at the General Services Administration and joins us with details.

    June 05, 2009
  • Do senior professional military education schools produce strategists? That was the topic of a House Armed Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing yesterday. The hearing was held to discuss whether or not the current classes…

    June 05, 2009
  • President Obama spoke in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday giving a much anticipated speech to the Muslim world. Professor Akbar Ahmed is Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. He was Pakistan’s former High Commissioner to the…

    June 05, 2009
  • Written by Phil Vogel Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The FAA is moving forward with a plan to close weather offices at 20 regional air traffic control centers.…

    June 05, 2009
  • Questions for the nominee to head the General Services Administration, former GSA Chief of Staff Martha Johnson, ranged from surplus properties to the Networx contract. She answered questions from the members of the Senate Homeland…

    June 04, 2009
  • Cybersecurity, personnel, and contracting issues punctuated the confirmation hearing of Rand Beers to become Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs at the Department of Homeland Security. His nomination hearing was Tuesday afternoon, in the…

    June 04, 2009
  • Regulations.gov is getting a complete makeover this year. That’s the site created for as a source for people to search, view and comment on rules issued by the federal government. Now, the federal government wants…

    June 04, 2009
  • Good morning! We welcome guest host, Jonathan Allen, Congressional Quarterly reporter. Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Forward movement for the review of pay for…

    June 04, 2009
  • The emphasis on transparency is creating a convergence of privacy, security, and transparency policy. Former DHS Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel told me about sorting out the three challenges, and striking the right balance among…

    June 03, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio’s Jason Miller snagged the first interview with new federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra since Mr. Chopra was confirmed to his position. The interview took place at the Management of Change conference in Norfolk…

    June 03, 2009
  • President Obama is pushing Congress to enact sweeping healthcare legislation this year that would hold down costs and provide health coverage for 50 million uninsured Americans. The President met with members of the Senate yesterday.…

    June 03, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: President Obama is asking Congress for $2 billion dollars to fight a possible, more potent form of swine flu.…

    June 03, 2009