Radio Interviews

  • Federal web sites gather information about the people who visit them, just as private-sector sites do. But since the citizen-government relationship is different from the customer-company relationship, the Center for Democracy & Technology and the…

    May 22, 2009
  • NASA was recently named as one of the Best Places to Work in the federal government by the recently released Best Places to Work Survey. That was published by the Partnership for Public Service earlier…

    May 22, 2009
  • President Obama is defending his decision to shutter the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He says the prison has made the United States less safe and set back the country’s “moral authority.” But…

    May 22, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: After months of anticipation in the federal space, The White House has launched Data.gov. That’s a web site designed…

    May 22, 2009
  • Members of the House of Representatives that are interested in contracting issues join the Smart Contracting Caucus. The group is starting a series of discussions about issues that are creating some challenges for acquisition managers.…

    May 21, 2009
  • We’ve told you about the change in leadership at the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), one of the government’s most powerful procurement agencies. Ed O’Hare has stepped into the assistant commissioner role there, replacing John Johnson…

    May 21, 2009
  • What does it take to be the Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year? Rey Almodovar is the co-founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation. He just won this year’s…

    May 21, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The Best Places to Work rankings that came out yesterday could affect your agency’s budget. Government Executive reports that…

    May 21, 2009
  • A series of hearings about reforming Defense acquisitions continued in the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. The Committee’s Defense Acquisitions Reform Panel’s hearing, “Measuring Performance: Developing Good Acquisition Metrics” included expert testimony from the Defense…

    May 20, 2009
  • Sniffing the air for anthrax has never been more high-tech. Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have come up with sensors that can diagnose infectious diseases, track airborne toxins and even detect explosives in…

    May 20, 2009
  • Is pay for performance working at your agency? The Pentagon doesn’t know the answer to that question, so they’ve set up a three-member task force to find the answer. The panel includes management experts from…

    May 20, 2009
  • Congressman Henry Waxman, the new chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has been a busy man over the last few months. His new energy legislation could move out of committee this week. Jodi…

    May 20, 2009
  • The latest agency head to go to Capitol Hill to talk about the budget for FY2010 is Energy Secretary Steven Chu. He went before the Senate Appropriations Energy Subcommittee today to answer questions about shifts…

    May 19, 2009
  • Military health information technology is one area of the new budget that is getting more attention, and possibly more money. The House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee heard from five leaders in the military health…

    May 19, 2009