Radio Interviews

  • The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic threat awareness level to 5 out of 6 because of the swine flu. Officials have confirmed at least 93 cases in the United States, most of those…

    April 30, 2009
  • We told you yesterday about the federal marshal who was convicted of violating the secrecy policy of the Witness Protection Program. Prosecutors say John Ambrose discussed a person in the program with a friend who…

    April 30, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Congress has passed a $3.4 trillion dollar budget blueprint for next year. The bill sets limits for subsequent tax…

    April 30, 2009
  • The outbreak of swine flu is creating a stir around the world, even though the actual number of cases is still minimal. The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related…

    April 29, 2009
  • The restructuring of the government’s technology team caused the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security to look at how those changes are working – and will…

    April 29, 2009
  • The full House and Senate could vote today on President Obama’s first budget resolution. James Horney is the director of federal fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He joins us to…

    April 29, 2009
  • Pennsylvania Republican Senator Arlen Specter switched parties yesterday. He says he’s found himself increasingly at odds with the Republican Party and will run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010. Jodi Schneider is a senior…

    April 29, 2009
  • Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Kathleen Sebelius is hitting the ground running in her new job as Secretary of Health and Human Services. The…

    April 29, 2009
  • The ins and outs of doing business with the government are tough for beginners to navigate, and even people and companies who’ve sold to the government for years sometimes run into trouble. Bill Giallourakis has…

    April 28, 2009
  • Fixing projects after they’ve gone awry – or preventing problems before they start – is much easier said than done. I talked about the many complications and solutions with Dave Thomae, Ernst & Young America’s…

    April 28, 2009
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    April 28, 2009
  • Swine flu continues to spread in the US and around the world. At least 50 cases have been found here at home, and the government is treating the outbreak as if it were a pandemic.…

    April 28, 2009
  • State auditors need help with tracking all that Recovery Act money. That’s according to Congressman Edolphus Towns of New York. He’s chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and recently introduced a bill…

    April 28, 2009
  • The Patent and Trademark office faces a backlog of more than a million applications. Now Congress is hashing out a bill aimed at shrinking that. It’s called the Patent Reform Act of 2009. But Professor…

    April 28, 2009