Radio Interviews

  • The Senate has postponed voting on a $410-billion dollar omnibus spending plan to keep most federal agencies running thru the end of this fiscal year. Up to now, programs have been getting money at 2008…

    March 06, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about plans to overhaul the “electric grid.” The Energy Department would play a key role in that. Branko Terzic, with Deloitte Services LP, is a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…

    March 06, 2009
  • OPM delays implementing new promotion rules (GovExec) Obama Memo Targets A-76 Process, Government Contracting (FederalDaily) Advocates say DHS managers, rank-and-file are dissatisfied with personnel policies (GovExec) System that checks status of workers set to expire…

    March 06, 2009
  • The House Ways and Means Committee was one stop in new OMB Director Peter Orszag’s tour of Capitol Hill, as he visits Congressional committees talking about President Obama’s FY 2010 budget.

    March 05, 2009
  • After weeks of waiting and speculation, President Obama has announced the selection of Vivek Kundra to be the first Federal Chief Information Officer. Mr. Kundra talked to reporters on a conference call after the official…

    March 05, 2009
  • This morning’s guest host: Jenna Dorn, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration Lawmaker introduces automatic TSP enrollment bill (GovExec) Democratic lawmaker to push for bigger federal pay raise (GovExec) Obama takes…

    March 05, 2009
  • The Federal government’s oversight and regulation of financial markets was under the microscope today in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Watch the entire hearing

    March 04, 2009
  • A new collection of essays called “Ideas As Weapons: Influence and Perception in Modern Warfare” explores the way the message of the military is portrayed and distributed. One of the editors of the book, T.R.…

    March 04, 2009
  • An overhaul of the way Federal contracts are awarded was announced by President Obama today. The changes reverse Bush administration policy that in some cases led to federal investigations of procurement practices and no-bid contracts.…

    March 04, 2009
  • President Barack Obama sent Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and OMB Director Peter Orzag to Capitol Hill yesterday to defend the 2010 budget proposal. Jodi Schneider is Senior Editor at Congressional Quarterly and brings us up…

    March 04, 2009
  • Obama Officials Defend Budget (WashingtonPost) 2010 budget plan would increase procurement officers’ ranks (FederalTimes) Panel: DOD needs experienced procurement people (FCW) Unopened claims letters hidden at VA offices (FederalTimes) House to look at locals enforcing…

    March 04, 2009
  • A new report from the Senate Homeland Security Committee looks at the Federal housing response after Katrina and Rita. The report is especially critical of the Bush Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The…

    March 03, 2009
  • Acquisition reform in general, and the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 in particular, were the subject of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning. Click to watch the entire hearing

    March 03, 2009
  • His Federal career began in 1974 and took him to the senior executive level. So Stewart Liff knows of what he writes in his latest book, Managing Your Government Career: Successful Strategies That Work. He…

    March 03, 2009