Radio Interviews
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NASA's Flight Opportunities Program is one that helps commercial space companies work with the agency to test out their new technologies, with the hopes of being able to use them for future missions. The program just recently made nine new selections for new tech under NASA's 2021 TechFlights solicitation.
January 31, 2022 -
Skull and Bones, Porcellian, Tri Delta. The exclusivity of these clubs have nothing on NASA's Astronaut Corps. With the agency looking to send Earth's best and brightest into space, you can imagine just what it takes to maintain that group.
January 31, 2022 -
With the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, the most popular one that NASA is best known for now is it's role in the International Space Station. It has a planned retirement of 2024. To get ready for that day, NASA has committed to replacing the ISS with one or more commercially owned and operated space destinations.
January 31, 2022 -
How can technology-oriented training programs help address information technology skills gaps amongst the government workforce? How can agencies achieve effective technology-oriented training outcomes when reskilling employees? What lessons can be learned from the successful use of technology-oriented training programs? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Professors Stacie Petter and Laurie Giddens authors of the IBM Center report, Reskilling the Workforce with Technology-Oriented Training on the next The Business of Government Hour.
January 31, 2022 -
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, on her expectations for finding consensus on revised Build Back Better legislation. She says the expanded Child Tax Credit has lifted millions of American children out of poverty, significantly easing economic pressures on working families, and should be restored. She also discusses the President’s infrastructure law, which she says will have a dramatic impact on the nation’s aging transportation and clean water delivery systems, as well as create new jobs.
January 31, 2022 -
We re-examine the eating habits of modern humans in the light of the latest findings on how our ancestors used to eat.
January 29, 2022 -
Federal News Network's Jory Heckman speaks with Recreation News Publisher Karl Teel about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
January 29, 2022 -
Hannah Hunt, the chief product and innovation officer for the Army Software Factory, said the third cohort of DevSecOps trainees started in January.
January 28, 2022 -
Set yourself up for success this tax season with the latest episode of FEDtalk. This week’s show will provide insight into the upcoming tax season with administration officials and industry professionals. Join host Natalia Castro as the panelists consider issues facing the Internal Revenue Service, changes in tax law, and tips and considerations for filing taxes this season
January 28, 2022 -
Matt Mani of PwC joined host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center to discuss a new book he co-authored titled: "Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape Their Future."
January 28, 2022 -
During this webinar, you will learn how top defense and homeland IT security officials from the U.S. Army Cyber Command and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are implementing strategies and initiatives around cybersecurity.
January 25, 2022 -
What is the human capital strategy for NASA? How did NASA respond to the pandemic and keep its workforce performing? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Jane Datta, Chief Human Capital Officer, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on next week's The Business of Government Hour.
January 24, 2022 -
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome renowned epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota, who has served 5 presidential administrations in preparing for pandemics and bio-terror threats. Dr. Osterholm says the highly infectious omicron variant will continue to threaten hospital systems, schools and supply chains, warning the threat of future variants that may evade immunity is still a very real concern. He predicts that a combination of improved vaccines and new therapeutics will render COVID more manageable in the future, but that we will have to learn to 'live with it'.
January 24, 2022 -
Tina Dolph, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc., joined Aileen Black on Leaders and Legends to explain how collaboration and networking can make you a more effective leader.
January 24, 2022 -
Nancy Pate, general manager, Public Sector and Danny Holloway, Public Sector Field chief technology officer at Immuta, join host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to share methods to overcome some of the typical access-control issues inherent in applying zero trust principles to enterprise-level applications and data.
January 24, 2022