Radio Interviews

  • The Patent and Trademark Office says it may need 18 months to recover from sequestration cuts. PTO offers a rare look inside the real impact of these automatic budget cuts. Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller told Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp how sequestration took a bite out of one of PTO's top technology priorities. Read Federal News Radio's related article.

    May 12, 2014
  • The Service to America Medals honor federal employees who go above and beyond their job descriptions to serve the public. Anthony Regalbuto, chief of the Coast Guard Office of International and Domestic Port Security, plays a key role in protecting shipping ports from terrorist attacks. He has set up a program to improve security both in the United States and abroad. He told Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp about his program.

    May 12, 2014
  • The Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. In today's news, President Barack Obama signs the DATA Act into law, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is not pleased with Congress' version of the 2015 defense budget.

    May 12, 2014
  • Hal Shelton, author of the book :The Secrets to Writing a Successful Business Plan," discusses strategies for starting a small business including ways to obtain financing and networking as well as the use of social media.

    May 10, 2014
  • Sandy Smith, transition services manager for the Arlington Employment Center in Arlington Virginia, will discuss what her organization is doing to help veterans enter the civilian job market. May 9, 2014

    May 09, 2014
  • The Patent and Trademark Office has an 18-month recovery plan to deal with last year's sequestration cuts. PTO offers a look inside the real impact of the automatic budget cuts. In his biweekly feature, Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller details how sequestration took a huge bite out of one of PTO's top technology priorities.

    May 09, 2014
  • Jenny Mattingley hosts a roundtable discussion of National Police Week 2014, which is being held in Washington D.C. from May 11th through the 17th. May 9, 2014

    May 09, 2014
  • One of the highlights of this year's Public Service Recognition Week is a town hall meeting that features cabinet secretaries. Yesterday, they offered analysis on why employee morale is low across the federal government. Tom Shoop, editor in chief at Government Executive magazine, is writing about that event and what the cabinet secretaries said about specific workforce issues at their departments. He talks to In Depth with Francis Rose about the White House offering a political olive branch to the federal workforce.

    May 09, 2014
  • A new plan from federal Chief Information officer Steve Van Roekel is supposed to improve Federal IT acquisition. He introduced it at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing yesterday. Dan Chenok of the IBM Center for the Business of Government was one of the witnesses at the hearing, testifying in his role as executive vice chairman of the Industry Advisory Council, part of ACT IAC. In Depth with Francis Rose asked Chenok what he wanted to convey to the committee.

    May 09, 2014
  • Federal Chief Information Officer Steve Van Roekel rolls out the Smarter IT Delivery Agenda. Its goal is to improve the way federal agencies buy IT. Van Roekel introduced the agenda yesterday at a hearing about IT acquisition in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee. David Powner, director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office, was a witness on the same panel as Van Roekel and GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what his primary message for the committee was.

    May 09, 2014
  • Karen Evans, national director of US Cyber Challenge and partner at KE&T Partners, and Al Burman, president of Jefferson Consulting, counted down the top stories of the week with Francis Rose.

    May 09, 2014