Radio Interviews

  • Your input will help the Information Sharing Environment with Project Interoperability. It's the next stage in developing standards for sharing information, but the format of the project is different. Kshemendra Paul, program manager for the Information Sharing Environment, tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the rollout of Project Interoperability.

    March 31, 2014
  • The former acting chief of the Internal Revenue Service, who led the agency in the aftermath of the political-targeting scandal and who stepped down in December, says he believes the agency is on the right track. In an interview on on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp, Danny Werfel, who recently joined the Boston Consulting Group, cited strong leadership at the agency.

    March 31, 2014
  • Sequestration, pay freezes and furloughs appear to have taken a toll on the 2013 Combined Federal Campaign. Figures published by the Office of Personnel Management show Donations fell 19 percent compared to a year earlier. Marshall Strauss, CEO of the Workplace Giving Alliance, was a member of a task force on the CFC.

    March 31, 2014
  • In just a couple weeks, two science agencies launch a global code-a-thon focusing on coastal flooding. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide the raw data. Participants will develop mobile apps, software and other solutions that fit with the agencies' goals in space and on Earth. Ethan McMahon, project manager of NASA's International Space Apps Challenge, talked about the code-a-thon with Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp

    March 31, 2014
  • What is program evaluation? What can be done to better integrate evidence and rigorous evaluation in decision-making? How can federal agencies conduct rigorous program evaluations and data analytics on a tight budget? How can federal agencies increase and enhance their evaluation capacity? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Kathy Stack, advisor for Evidence-Based Innovation at the Office of Management and Budget.

    March 31, 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, Senators say OPM is stuck in the past when it comes to processing retirement claims, and AFGE continues to push for armed TSA agents.

    March 31, 2014
  • Carol Bogash of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra discusses the group's outreach to very young children as well as an innovative program recently introduced in Montgomery County.

    March 29, 2014
  • Avue Technologies Co-CEO Linda Rix will discuss some ideas on how to make the federal government a more attractive option for job seekers. March 28,2014 (Encore presentation April 4, 2014)

    March 28, 2014
  • Bernie Mazer is retiring from the Interior Department after spending nearly four years at the agency's chief information officer. Mazer becomes the second CIO this week to announce his retirement, and at least the eighth to change jobs in the last six months. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller is here with details on Mazer's decision to retire and why there seems to be an exodus of CIOs.

    March 28, 2014
  • The Army says its early analyses of its excess base infrastructure show it's spending at least a half billion dollars per year on facilities it no longer needs. And as Federal News Radio's DoD reporter Jared Serbu reports, that figure is very likely to climb as the Army gets smaller in the coming years.

    March 28, 2014
  • Customs and Border Protection has completed an online metamorphosis. The agency has a new and improved website. Melanie Roe, assistant commissioner of the Office of Public Affairs at CBP, talked to In Depth with Francis Rose.

    March 28, 2014
  • Steve Bucci, director of the Allison Center for Foreign and National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and Ron Marks, president of Intelligence Enterprises and senior fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute, joined Francis Rose to count down the week's top stories on Federal News Countdown.

    March 28, 2014
  • Lt. Gen Thomas Bostick, the Army Corps of Engineers' commanding general, talks about changes coming to the Corps as a result of the military and budget draw downs.

    March 28, 2014
  • An influential veterans organization is demanding action from Congress on a number of legislative fronts, including the growing number of veteran suicides. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America introduced its 2014 policy agenda to Congress this week. It's all a part of the 10th annual IAVA Storms the Hill. Lauren Augustine, legislative associate for IAVA, talked to Tom Temin on the Federal Drive about what's being asked of Congress.

    March 28, 2014