Radio Interviews

  • Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type, explains why federal employees should be paying attention to the typeface they use. Plus, listen to interviews from Federal News Radio's coverage of the Excellence in Government Conference in Washington.

    September 06, 2012
  • The Morning 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. Today's news includes grants possible Hatch Act violations and new charges of waterboarding by the CIA.

    September 06, 2012
  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said both the United States and China are victims of increasingly frequent cyber attacks.

    September 06, 2012
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said he needs congressional approval to manage cybersecurity on the electric grid.

    September 06, 2012
  • Paragon Dynamics is paying more than $1 million to settle claims that it stole a competitor's bid information.

    September 06, 2012
  • Agency leaders hope employees will help the Census Bureau fill critical workforce skills gaps. The self-assessments are aimed at upgrading the way workers collect, process and analyze data about the U.S. ahead of the 2020 census.

    September 06, 2012
  • The DoD inspector general found more than half of military voting assistance offices were unreachable using contact information on the website. Pam Mitchell, the interim director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, said all the phone numbers now are accurate.

    September 06, 2012
  • On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

    September 05, 2012
  • Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, discussed the Obama administration's revised defense strategy, which indicated a shift toward the Asia Pacific region and the Air-Sea Battle concept of overseas military operations.

    September 05, 2012
  • Federal employees submitted nearly 9,000 retirement claims in August - more than in any other month besides January, which typically sees a wave of feds taking retirement. The Office of Personnel Management received 8,973 retirement claims in August, nearly a thousand more than it projected. The agency processed 11,896 claims, also surpassing its goals.

    September 05, 2012
  • Returns for the Thrift Savings Plan continued their steady upward climb last month, with all funds posting in positive territory for the month of August, according to new data from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

    September 05, 2012
  • The Combined Federal Campaign kicks off today. The head of the capital region coordinating committee has a preview of this year's charity efforts. And GSA's Director of Office of Strategic Programs explains how new cloud offerings are helping agencies meet OMB's cloud-first policy.

    September 05, 2012
  • DISA laid out its vision in a new five-year strategy. It said it will work with the U.S. Cyber Command to build up the Pentagon's cyber defenses.

    September 05, 2012
  • The Morning 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. Today's news includes a report by the General Accountablity Office on the Health and Human Services Department's plan to loosen its welfare-to-work program.

    September 05, 2012