Radio Interviews

  • John Mahoney — Chairman of the Labor and Employment Practice Group, Tully Rinckey A federal appeals court has handed the Forest Service a setback and ruled out random drug testing of Job Corps employees. It…

    July 18, 2012
  • The Army has awarded a contract for cyber maneuvering technology so that network administrators can stay a few steps ahead of hackers.

    July 18, 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 seasonal firefighters benefiting from a federal program and appeals slowing the process of closing smaller post offices.

    July 18, 2012
  • New guidelines could help agencies adopting bring-your-own-device strategies manage the potential risks smartphones and tablets could pose.

    July 18, 2012
  • A Government Accountability Office report found the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency need to do a better job managing their employees under Title 42.

    July 18, 2012
  • Civilian agency payrolls would be most vulnerable under automatic budget cuts set to kick in on Jan. 2. A new AIA and George Mason University study claims 229,000 non-defense federal jobs would be eliminated.

    July 18, 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.

    July 18, 2012
  • W. Hord Tipton, executive director of The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, talks about his tenure as CIO of the Department of the Interior, and what you can do to protect data at your agency. July 17, 2012

    July 17, 2012
  • Host Roger Waldron talks government oversight with Ken Donohue of the Reznick Group. July 17, 2012

    July 17, 2012
  • The General Services Administration focuses on the potential of a broker to negotiate between providers and consumers regarding cloud computing services in its Request for Information, released Tuesday. While today's RFI includes a variety of specific questions, GSA also remains open to other types of suggestion from industry.

    July 17, 2012
  • The exercises included sinking a decommissioned naval ship at sea. More than 25,000 military personnel are participating.

    July 17, 2012
  • The FBI wants an automated testing system that can handle all Android applications. Researchers are trying to standardize a technique called fuzzing that forces outside data into the apps to find weaknesses.

    July 17, 2012
  • Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini said GSA has at least 15 different bonus structures and there are questions about the agency's award rates. He said 85 percent of all SES performance awards are on hold in through 2013. GSA also will not hire new employees until a top-to-bottom review of the agency's organization is completed.

    July 17, 2012
  • Roughly five months until across-the-board budget reductions, known as sequestration, are set to kick in, the Aerospace Industries Association unveiled a new report Tuesday that warned of jobs losses, billions in losses to the economy and a blow to wages from the $1.2 trillion, 10-year cuts in defense and domestic programs. The report comes amid a cacophony of election-year demands and partisan backbiting over how to avert the impending cuts that will only grow louder in the coming weeks. Lawmakers agree that it's imperative that Congress move swiftly before the November election to avert the cuts, but have offered wide variations on a solution.

    July 17, 2012