Barack Obama

• Obama nominates new leadership for VA

  President Barack Obama nominated two people for key administration posts at the Veterans Affairs Department.

  Defense

  March 19, 2015
• Budget fight: Obama claims the upper hand over Congress

  By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bolstered by a spate of upbeat economic news, President Barack Obama is claiming the upper hand in the budget fight unfolding in Congress, aiming…

  Budget

  March 17, 2015
• Obama to announce effort to boost high-tech training, hiring

  By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is focusing on high-tech jobs in his bid to make progress on stagnant wages in this country. Obama has obtained commitments from more than…

  Technology

  March 09, 2015
• How to unleash the full potential of GSA’s Federal Supply Schedules

  The full potential of the FSS program remains untapped, says Roger Waldron, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement. In a new commentary, he offers two key contracting reforms he believes will bring the program into the 21st century.

  Management

  February 26, 2015
• Deadline near, deal sets up Homeland Security vote in Senate

  By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before a partial Homeland Security shutdown, lawmakers cleared the way Wednesday for Senate passage of legislation to fund the agency without immigration-related…

  Budget

  February 26, 2015
• GOP leader offers immigration vote to try to resolve impasse

  By ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days from a Homeland Security Department shutdown, Senate Republicans sought a way out Monday by splitting President Barack Obama’s contested immigration measures from the agency’s funding bill.…

  Budget

  February 24, 2015
• Jerry Hendrix, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, CNAS

  President Barack Obama's budget request included a small, $5 million item earmarked for a next-generation fighter. And while no one knows exactly what it'll be, it's meant to replace the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18 Growler by 2030. Jerry Hendrix, a senior fellow and director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on what exactly the new fighter will be capable of — and why it's needed.

  Federal Drive

  February 23, 2015
• Col. Jeff Schilling (Ret.), Chief Security Officer, FireHost

  Information sharing is a two-way street with road hazards in both directions. President Barack Obama held the first White House Cybersecurity Summit last week and issued an Executive Order with hopes of fostering a more open exchange between government and the private sector. Jeff Schilling is the chief security officer for FireHost. He once directed the global Security Operations Center under U.S. Army Cyber Command and has seen the challenges from both sides. On the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, he pointed out cybersecurity was only one of the topics the glitterati actually discussed.

  Federal Drive

  February 19, 2015
• GSA pitches acquisition reforms to Obama

  The White House is interested government procurement. No, not the Office of Management and Budget, which includes the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, but the actual West Wing.

  Management

  February 16, 2015
• Obama’s record budget: Tax the rich, help middle class

  By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would hammer corporate profits overseas and raise taxes…

  Budget

  February 03, 2015
• Highlights of President Obama’s 2016 budget

  Federal News Radio reporters go inside President Barack Obama's 2016 budget proposal to bring you the highlights.

  Budget

  February 02, 2015
• Obama’s budget proposal gives feds 1.3 percent pay raise

  President Barack Obama sent Congress a $4 trillion budget Monday that aims to keep the federal government on the cutting edge of technology when it comes to public services.

  Budget

  February 02, 2015
• Obama calls for spending surge, buoyed by rising economy

  By JOSH LEDERMAN and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring an end to “mindless austerity,” President Barack Obama called for a surge in government spending Thursday, and asked Congress to throw out the…

  Budget

  January 30, 2015
• Attorney General nominee defends Obama immigration changes

  Confronting skeptical Republicans, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch pledged a new start with Congress and independence from President Barack Obama Wednesday, even as she defended the president's unilateral protections for millions of immigrants in the country illegally.

  Congress

  January 29, 2015