Education Department

  • The new leader at the Education Department has some plans to change the way that agency does business. Secretary Arne Duncan detailed his plan at a hearing of the House Budget Committee last week.

    March 18, 2009
  • What does the future hold for clean coal technology? In 2003, the Department of Energy began a project called “Future Gen”. This involves building a coal-powered energy plant that would capture and store much of…

    March 16, 2009
  • FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about plans to overhaul the “electric grid.” The Energy Department would play a key role in that. Branko Terzic, with Deloitte Services LP, is a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…

    March 06, 2009
  • Can you imagine a day where your agency runs on coal derived from water? The Energy Department is funding research that could make it happen. The technique uses what’s called a Hyperbaric Centrifuge. Scientists from…

    February 16, 2009
  • President-elect Barack Obama offered more details into his transition team. After naming his senior staff Wednesday, Obama named several key players who will work on agency transitions. In a release obtained by FederalNewsRadio, the transition…

    November 07, 2008