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Congress, at least some members, are getting nervous as the election approaches. Could there be another October surprise to send the election careening this way or that? Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a two week look out.
The election is just around the corner and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says by now most federal workers know who NOT to vote for.
Are most Washington-area federal workers Republicans or Democrats? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, the world's leading authority on civil servants, says the answer is "yes."
If you have a solid, safe career government job, does it really matter who the next president is? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asked feds and the answers may surprise you.
When's the last time the Wall Street Journal or CNN asked your opinion about anything? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says probably never, but that's about to change.
Rigging the election, or the possibility of it, is on the collective mind of the Obama administration, but on a different vector than that of Donald Trump.
Minimum wages, immigration, guns and the environment will continue to dominate the legislative agenda come the arrival of a new administration. While Congress continues its long summer recess, the presidential campaign intensifies. Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the emerging legislative agendas of the candidates.
Are federal workers going to need a morning after pill after the first Tuesday in November? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey found a long-time fed who says brace for the worst.
Bureaucrats are easy targets for politicians because they can't fight back, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says sometimes the faceless feds do bite back.
Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, career federal managers can still make a difference no matter when the next election is scheduled.
The campaigning is done and the votes are in. Republicans will soon gain control of the Senate for the first time since 2007, and they've widened their lead in the House. So what can feds expect from their newly elected officials? Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to share her perspective.
Today, voters head to the polls hoping to elect people who share their vision of how government should operate. John Palguta, the vice-president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, has been meeting with international leaders who told him the U.S. government's operation serves as a good vision for their own countries. On the Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Palguta explained what the best federal management practices are and which governments want to emulate them.
President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney contrasted their approaches in how they would reduce the federal deficit and how they defined what the role of the federal government is during a nationally televised debate Wednesday night.
The best way to prepare for November's presidential election is to avoid political distractions. Managers also should prepare a list of programs they wish to cut.