President Barack Obama

  • Four Army soldiers have been charged with plotting anti-government attacks, including assassinating President Barack Obama.

    August 28, 2012
  • President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday that he was implementing a 0.5 percent pay increase for federal employees that would go into effect next April. Congress is expected to pass a Continuing Resolution when it returns to Washington in September to avoid an Oct. 1 government shutdown. Obama extended the pay freeze through the duration of that CR.

    August 22, 2012
  • President Barack Obama has signed a law delaying an expansion of the STOCK Act that would have published the financial records of thousands of top managers throughout the executive and legislative branches in an online, searchable database.

    August 16, 2012
  • The White House launched a new "Do Not Pay" tool on Thursday to prevent improper payments to individuals and companies. Agency heads must submit plans to adopt the tool by June 30.

    April 12, 2012
  • The White House reiterated its strong support of flexible workplace arrangements -- which includes telework.

    November 02, 2010
  • When members of Congress weigh in on cybersecurity, do they know what they\'re talking about? How about the use of technology in government? Some of the top names in the federal government on both these topics were questioned on Congressional expertise by Federal News Radio during recent conferences and news events.

    October 12, 2009
  • Reps. Langevin and McCaul send letter to President Obama urging him to name a coordinator as soon as possible. Federal CIO and federal CTO say one could be named soon.

    September 14, 2009
  • The U.S. Government Printing Office has laid out its goals for making government more open and transparent.

    March 23, 2009
  • Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is calling for equal pay raises between federal workers and military members. The Virginia Congressman hand-delivered letters to President Obama and House Budget Chairman John Spratt recently. He explains why this…

    March 16, 2009
  • Phil Joyce, Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University, tells FederalNewsRadio that most striking aspect of the budget is not only the size of the budget, but the size of the deficit.

    March 09, 2009
  • Amy Morris Executive Editor, FederalNewsRadio In an effort to keep the federal government running for at least the next few days, Congress passed a stopgap spending measure today. This became necessary after a massive funding…

    March 06, 2009
  • Stan Soloway, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, tells FederalNewsRadio that he likes the ideas laid out in the presidential memo, but took issue with some statements made by President Obama when announcing the initiative.

    March 05, 2009
  • The Obama administration yesterday issued a new executive order aimed at reducing government waste, fraud and abuse. Yesterday, we spoke to Allan Burman, the former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. But what…

    March 05, 2009
  • CNET.com reported that the White House was abandoning YouTube as the provider of the embedded videos on President Obama’s home page in response to privacy complaints. Today, the New York Times reports that the White…

    March 04, 2009