State of the Union

  • On this week's Bloomberg Government Capital Impact show, analysts will discuss the impact of the cybersecurity executive order signed by President Obama. February 21, 2013

    February 21, 2013
  • Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) talks about his plans as the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Greg Kutz of TIGTA discusses new progress being made by the IRS in recruitment and hiring. Jennifer Martinez, staff writer at The Hill newspaper, discusses the new Executive Order on cybersecurity. Don Kettl of the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy offers insight on the State of the Union speech.

    February 13, 2013
  • President Obama used his State of the Union speech Tuesday night to reiterate common management themes that have been part of the administration's push over the last four years.

    February 12, 2013
  • American University scholar in residence Beryl Radin outlines the challenges of reorganization government, called for by President Obama in his State of the Union address.

    February 15, 2011
  • The chief performance officer will be joined by Lisa Brown, who currently serves as the assistant to the president and staff secretary. The restructuring will begin with trade and exports to give companies better opportunities in the global marketplace.

    January 31, 2011
  • The Center for American Progress\' Jitinder Kohli explains how he helped the initiative to cut billions in the U.K. government.

    January 28, 2011
  • Professional Services Council\'s Stan Soloway explains how a government reorganization - called for in the State of the Union - could affect the federal contracting community.

    January 27, 2011
  • The White House agency will help coordinate the process around prize competitions, science and technology education efforts and online access to government data. The America Competes law details several news policy directives for OSTP and other federal scientific agencies.

    January 27, 2011
  • Federal employee unions are preparing themselves for what could be a legislative battle over federal spending and job cuts. AFGE will lead a nationwide effort to change the conversation about the financial and social impact of federal employees. AFGE\'s president says verbal attacks against feds are the worst he\'s ever seen and he is disappointed that lawmakers aren\'t doing more to stop them.

    January 26, 2011
  • The administration is identifying Executive branch officials inside and outside of the White House to figure out how best to reorganize government.

    January 26, 2011
  • In his State of the Union address, President Obama said he plans to try to eliminate and reduce the overlap and redundancy that has built up over the last 60 years. How the government restructures…

    January 26, 2011
  • Obama’s words visualized One way to analyze President Obama’s State of the Union is to take a look at the actual words he used. The New York Times compares how many times the president used…

    January 26, 2011
  • How did the president do last night in terms of getting his message across? We look at the rhetoric with AU\'s Robert Lehrman.

    January 26, 2011
  • In the State of the Union, the President said he will submit a proposal to Congress to reduce the overlap among agencies. Obama also called for a five-year freeze in domestic spending, but asked lawmakers to do more with entitlement spending. He also promised to continue to invest in innovation and research and development.

    January 26, 2011