Fridays, 3:00 p.m.

Hosted by Francis Rose, each week experts in the federal community discuss the three news stories they think are most important in the world of government.

Federal News Countdown: Shared-services strategy and cybersecurity bills

Dan Chenok, a senior fellow in the IBM Center for the Business of Government, and Karen Evans, the former E-Gov administrator in the Office of Management and Budget, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Postal reform, retirement hike, contractor pay cap

Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, and Bill Bransford, a partner at Shaw Bransford & Roth, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: GSA spending, mobile security and improper payments

Bob Suda, president and senior consultant at Suda and Associates and In Depth's Francis Rose count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: GSA spending scandal, telework and flattening IT budgets

Molly O'Neill, a fellow at the CGI Initiative for Collaborative Government, and Ruben Gomez, a Federal News Radio coordinating producer and reporter, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Competing budget plans, DHS morale

Dan Blair, the president and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, and Jon Desenberg, the senior policy director of The Performance Institute, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Mobile strategy, federal reorg

Bob Otto, the executive vice president of advisory services at Agilex, and John Kamensky, a senior fellow with the IBM Center for the Business of Government, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Wartime contracting bill, transportation bill and budget wrangling

Mark Forman, the co-founder of Government Transaction Services and former administrator for E-Government and IT, and Rob Burton, a partner with the Venable law firm and the former deputy administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Procurement Policy, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Cyber bill, SES shakeup and duplicative programs

Dan Mintz, Powertek chief operating officer and former Transportation Department CIO, and John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Paryroll tax deal, new privacy rules and a new spectrum deal

Linda Springer, the executive director of government and public sector at Ernst & Young, and Tim Hoechst, the chief technology officer at Agilex, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Federal employee morale, pension hikes

Diane Cochran, principal for human capital services at Kelly, Anderson and Associates, and Julia Ziegler, Federal News Radio's web manager, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: 2013 budget, defense industry and Chopra's departure

Stan Soloway, president and chief executive officer of the Professional Services Council, and Dan Chenok, senior fellow in the IBM Center for The Business of Government, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: DoD cyber spending, contractor pay

Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president for national security and procurement policy at TechAmerica, and Frank Reeder, the founder of The Reeder Group, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: DoD budget, DHS oversight and agency cyber hacks

Jon Desenberg, a senior policy director at The Performance Institute, and Jason Miller, Federal News Radio's executive editor, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: OMB duplication, disgruntled feds and DHS cyber role

Dan Blair, president and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, and Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Buyouts, Mobile strategy and OMB shakeup

Alan Paller, the director of research at the SANS Institute, and Larry Allen, of Allen Federal Business Partners, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Succession planning, pay overhaul and the new DoD strategy

Alan Balutis, the director of Cisco Systems' Business Solutions Group and Tim McManus, vice president for outreach and education at the Partnership for Public Service, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Radio Countdown: Top 3 Federal IT stories of 2011

Former E-Government and IT Administrators Mark Forman and Karen Evans count down the top federal IT news stories of the year.

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Federal News Radio Countdown: Cloud computing, banning email and USPS budget woes

Bob Otto, former USPS CIO, and Dan Mintz, former Transportation Department CIO, count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: Proposed pay freeze, new snow policy and departing Devaney

John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, and Federal News Radio's Jason Miller count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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Federal News Countdown: supercommittee stalemate, Army cost-savings

Agilex's Tim Hoechst and Shaw, Bransford and Roth's Debra Roth count down the top federal news stories of the week.

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