Federal News Countdown 
Top News
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- Proposed commission would give teeth to cost-saving ideas but some lawmakers skeptical
- Feds outside the Beltway react to furloughs
- Contracting executives guilty of 8(a) program fraud
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- 29-year-old NASA engineer going where no one has gone before
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- ICE Director John Morton stepping down
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
- House presses VA for more details after cyber attacks
- DoD maintains BRAC fight, despite opposition
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.
Countdown: Omnibus, whistleblowers, snow day policy
John Palguta of the Partnership for Public Service and David Olive of Catalyst Partners joined host Francis Rose to count down the top federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: IT reform, DoD funding and 'Treasure Cheese'
Dan Chenok of the IBM Center for the Business of Government and Alan Chvotkin of the Professional Services Council join Francis Rose to count down the top federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: Pay freeze, open season, WikiLeaks
Molly O'Neill of CGI and Debra Shaw of Shaw, Bransford and Roth joined host Francis Rose in the weekly Federal News Countdown.
Countdown: Election impact on feds, new data on fed pay
The Federal News Countdown welcomed Tim McManus of Partnership for Public Service and Stan Soloway of Professional Services Council.
Countdown: cyber legislation, private security contractors
Venable's Rob Burton and Federal News Radio's Jason Miller count down their choices for the three most important Federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: Defense finance mess; Feds retiring quicker
This week's three most important Federal news stories, as chosen by Agilex's Bob Otto, and Washington Post "Federal Eye" Ed O'Keefe.
Countdown: new performance legislation, tapping the Internet
This week's guests: Wyatt Kash of 1105 Media and Jonathan Breul of the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
Countdown: reshaping the Pentagon, catching cyber crooks
This week's experts: --Kim Peretti of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Tom Shoop of Government Executive and GovExec.com
Countdown: 9/11 remembered, Challenge.gov debuts
Bill Eggers of Deloitte and the DorobekInsider, Chris Dorobek, count down the most important Federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: Martha Johnson upping the game at GSA
Jason Miller and Mark Amtower count down the top three most important Federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: IT projects in danger, DoD flash drive breach
This week's most important Federal news stories as selected by Tom Simmons of Citrix and Jon Desenberg of the Performance Institute.
Countdown: Changing CIO role, gov't iPad deployment
A weekly countdown of the three most important Federal news stories of the week, as chosen by my Federal experts.
Countdown: Gates cuts Pentagon budget, Census surplus
Alan Balutis and Joanne Connelly count down the three most important Federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: GSA censorship, Top Secret America, BCFP fight
Wyatt Kash of GCN and longtime Federal executive Bob Suda count down their choices for the three most important Federal news stories of the week.
Countdown: $100B in Pentagon savings, Petraeus confirmed
The most important Federal news stories of the week as selected by Larry Allen of the Coalition for Government Procurement, and Federal News Radio's Tom Temin.
Countdown: OMB vets Burman, Shea on Orszag departure
This week's Federal News Countdown, featuring the top three most important Federal news stories of the week.
