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Will election results mean more gridlock on budget, sequestration?
President Barack Obama's victory over Republican Challenger Mitt Romney didn't come as a surprise to anyone who was following the pre-election polls. Few surprises occurred in the congressional races as well, which suggested a return of the status quo in Washington and continued gridlock ahead.
Tags: Election 2012 , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , sequestration , budget , Robert Shea , Scott Lilly , Congress , Michael OConnell
'Give it a rest,' USPTO chief tells patent critics
USPTO director David Kappos says software is every bit as entitled to patent protection as hardware innovations. Critics of the agency should give recent reforms a chance to work, he told a think tank audience Tuesday.
Tags: USPTO , patents , software patents , David Kappos , Jared Serbu
Federal Drive Interviews -- Nov. 6, 2012
Lawrence Korb of the Center for American Progress says sequestration may not be such a bad thing. Buddy Bland talk about upgrades to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's supercomputer. Mark Russo of the FDA talks about food shortages caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Tags: Lawence Korb , Budd Bland , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Energy Department , Mark Russo , Incident Management Group , FDA , Federal Drive
Column: Second term for Obama could give feds opportunity to change program culture
Gadi Dechter, the managing director for economic policy at the Center for American Progress, contends if President Barack Obama wins another four years in office, his performance management agenda would push for more data-driven program evaluations. This is part of Federal News Radio's special, week-long multimedia report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years
Tags: Gadi Dechter , Barack Obama , Obama Impact , budget , management , workforce , Investing in Innovation , Race to the Top
Effects of sequestration on the Pentagon
If the debt reduction supercommittee fails to come up with spending cut recommendations by Nov. 23, automatic across-the-board cuts will go into effect. Lawrence Korb of the Center for American Progress analyzes what these cuts could mean for the Pentagon.
Tags: DoD Report , Lawrence Korb , supercommittee , budget , In Depth , management , deficit reduction , sequestration
Farm subsidies, FBI, air controllers face big cuts
Tags: Jeff Zients , OMB , Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , Tom Harkin , budget , sequestration , Richard Kogan , Scott Lilly , Congress
In Depth interviews - June 20
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Tags: Scott Lilly , Larry Allen , Allen Federal Business Partners , In Depth , Francis Rose
Outside experts see White House merger plan hitting choppy waters
There's waste and confusion among the six trade- and business-focused agencies that the White House wants to consolidate. That's the conclusion of four panelists who debated the merits of the proposed merger at the American Enterprise Institute, a free-market Washington think tank. They disagreed, however, on the best solution.
Tags: workforce , management , SBA , Commerce , USTR , federal reorganization , consolidation , Chamber of Commerce , American Enterprise Institute , Emily Kopp
Chopra unveils Open Innovator's Toolkit
Outgoing federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra spoke to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the new toolkit he's rolling out today at a Center for American Progress event.
Tags: Aneesh P Chopra , technology , information sharing , data sharing , innovation , Michael OConnell
Analysis: DoD 2013 budget to lead to makeover or minor adjustments?
Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former assistant Defense secretary for manpower and logistics, has analysis with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Tags: Lawrence Korb , DoD , budget , Federal Drive
