Federal Drive Show Blog – January 14, 2014

On the Federal Drive show blog, you can listen to our interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day, as well as links to other stories...

This is the Federal Drive show blog. Here you can listen to our interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day, as well as links to other stories and resources we discuss.

Today’s Interviews:

Brad Fitch
President and CEO
Congressional Management Foundation

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The stereotypical Hill staffer is young, eager and doesn’t stick around for long. The Congressional Management Foundation is finding more Capitol Hill employees could call it quits this year because of changes in health care benefits.

Most staffers now have to buy insurance through healthcare exchanges rather than the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan. Brad Fitch is president and CEO of the Congressional Management Foundation.

Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Harris
Cyber Command
U.S. Army

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The Army’s Cyber Command Headquarters is moving down south to Fort Gordon, Ga. In a major consolidation effort, all of the cyber and network operations will get a single boss in Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon. It will be the first time in the command’s history. Rodney Harris is the Command Sgt. Maj. of Army Cyber. He says this plan has been in the works for a while.

Pete Kasperowicz
Staff Writer
The Hill Newspaper

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Lawmakers better pass that $1 trillion spending bill this week and tackle some other items, because they’re leaving town next week. Pete Kasperowicz, staff writer at The Hill Newspaper, has more.

Nina Olson

National Taxpayer Advocate

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The IRS has had a rocky time in the last couple of years. It’s been buffeted by budget cuts, nearly overwhelming numbers of tax code changes, and scandal in the tax exempt unit. To say nothing of furloughs and high turnover in senior leadership.

The agency can overcome most of it, but only if the first one — funding — is fixed. That’s the view of National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson.

John Palguta
Vice President for Policy
Partnership for Public Service

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It’s January and there’s a fresh new year ahead of you. What are your goals? How can you be a better manager? Vice President for Policy at the Partnership for Public Service John Palguta helps answer these questions and chart a course for a great 2014.

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