Federal News Radio

Federal News Radio is growing its web staff and hiring a digital content creator!

The official description of the position — Contribute daily to make FederalNewsRadio.com the leading provider of timely and relevant news and information about the programs, people and policies of the federal government. Write original news articles from exclusive…[Read more]

All this week, Federal News Radio is presenting its series, Top Ten for 2010: Bold Predictions where we predict 10 things that we think will happen in the federal community in 2010.

On Monday, our morning show, the Federal Drive, predicted that silos will fall. Our afternoon radio show, the Daily Debrief, thinks the government will still need to…[Read more]

It’s been an awesome week of conversation GovLoopers! We are hoping you like the final topic in our 5 Fallacies of Government? series.

Today we take a look at whether the government is behind the technology curve. So we ask you…What is the real state of government IT? Why do some agencies and some programs still require the use of MS-DOS,…[Read more]

We think you guys will really like this one too! The federal hiring process has long been derided for its inefficiency and frustrating rules and requirements. Take the Knowledge Skills and Abilities – KSAs. Entire industries have developed around helping people write their KSAs for federal job applications. Once KSAs are completed, there is the…[Read more]

For more than a decade, agencies have been told that thousands of workers one day will get up and walk out the door. This “retirement tsunami” has turned out to be nothing more than a drip. Even so, experts continue to warn that agencies remain unprepared for the “brain drain”. What do you think? Is the brain drain occurring? Will it ever happen?…[Read more]

I think you guys will really like this one! The second part of FederalNewsRadio’s series, 5 Fallacies of Government, is looking at whether or not feds are clock watchers. Do they live up to the reputation they have of only working 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week…punching in from 9a-5p and that’s it?

So, what do you think? Is it true? Or does it make…[Read more]

Federal News Radio’s 5 Fallacies of Government? series is officially underway! Each day this week we’ll be looking at some of the most common stereotypes about the federal government and federal employees. We want to know what the GovLoop community thinks about these “fallacies.” Are they fact or fiction?

Monday’s question: Is the government a…[Read more]