Oct 29, 2021
The deadline for most federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they are granted an exemption, is November 22. Some feds have maintained that they will fight the mandate in court, while others may just quit and others will apply for exemptions. With the deadline approaching, members of Congress have...
Oct 28, 2021
Last week, Senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee unveiled the initial Senate versions of nine fiscal year 2022 spending bills. Absent was any language on feds’ pay, thus effectively endorsing the White House’s 2.7% average increase for next year.
Erich Wagner covers the federal workforce. He joined the...
Oct 27, 2021
For years, a man named Leonard Francis bribed U.S. Navy officers with cash, booze, luxury items and prostitutes in return for fraudulent multi-million-dollar deals. Eventually the Navy began an operation to entrap the man known as “Fat Leonard.” Detained for years, Francis spoke to our guest today for a podcast...
Oct 26, 2021
The U.S. in 2021 is a nation-state confronting a series of complex societal challenges that have no easy answer. Climate change, racial injustice and a raging pandemic are just some of the threats that American government will have to confront. This will fall to public servants to execute policy and innovate in...
Oct 25, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has been devastating to the world. It has taken millions of lives worldwide and at least 700,000 American lives. As the American public health response continues, learning from the mistakes of this crisis will be critically important for the next crisis.
Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, are...