
THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST, (length about seven minutes), is a daily Monday through Friday, high-information compilation of nine 40-second news stories and news packages, generated by the non-partisan, non-political, private-sector team of reporters at Federal News Network. Federal News Radio Producer/Newscasters Eric White and Michele Sandiford assemble and read the stories on the THE FEDERAL DRIVE wit... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 2344 | Founded | 11 years ago |
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The good news about your Thrift Savings Plan for June, only two funds saw month over month drops. As for the other funds, 13 of 14 experienced minimal growth of less than one percent from May to June. The big winner last month was the S fund with a g... more
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Two Democrats and two Republicans have teamed up on a bill that would give military families more time to make important financial decisions after a service member dies. Endorsed by groups like Gold Star Spouses of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars a... more
Dozens of House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to abandon its proposal for a governmentwide non-disclosure agreement. The lawmakers say an NDA for federal employees would only serve to intimidate and silence them. They are demanding de... more
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Why are the episodes posting and automatically downloading a day late? I have not noticed this with other podcasts that I listen to.
By the time you post the podcast it’s old news.
It’s 99% for federal agency CIO/IT employees. They should be clearer my agency is a large federal agency and never gets coverage in this podcast but each time an agency CIO post changes people it’s covered. If I was in my agency’s CIO I’d give it five stars but since I’m not it’s more of a 1-2 star rating.
Love the podcast other than trying to decipher Jason Miller’s reports. Dude needs some major lessons on enunciation.
Where can a find the song that you’all use in the outro? The song is so pretty.
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A rapid, daily federal news brief built as a 7-minute digest consisting of concise, line-by-line updates across nine stories. It covers budget, workforce, IT modernization, AI policy, disaster response, and agency leadership across federal agencies with quick turns from on-the-ground reporters. The format is designed for busy government professionals who want a tight, high-information briefing that's easy to skim and follow up on via links for deeper details. A standout is the ultra-compact structure—nine short items per episode—delivered by a consistent news team, which helps listeners stay current without wading through long features.
Noteworthy aspects include a focus on workforce and budgetary issues, cross-agency coordination, and mod... more
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