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.
This is the In Depth show blog. Here you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
Today’s guests:
Susan Tanaka — Vice President of Research, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Possible solutions to sequestration are all over the place and they come in many different shapes and sizes. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation has organized a group called the Solutions Initiative II. The program consists of organizations from across the ideological spectrum, tasked with coming up with plans “for resolving the the fiscal cliff impasse and putting the nation on a sustainable long-term fiscal path.”
Susan Tanaka, vice president of research at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, joins In Depth to discuss the initiative.
Steve Kelman — Professor of Public Management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government
Knowing the FAR — the Federal Acquisition Regulations — is just the start to success in contract management. Management knowledge is essential too.
Steve Kelman, a professor of public management at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and former administrator at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, joins In Depth to discuss why he believes the management part of contract management has been getting short shrift until recently.
The Justice Department has a list of challenges compiled it needs to overcome to stay effective in the future. The list was compiled by the agency’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz.
President Barack Obama’s signature is finally on a new whistleblower protection bill, after lawmakers and watchdog groups pushed for its passage for 13 years.
Adam Miles, the Office of Special Counsel’s policy director, joins In Depth to discuss what the new law means for OSC.