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 In this episode, Jen Psaki talks with her former boss Rahm Emanuel about what he thinks Democrats need to do to win again.  He offers his trademark candor on where Democrats slipped up in 2024, but also talks about what the future can look like.  He stresses the value of who the messengers are, the damage of litmus tests to winning and the importance of running someone in every single race from school boards to Congress. Want to listen to this show without ads? Sign up for MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Donald Trump got bored during the Super Bowl, and now apparently pennies are illegal. Also, as everything Trump torches the entire executive branch, trial judges aim their garden hoses at the flames to save what they can. Today we'll talk about as many cases as we can cram into an hour. Come for the DOGE take over of Treasury, stay for the Project 2025 shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.   Links: ABA STATEMENT on the Rule of Law https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-supports-the-rule-of-law/   When You've Lost Clarence Thomas https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/when-youve-lost-clarence-thomas   New York v. Trump (state Treasury challenge) docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623558/state-of-new-york-v-donald-j-trump/   CNN: Trump stopping penny production https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-doge-usaid-news-02-09-25#cm6yd9c61001m3b6no8ip8cc3   Coinage clause annotated https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C5-1/ALDE_00001066/   Coinage Act of 1792 https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/coinage-act-of-april-2-1792   31 U.S.C. § 5112 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112   12 U.S.C. § 5481 et seq. (creating CFPB) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/chapter-53/subchapter-V   Sen. Warren Initial Report on the CFPB https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/2011/07/Report_BuildingTheCfpb1.pdf   Seila Law, LLC v. CFPB https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14557349188638541514   NTEU V. VOUGHT I docket (CFPB data) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277286/   NTEU V. VOUGHT II docket (CFPB dismantling) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277287/   CFPB v. CFSA https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-448_o7jp.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

On this week's episode of 'The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart': Battling the Bromance. President Trump sings the praises of First Buddy Elon Musk in a new interview but Democrats at every level are fighting back, most effectively in the courts. I'll ask Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford about his recent legal victory and the stunning reaction from Vice President JD Vance. Then, I'll ask Rep. Becca Balint of the Budget Committee just how far Democrats are willing to go to stop the Trump-Musk agenda -- even if it means a government shutdown. Protest Vought: Russell Vought, Trump's Budget Director and key architect of Project 2025, is also now the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and already taking steps to undermine it. Rep. Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, is not happy about any of this and she will tell us why. And, Oh Canada! Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn't think Trump's joking about making Canada the 51st state. Why this and Trump's pronouncements on Gaza, Greenland, the Panama Canal and more are detrimental to the global order America helped create, with the Atlantic's Tom Nichols. All that and more on “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.” 

Donald Trump's blitzkrieg of executive orders is running into a million lawsuits. And Elon Musk's inability to keep his mouth shut isn't helping. We'll discuss the avalanche of lawsuits by labor unions, non-profits, FBI agents, and anonymous federal employees, along with the judiciary's response.    Links:   44 USC § 3501 Note https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3501   Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/politics/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-system/index.html   US v. Illinois docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69616357/united-states-v-state-of-illinois/   FBI Agents Association v. DOJ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69609596/federal-bureau-of-investigation-agents-association-v-department-of-justice/    AFL-CIO v. Department of Labor docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613359/afl-cio-v-department-of-labor/    Nat'l Council of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583571/national-council-of-nonprofits-v-office-of-management-and-budget/   ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS v. BESSENT (challenge to Treasury/BFS) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69607077/alliance-for-retired-americans-v-bessent/   Doe v. OPM docket (challenge to Musk server spoofing OPM email) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69582338/doe-v-office-of-personnel-management   New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump (challenge to birthright EO) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69560542/new-hampshire-indonesian-community-support-v-trump/    The Three-Headed Chimera of Trumpian Destruction [Gift Link] https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-three-headed-chimera-of-trumpian-destruction/sharetoken/09cb444c-9355-4852-be93-f505cbbd1418    Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod  

Trump issued dozens of imperial edicts — oh, sorry, executive orders. Many of them are wildly illegal, mostly are deeply cruel, and all are being challenged in court. We'll discuss the pending injunctions on his birthright citizenship order and the “pause” on government spending so that he can redline the federal budget and delete all the “woke.”    Links:   Trump v. Meta docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61568745/trump-v-meta-platforms-inc/    American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69588089/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-trump/   OMB M-25-13 https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/deb7af80-48b6-4b8a-8bfa-3d84fd7c3ec8.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2   OMB CLARIFICATION MEMO https://ngma.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/White%20House%20OMB%20Clarification%20Memo.pdf   Nat'l Counsel of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583571/national-council-of-nonprofits-v-office-of-management-and-budget/   State of New York v. Trump (“States Case”) docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585994/state-of-new-york-v-trump/   OPM Guidance on Schedule F https://www.chcoc.gov/content/guidance-implementing-president-trump%E2%80%99s-executive-order-titled-restoring-accountability Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod  

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Our host Mike Slater has been on a big kick about the "Make America Healthy Again" movement and he'd like to explain why as he's on a big-time crusade to make "healthy living" a conservative value again. Listen in to find out what he means and why he's doing this!Following the opener,  Ed Martin, President of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and New Chief of Staff at Office of Management and Budget under President Trump, joins the show to talk about how he's going to help get some serious things done in 2025 and beyond!

Should presidents be immune from prosecution? If yes, under what circumstances? Stanford Professor Michael McConnell, a former federal judge, joins Pam Karlan for a discussion on presidential immunity, the Constitution, and former president Trump's cases. In this insightful episode, they discuss the implications of the Supreme Court's stance on criminal versus civil liabilities for presidents, the political ramifications of prosecutorial actions, and the historical context of executive power under the U.S. Constitution.

Monday, March 25th, 2024Today, Tammy Murphy has dropped out of the Pennsylvania US Senate race clearing the way for Andy Kim; Republican House Rep Mike Gallagher is leaving early; former RNC chair serial liar and coup plotter Ronna McDaniel has been hired by NBC for $300K per year; the Senate has passed a $1.2T funding bill ending the threat of a shutdown; Texas AG Ken Paxton could see his criminal charges dropped; The Biden Administration's permanent ceasefire UN resolution was vetoed by Russia and China; Allies of Leonard Leo have mounted a monthslong offensive against DC AG Brian Schwalb; plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news.Promo Code:For 20% off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners! Go to https://www.helxsleep.com/dailybeans and use code HELIXPARTNER20.Our Guest Laura Packard:Twitter: https://twitter.com/lpackardThreads: https://www.threads.net/@laurapackardactivistFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraPackardActivistInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/LauraPackardActivistLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lpackardYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LauraPackardTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurapackardactivisthttps://www.laurapackard.comFollow Adam Klasfeld for updates on the Manhattan DA's hearing this morning at 10 AM ET about the election interference hush money case.https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReportsRep. Mike Gallagher to leave Congress in April, giving GOP an even narrower majorityhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/03/22/politics/mike-gallagher-republican-retiring/index.htmlChuck Todd Questions His Network, NBC News, Over Hiring of Former R.N.C. Chairhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/business/chuck-todd-ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-msnbc.htmlWhat did US Gaza ceasefire resolution say and why did Russia and China veto it?https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/22/us-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-explainerExclusive: Texas AG Ken Paxton could see criminal charges dropped in deal with prosecutorshttps://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2024/03/22/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-case-felony-charges-texas-ag-plea-negotiation/72960517007What happens when an AG dares to investigate Leonard Leo's networkhttps://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/23/brian-schwalb-leonard-leo-investigation-00148385Subscribe to Lawyers, Guns, And MoneyAd-free premium feed: https://lawyersgunsandmoney.supercast.comSubscribe for free everywhere else:https://lawyersgunsandmoney.simplecast.com/episodes/1-miami-1985Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Follow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Follow Mueller, She Wrote on Posthttps://post.news/@/MuellerSheWrote?utm_source=TwitterAG&utm_medium=creator_organic&utm_campaign=muellershewrote&utm_content=FollowMehttps://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrotehttps://www.threads.net/@muellershewrotehttps://www.tiktok.com/@muellershewrotehttps://instagram.com/muellershewroteDana Goldberghttps://twitter.com/DGComedyhttps://www.instagram.com/dgcomedyhttps://www.facebook.com/dgcomedyhttps://danagoldberg.comHave some good news; a confession; or a correction?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/From The Good News:Fine Mess Potteryhttps://www.patreon.com/FineMessPotteryUpcoming Live Show Dateshttps://allisongill.com (tickets and show dates)Sunday, June 2nd – Chicago IL – Schubas TavernFriday June 14th – Philadelphia PA – City WinerySaturday June 15th – New York NY – City WinerySunday June 16th – Boston MA – City WineryWednesday July 10th – Portland OR – Polaris Hall (with Dana!)Thursday July 11th – Seattle WA – The Triple Door (with Dana!) Live Show Ticket Links:Chicago, IL https://tinyurl.com/Beans-ChiPhiladelphia, PA https://tinyurl.com/Beans-PhillyNew York, NY https://tinyurl.com/Beans-NYCBoston, MA https://tinyurl.com/Beans-BosPortland, ORhttps://tinyurl.com/Beans-PDXSeattle, WAhttps://tinyurl.com/Beans-SEA Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/OrPatreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

We're not done digesting the biggest regular spending bill in history. Within that $1.7 trillion so-called omnibus spending package, Congress set a couple of new deadlines for federal agencies. For one, it wants the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget to figure out how to solve durable problems with federal hiring. Joining the Federal Drive with more, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.

Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said the focus on securing commercial software comes from the cyber executive order.

The Office of Management and Budget released its final version of the first-ever governmentwide learning agenda, to help implement the Biden administration's broad management goals.The learning agenda, which OMB finalized on Sept. 15, created research questions to help advance the priorities specifically outlined in the President's Management Agenda.

The Office of Management and Budget wants next year's federal agency budget submissions to be more data driven than they've been in past years. Larry Allen, the president of Allen Federal Business Partners, said that is a fine in principle, but the whole idea rests on the notion that agencies have high-quality data to support their programs in the first place. Mr. Allen talked about this with Federal News Network Deputy Editor Jared Serbu.

The Biden administration, following a windfall of IT modernization dollars Congress approved through COVID-19 spending, is outlining its vision of how it will make the most of this money. The Office of Management and Budget released a plan last week detailing projects made possible through three governmentwide IT modernization funds, as well as upcoming spending plans. Meanwhile, congressional spending on IT modernization for fiscal 2023 is coming into focus. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman had more on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration doesn't think a Space National Guard is the best idea. Now some interest groups are pushing back.

In today's Federal Newscast, GAO, OMB butt heads over cost estimating for projects winning extra funding for IT modernization.

In today's Federal Newscast, the director of the Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to look at the future of work.

Results from the third Office of Management and Budget pulse survey are out. Agencies saw mixed results, but looking at the data is only the first step. Senior leaders have a lot of ways to respond to the feedback and to nip issues in the bud. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.

In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department says it may need more money in 2023 to offset inflation.

Don't call the $10.5 million infusion of funding the Department of Veterans Affairs received to modernize its identity management platform an "award" or a "loan." Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana prefers to call it an "investment" by the Technology Modernization Fund Board. She and TMF Director Raylene Yung joined Jason Miller on Ask the CIO to discuss more.

The Biden administration is fine-tuning its management vision for the government. The Office of Management and Budget is setting targets for agencies to deliver a higher standard of customer service to the public. That's all under the President's Management Agenda, which is being implemented through several interagency teams. For what OMB is saying, here's Federal News Network's Jory Heckman.

The White House has set a goal to transform federal cybersecurity over the next few years through a “zero trust” approach. Stop us if you've heard of zero trust. Agencies have just delivered their initial plans to the Office of Management and Budget. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.

Efforts to oversee trillions of dollars in pandemic relief spending are running into a familiar problem: persistent gaps in federal spending data. Investigators say Congress can take some actions to make sure it's easier to track how agencies are spending taxpayer dollars. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.

The White House sees 2022 as an important year for personnel vetting reform. The background investigations backlog seems to have dried up, but officials say granting security clearance still takes too long because its too complicated. They hope technology will help solve a lot of the problems. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.

Agencies have marching orders as they put the final touches on their fiscal 2023 budget requests. The Office of Management and Budget told them to put a major focus on the workforce. This means more money and more programs. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller has exclusive details on what OMB is telling agencies to do for 2023.

The final zero trust strategy released by the Office of Management and Budget on Jan. 26 is more than just yet another attempt by yet another administration to address long-standing cybersecurity challenges. It's the culmination of a vision started more than a decade ago by federal executives waiting for the technology and culture to catch up, and it's a roadmap that is both prescriptive enough and patient enough to give agencies a North Star to strive for over the next three years. For more, Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, spoke to Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller and reporter Justin Doubleday on Ask the CIO.

Members of Congress are pushing to overhaul federal cybersecurity standards. But agencies are already starting to measure security a lot differently this year. That's because the White House made some big revisions to quarterly cybersecurity metrics. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday reported on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

The Biden administration has been pushing for more federal contracting dollars to go to small and disadvantaged businesses. The specific goal is for an additional $100 billion to such businesses over the next five years. For how agencies can start to reach this goal, the acting director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Lesley Field.

Agencies have a clear roadmap of how to achieve the Biden administration's goal of improving cybersecurity from the application to the network and across the data layers. The Office of Management and Budget's final zero trust strategy, released last week, is both prescriptive and flexible enough to act as a starting point for this three-year journey. Chris DeRusha is the federal chief information security officer at OMB. He tells Federal News Network's Jason Miller and Justin Doubleday how this final strategy brings several other ongoing cyber efforts under one umbrella.

The Office of the Federal CIO at OMB is going on a hiring spree. Clare Martorana, the federal CIO, is filling open positions with an expectation for a busy 2022. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller has more about why the turnover in the Federal CIO's office isn't necessarily a bad thing.

You might be one of the federal employees who filled out that so-called pulse survey. It's the latest way the Office of Management and Budget is hoping to get information on the workforce. It augments the yearly Federal Employee Viewpoint Surveys with more frequent measures. Data is great, but will agency managers do anything with what they learn? That's the question my next guest is asking. He's a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, Bob Tobias.

The White House is about to release a new strategy for federal cybersecurity. It will detail how agencies should move to zero trust architecture. This as the Office of Management and Budget eyes big changes to how people access federal systems. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

The Biden administration has launched a new way to gather data and feedback from the federal workforce. The President's Management Council is releasing the first data from its Federal Pulse Survey that went out to civilian federal employees last fall. The survey is a pilot program aimed at getting here-and-now from feds more than OMB gets from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has more.

The government-wide improper payment rate crept up last year, because of programs spawned by the pandemic. The Office of Management and Budget found that improper payments grew most under the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance program, which saw its improper payment rate reach nearly 19%. Eight points higher than pre-pandemic rates. For a closer look, Federal News Network's Jory Heckman spoke with the former deputy executive director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, now a principal at Grant Thornton, Linda Miller.

The government spends more than $90 billion a year on information technology, and as anyone involved in the procurement process can attest, that process is far from perfect. Now the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration are turning to online crowdsourcing to help make it better. The new series of challenges is called Engaging Procurement Ideas to Consider --- or 'EPIC.' The first one wrapped up at the end of June after gathering 1,700 responses. Lesley Field is the acting director of OMB's Office of Federal Procurement Policy. And Laura Stanton is assistant commissioner for the IT category in GSA's Federal Acquisition Service. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu welcomed them to Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about how EPIC works. Field spoke first.

As the Trump administration explores new ways to teach federal employees in-demand skills, the Census Bureau will launch its own data science reskilling program. Fifty employees will be chosen for the program's first cohort in January. The bureau has stood up the pilot with help from the Chief Information Officers Council and the Office of Management and Budget, which last year launched a government-wide reskilling academy for cybersecurity skills. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman had more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Federal CIOs have gotten a series of policy updates from the Office of Management and Budget over the last couple of years, all aimed at modernizing not just the government's infrastructure but government itself. Margie Graves has been a big part of the team reworking policy. She is the federal deputy chief information officer and a new fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. She joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more discussion.

Some may have heard early reports of success from the government's cybersecurity reskilling program. Yet so far, of the 50 graduates only one has found a new job in government using their new skills. Margaret Weichert, deputy director for the Office of Management and Budget, said the reason for that is the rigid General Schedule system. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller wrote about why making the government more agile, by revamping the GS system, should be the Trump administration's top management priority over the next year. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss further.

The Office Management and Budget never wants to go through a policy house cleaning like it did over the last 18 months. OMB not only updated nearly every major IT policy, but rescinded dozens of others that grew stale and no longer offered any value. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller writes about OMB's plans to take a page out of the agile software development playbook to create an agile policymaking process. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more details.

The albatross hanging on agency's necks for the past decade that made it much harder to move the cloud is finally gone. The Office of Management and Budget yesterday released the final Trusted Internet Connections or TIC policy. It opens the door much wider to use cloud services. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller joined Federal Drive to discuss why the new TIC policy will make IT modernization easier.

Patience at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is starting to wear thin. NIST has been waiting since January for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget to finish its review of new and expanded privacy controls in special publication 800-53, Revision 5. The nine-month approval process is now having a downward impact on several other publications that NIST wants to release. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller writes about how OIRA's review sluggishess isn't just a challenge for NIST, but for other agencies and vendors too.He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.

Don't break out the party hats quite yet, but the results in the latest Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) report to Congress does deserve some celebrating. The Office of Management and Budget said for the first time agencies suffered from no major cyber incidents in 2018. On top of that, agencies also saw fewer overall cyber attacks last year. Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller had the details about why agencies deserve a little pat on the back for their cyber efforts. Hear more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

Yesterday was the deadline for federal agencies to send the Office of Management and Budget a list of the federal advisory committees they're proposing to do away with – the mandate to reduce committees came in an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year. Sean Moulton, senior policy analyst at the Project on Government Oversight, says the actions are a step backward. He joined Federal Drive to discuss.

Agencies spend millions of dollars and thousands of hours preparing paper records each year. But new guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and the National Archives and Records Administration has set deadlines for agencies to digitize their historic permanent records before the end of this year. Laurence Brewer is the Chief Records Officer at NARA. He told Federal News Network's Jory Heckman how agencies and the public will benefit from digital record keeping.

Like students across the country, federal agencies are getting their report cards. The House Oversight and Reform Committee is handing out grades on IT modernization under the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is the chairman of the subcommittee on operations, which is handing out the FITARA grades today. He told Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller about agency progress in this bi-annual report card. Hear more details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Management and Budget is expressing its displeasure with the early versions of appropriations bills coming out of the House Appropriations Committee.

In today's Federal Newscast, OPM is recommending federal agencies adjust their teleworking policies to accommodate disruptions to employees commutes with looming Metro station closures this summer.

In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration says it now sees an opportunity to build on many of the 14 cross-agency priority goals outlined in the President's Management Agenda.

In today's Federal Newscast, several DC area members of Congress want to know if it's realistic for federal employees to expect more money in their next paycheck on March 15.