Top ten government news stories for 2012

Michael Keating, senior editor for Government Product News and Govpro.com, talks about the ten biggest government news stories in 2012.

Written by American City & County Administrator
16th January 2013

Federal News Radio’s Mark Amtower recently interviewed Michael Keating, senior editor for Government Product News and Govpro.com, on the ten biggest federal stories in 2012.
Topics include:
• teleworking
• pay in the public sector
• government procurement director pay over the past decade
• state per capita spending on government services
• Aeron chairs and government purchasing
• budget issues at federal and state level
• government spending on events and the GSA fallout

Listen to the entire interview here on Federal News Radio.

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