{"podcast":{"title":"Federal Newscast","slug":"federal-newscast-48285","podcast_index_feed_id":48285,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/FederalNewscast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/federal-newscast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/5d/2b/af/18/5d2baf18-e018-4f60-b239-0747e6d8792b/595b7b04bb21a68fc933d44eb766b97e3c950b2538ac8c6d76657afdfa6f975e677dd976ab3a09d439c443b5f6d1f88120b77222065fffdb0447291d7cba2b82.jpeg","author":"Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio","episode_count":2332,"summary":"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 with TERRY GERTON , the weekday morning-drive program, heard from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ET) on the Federal News Network app (and website), on any smart speaker, and on WFED 1500 AM , a 50,000-watt 'Class A' powerhouse radio station in the nation's capital. The podcast is most popular with FNN's audience of highly educated listeners, who conveniently access THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST , 24/7 , on any podcast platform . Listen to it (as just mentioned) or read the stories each weekday morning at FederalNewsNetwork.com , where the news items contain hyperlinks for those who want more information on a given story.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T02:20:01.127368+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285"},"episode":{"title":"Federal government employment continues to decline","slug":"federal-government-employment-continues-to-decline","published_at":"2026-05-11T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285/federal-government-employment-continues-to-decline","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/ac7f2bee-c813-404a-8006-a99f9f14253f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg9GZWVkQnVybmVyBjoGRVQ%3D--1349f61597e261c82b72aa63507666dd2bce579d","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/ac7f2bee-c813-404a-8006-a99f9f14253f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg9GZWVkQnVybmVyBjoGRVQ%3D--1349f61597e261c82b72aa63507666dd2bce579d","summary":"Despite some hiring occurring across agencies, overall employment in the federal government is continuing to decline. That's according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS reports that in April, federal employment numbers decreased by another 9,000 jobs. Since peaking in October 2024, the federal sector's numbers are now down by 11.5% or 348,000 jobs.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Despite some hiring occurring across agencies, overall employment in the federal government is continuing to decline. That's according to the latest jobs…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":387,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federal-newscast-48285/episodes/federal-government-employment-continues-to-decline/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285/federal-government-employment-continues-to-decline.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}