{"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":2396,"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":"2026-09-16T12:18:34.712791+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285"},"episode":{"title":"Lawmakers want insight into staffing and funding at statistical agencies","slug":"lawmakers-want-insight-into-staffing-and-funding-at-statistical-agencies","published_at":"2026-08-14T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285/lawmakers-want-insight-into-staffing-and-funding-at-statistical-agencies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/121f40b1-eba2-4b5f-ba3d-8f0b5845d884.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg9GZWVkQnVybmVyBjoGRVQ%3D--1349f61597e261c82b72aa63507666dd2bce579d","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/121f40b1-eba2-4b5f-ba3d-8f0b5845d884.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg9GZWVkQnVybmVyBjoGRVQ%3D--1349f61597e261c82b72aa63507666dd2bce579d","summary":"A top House democrat is demanding a hearing to examine the effects of the Trump administration’s actions at federal statistical agencies. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), ranking member of the Education and Workforce Committee, said committee members should understand how recent challenges of understaffing and underfunding at these agencies are impacting their work. Scott pointed to a recent report from the American Statistical Association that highlights problems like halted projects and reports, low response rates, decreased data production and smaller staff across agencies including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Economic Research Service and the National Center for Education Statistics. Scott requested a September hearing on how lower quality, less frequent data reports will impact the American public. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"A top House democrat is demanding a hearing to examine the effects of the Trump administration’s actions at federal statistical agencies. Bobby Scott (D-V…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":376,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federal-newscast-48285/episodes/lawmakers-want-insight-into-staffing-and-funding-at-statistical-agencies/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/lawmakers-want-insight-into-staffing-and-funding-at-statistical-agencies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}