MSNBC's Joe Scarborough to Be Featured on 'Inside Government'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough to Be Featured on 'Inside Government'

AFGE D.C. Government Local Also to Discuss Recent Termination of Housing Code Inspectors

WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.), host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and author of "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America," will be featured this week on the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) radio program "Inside Government." Scarborough will address the impact of rising gas prices, and provide an analysis of the 2008 presidential race. Also hear from Joslyn Williams, president of the Washington Metropolitan Council, AFL-CIO, and Eric Bunn, president of AFGE's D.C. Local 2725. Both Williams and Bunn will discuss issues facing the District including the recent termination of 18 housing code inspectors. Chuck Orzehoskie, president of AFGE's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Council 238, will also address hiring practices within EPA and the fight to prevent EPA library closures throughout the county. The show will air on Friday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m. ET nationwide on www.federalnewsradio.com and 1050 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

"Inside Government" is a one-hour weekly nationwide radio/Internet program dedicated to issues that impact all federal and D.C. government employees. In launching "Inside Government," AFGE became one of the first unions and the only federal workers' union to have a national broadcast program on the air.

The program, hosted by AFGE Assistant General Counsel Ward Morrow, can be heard Fridays at 10:00 a.m. ET nationally on demand (available anytime) at www.federalnewsradio.com or 1050 AM in the Washington, D.C., area.

Programs are archived on the Federal News Radio Web site and can be heard on demand (available anytime) at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=300. Federal News Radio is one of the most popular online news stations in the country, according to the Baltimore Sun/New York Times Syndicate.

"Inside Government" is also available to more than 70 million iPod users through Apple's iTunes music download software. The program is available via podcast, located at the following link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=212048686. Users must install iTunes on their computers before accessing "Inside Government" via podcast.

For more information, please e-mail InsideGovernment@afge.org or go to www.federalnewsradio.com.

Please note there will be a short advertisement prior to the start of the program.

Thinking about joining AFGE? Visit www.afge.org for more information.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia.

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CONTACT: Jason Fornicola of American Federation of Government Employees,
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Web Site: http://www.afge.org/
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