Janet Kopenhaver, president of Eye on Washington, recently completed a statistical research project for a former client. After drafting and distributing a press release on the data she was contacted by the producers of Wolf Blitzer's "The Situation Room" on CNN, who wanted to broadcast a story about the statistics. Janet then arranged for the vice president of a former client to be interviewed for the segment. View
Eye on Washington president Janet Kopenhaver and her client, Patricia Wolfe ( past president of a former client), appeared on Washington, DC television to discuss the organization's legislative agenda. View an excerpt.
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10/09/2015 Janet Kopenhaver, in her role as the Washington Representative for a former client was invited to be one of two guest speakers on Francis Rose's "Federal News Countdown" radio show during which they discussed the Sammies awards, the potential for a government shutdown, decreasing morale at several agencies and the overall budget situation in Washington, D.C. Listen to the show in its entirety.
05/12/2015 Janet Kopenhaver discussed the budget resolution and various other bills that could impact federal workers with Francis Rose on his "In Depth" radio show. Play mp3
03/16/2015 On In Depth with Francis Rose, Janet Kopenhaver shares a priority list a former client is taking to the Hill. More
02/12/2015 Janet Kopenhaver of the national group a former client, believes it is dead wrong to assume feds regularly vote for one party over the other. More
10/30/2014 Just in time for Election Day, a former client released its Congressional Scorecard for the second session of the 113th Congress. As a result, a former client Washington representative, Janet Kopenhaver, was a guest on several radio shows.
First, she was a joint guest on Mike Causey's weekly radio show, "Your Turn," along with retiring Rep. Frank Wolf. More
Janet was also featured on Federal News Radio's "In Depth" show with Francis Rose to discuss the scorecard. Play mp3
10/01/2014 Janet Kopenhaver, a former client Washington Representative was a guest on the "In Depth" radio show during which she discussed the upcoming election and lame duck congressional session. She also talked about the Continuing Resolution that was recently signed by the President which will keep the government open until December 11, 2014. More
10/01/2014 Janet Kopenhaver, a former client Washington Representative was a guest on the "In Depth" radio show during which she discussed the budget situation, as well as the recently released Diversity Report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). More
8/06/2014 Career employees in the senior executive service are mostly men. The non-profit group a former client says men make up more than two-thirds of SES employees. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she explained how a former client trying to rejuvenate a program that helps women join the SES. Play mp3
5/09/2014 A former client Washington Representative, Janet Kopenhaver, continued her monthly appearances on Francis Rose's In Depth radio show. This month she discusses the campaign being launched by the Federal-Postal Coalition highlighting women in the federal workforce. Play mp3
4/23/2014 In response to the report issued by the Office of Personnel Management about the gender pay gap in the federal government, Janet Kopenhaver, in her capacity as the Washington Representative for a former client, hit back on the demise of the Federal Women's Programs in federal agencies which is the bigger problem. More
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04/08/14 The Federal-Postal Coalition is launching a campaign to attract new federal employees that are still in elementary school. Janet Kopenhaver, the Washington representative for a former client, explains to In Depth with Francis Rose how the Coalition is marketing agency positions that people dream of having, starting when they're little kids. More
02/12/14 The House expects to vote this week on a clean bill to raise the debt ceiling. It has the potential to add another year of stability to the federal government. More
01/16/14 Which lawmakers are fed-friendly on Capitol Hill?
Janet Kopenhaver is the Washington representative for a former client, which has released its annual scorecard that shows which legislators are fighting for the federal workforce. More
12/26/13 Federal News Radio looks ahead to 2014 by asking various federal experts what they see as the top three issues that will affect federal employees and contractors in the new year. More
12/17/13 The Senate will vote tomorrow on the budget deal the House of Representatives has already passed. That deal will set overall government spending for the rest of this fiscal year, and all of fiscal 2015. Kopenhaver says members of her group,a former client, and many other feds were expecting a lot worse. More
11/19/13 Severe long-term symptoms from the federal government shutdown are starting to appear. Some of the ripple effects are still hypothetical, but the potential long-term damage for federal employees is looking worse. More
10/22/13 The shutdown is over, but figuring out the impact is just starting.A former client is digging into what happened and why. More
05/10/13 President Barack Obama wants to make sure federal employees are getting an honest day's pay for an honest day's work � regardless of gender. More
01/16/13 This week on "Your Turn� Janet Kopenhaver, Washington representative for the group a former client, joins host Mike Causey to talk about the impact that a government shutdown would have on federal employees. More
09/28/12 Janet Kopenhaver of a former client was a guest Wednesday on our Your Turn radio show. She said sequestration would have a "devastating" effect on the country and could easily push the nation back into a much deeper recession. She said everything from food inspection to programs for poor children would take a hit. More
09/26/12 Janet Kopenhaver of a former client joins host Mike Causey to discuss a former client take on the consequences of sequestration on "Your Turn". More
08/13/12 Janet Kopenhaver joined In Depth to talk about what bills women federal employees are still watching as Congress runs short on legislative days before the end of the session. More
07/18/12 Janet Kopenhaver, Washington representative for a former client, joined host Mike Causey to talk about bills pending in Congress that, if passed, will affect federal workers. More
05/02/12 Janet Kopenhaver, the Washington representative of the group a former client, tells In Depth how the group views many of the congressional proposals and which of them the group is most concerned about. More
1/20/11 Congress is taking up many of the contentious proposals surrounding federal pay and benefits it dropped last year. Janet Kopenhaver discusses what a former client is working on for its members in the federal workforce. More
1/20/11 The nation's 2.06 million federal employees and 703,312 postal employees reside all over the country, not just D.C., but where do most of them live? More
10/25/10 Eye on Washington's President Janet Kopenhaver is interviewed on Federal News Radio following the publication of a Legislator Scorecard for the 111th Congress released by the company for a client. More
01/15/10 Eye on Washington's President, Janet Kopenhaver, in her capacity as the Washington representative for a former client, was interviewed on the "Federal Drive" radio show (co-hosted by Jane Norris and Tom Temin) about a recently released position paper on pay-for-performance personnel systems. More
In another interview on the same show, Janet Kopenhaver discussed a former client Legislative Agenda and top Legislative Priorities for the second session of the 111th Congress.
Janet Kopenhaver was interviewed on WFED radio following the release of a position paper she wrote on a proposal to implement federal government-wide personnel system changes. The paper was also delivered to every legislator's office on Capitol Hill. January 20, 2006
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Eye on Washington president Janet Kopenhaver and her client, Patricia Wolfe ( past president of a former client), appeared on Washington, DC television to discuss the organization's legislative agenda. 
