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The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio

The Federal Drive with Terry Gertonprovides expert insights on current events in the federal community.Read more interviewsto keep up with daily news and analysis that affect the federal workforce. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. region.

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10:58

GAO’s Lindsey Saul on AI helping speed data...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/03/03

The Government Accountability Office is adopting artificial intelligence for its audits and evaluations of federal programs. AI helps the agency keep up with the growing volume of work requested by Congress for details. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman caught up with the GAO chief data officer, Lindsay Saul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:08:27

Congress approaches the red zone for getting a '25...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/03/03

With everything else going on, you could almost forget the continuing resolution funding the government expires in two weeks. A lot is riding on budget reconciliation as we check in with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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00:10:08

Not only what government does, but how it does it,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/03/03

Maybe the government does need a complete rebuild. My next guest points out, deficit spending rolls on out of control by what he calls the red tape state. Regulation also keeps growing wider and more complex. While DOGE focuses on cutting what the government does, the nation also has to think of *how* the government does what it does. For more we turn to the chairman of the legal reform group Common Good, Philip Howard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See

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00:10:15

GSA tells agencies to target top 10 consulting firms...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/03/03

The General Services Administration is making a second, more direct push for agencies to cut what it calls non essential consulting contracts. The push comes with a deadline of March 7, and this time, it's telling agencies to target contractors agencies are spending the most with, by some estimates, $65 billion. Federal News Network's Jason Miller has been on top of this, and he joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at

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00:05:03

VA gets GSA request to slash total number of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

The Department of Veterans Affairs is being asked to severely limit the number of employees who can make purchases through a governmentwide charge card program. That's a decision that could impact billions of dollars in annual spending. Meanwhile, the White House has put a freeze on government purchase cards, governmentwide. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at

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5:48

VA gets GSA request to slash total number of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

The Department of Veterans Affairs is being asked to severely limit the number of employees who can make purchases through a governmentwide charge card program. That's a decision that could impact billions of dollars in annual spending. Meanwhile, the White House has put a freeze on government purchase cards, governmentwide. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:26

Feinberg says his private equity background positions...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

Billionaire investor Steve Feinberg, President Donald Trump's choice for the Pentagon second in command, says his background as a private equity executive gives him the experience necessary to fix the Pentagon's long standing problems. Federal News Network's Anastasia. Obis joins us now with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:08:41

Feinberg says his private equity background positions...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

Billionaire investor Steve Feinberg, President Donald Trump's choice for the Pentagon second in command, says his background as a private equity executive gives him the experience necessary to fix the Pentagon's long standing problems. Federal News Network's Anastasia. Obis joins us now with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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11:21

The rise of the executive order is more evident than...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

Read about a new government initiative or program, and likely it's not coming from actions of Congress. More and more, federal policy is being established via executive order from the President, which more and more has left Congress as a legislative body on the sideline. For some insight into how we got here and what it could mean for future administrations, we bring in Joshua Spivak, senior fellow at the Hugh Carey Institution for Government Reform at Wagner College. Learn more about your ad

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00:12:54

USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

The Trump administration's treatment of the U.S. Agency for International Development crystallized the move-fast, take-no-prisoners approach. Opinions have broken out all across the spectrum. My next guest argues that shrinking USAID and merging it with the State Department only helps U.S. rivals strategically. Steven Kull is a senior research associate at the University of Maryland's school of public policy and he joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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00:06:59

If you held out for a RIF rather than taking the fork...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

With so much uncertainty around their employment status these days, some federal employees may be considering just resigning, rather than waiting to be told they've been terminated. According to our next guest though, that may not be the best route. To learn why we bring in Shauna Weatherly, president and founder of Federal Subcontract Solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at

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13:39

USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

The Trump administration's treatment of the U.S. Agency for International Development crystallized the move-fast, take-no-prisoners approach. Opinions have broken out all across the spectrum. My next guest argues that shrinking USAID and merging it with the State Department only helps U.S. rivals strategically. Steven Kull is a senior research associate at the University of Maryland's school of public policy and he joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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7:44

If you held out for a RIF rather than taking the fork...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

With so much uncertainty around their employment status these days, some federal employees may be considering just resigning, rather than waiting to be told they've been terminated. According to our next guest though, that may not be the best route. To learn why we bring in Shauna Weatherly, president and founder of Federal Subcontract Solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:10:36

The rise of the executive order is more evident than...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

Read about a new government initiative or program, and likely it's not coming from actions of Congress. More and more, federal policy is being established via executive order from the President, which more and more has left Congress as a legislative body on the sideline. For some insight into how we got here and what it could mean for future administrations, we bring in Joshua Spivak, senior fellow at the Hugh Carey Institution for Government Reform at Wagner College. Learn more about your ad

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00:47:57

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- Friday, February...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin If you held out for a RIF rather than taking the fork in the road, you may have an extra layer of protection USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted injury? The rise of the executive order is more evident than ever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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47:57

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- Friday, February...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/28

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin If you held out for a RIF rather than taking the fork in the road, you may have an extra layer of protection USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted injury? The rise of the executive order is more evident than ever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:07

GSA’s Public Buildings Service seeks 63% cut to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/27

The General Services Administration, like many other federal agencies, after yesterday's memo from the White House, is looking at major work force cuts. GSA in particular, is looking at slashing the Public Building Service. It's real estate operation that handles office space leasing for most other agencies. GSA's new policy says they'll need fewer employees once they manage fewer buildings. Federal News Network Jory Heckman has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:12

The Energy Department invest more in fusion energy

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/27

The Energy Department via the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is boosting research into fusion energy. It's signed a cooperative research and development agreement, a CRADA, with a company called Focused Energy. Here is the details, Focused Energy's Harris Walker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:09

MSPB puts brakes on at least some probationary feds’...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/27

A half dozen probationary feds swept up in the government's mass layoffs got some good news this week. They're getting their jobs back, at least for now. The Merit Systems Protection Board found there's at least some evidence that their firings were unlawful, but this week's MSPB decision leaves a lot of questions still open, and one of the biggest does the same rationale apply to thousands of other feds who were recently let go during their probationary periods. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu

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46:48

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- Thursday,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/27

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Executive branch layoffs dump work on Congressional staff How to keep the courts out of administrative decisions The Energy Department invest more in fusion energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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