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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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51:38

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 3, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/03

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Two top issues for the congressional delegations near Washington, D.C. Knowing what to do doesn't help if you can't do it The White House isn't the only one trying to right-size the government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:11:50

Two top issues for the congressional delegations near...

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2025/02/03

Now that the Trump administration has settled in, two questions have emerged for the congressional delegations near D.C. One concerns the ping-pong ball that is the FBI new headquarters question. Another has to do with the new federal job classification known as career-policy. We get one view now from Maryland Democratic Congressman Glenn Ivey. 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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11:54

Knowing what to do doesn't help if you can't do it

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2025/02/03

An old saying among military people is that amateurs talk about battle strategies and professionals about logistics. It gets to the heart of a bigger idea. Policy gets endlessly debated and no time more than after a change in administrations. But what about the government's capacity to do things properly? My next guest has called for a capacity agenda in 2025. The founder and CEO of Code For America, Jennifer Pahlka, joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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00:11:09

Knowing what to do doesn't help if you can't do it

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/03

An old saying among military people is that amateurs talk about battle strategies and professionals about logistics. It gets to the heart of a bigger idea. Policy gets endlessly debated and no time more than after a change in administrations. But what about the government's capacity to do things properly? My next guest has called for a capacity agenda in 2025. The founder and CEO of Code For America, Jennifer Pahlka, joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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9:35

How 'Flank Speed' supports Navy modernization

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2025/02/03

The big Navy project called Flank Speed met all but one of its 152 requirements for zero trust cybersecurity, last fall. Flank Speed the Navy's name for its Microsoft 365 platform, traffics lots of Navy systems and data. For how Flank Speed supports Navy modernization, Federal News Network's Jason Miller caught up with the Acting Program Executive Officer Louis Coplin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:34

DoD raises formal performance concerns on...

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2025/02/03

After many years of delays, the Defense Department is finally started ramping up use of its multi billion dollar household goods moving contract last month, and it's not going well. Hundreds of military families have been hit with late pickups, and even no shows, the problems are so serious, DOD has given the prime contractor a formal notice that it appears to be out of compliance with the contract. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu has been following the global household goods contract many years

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8:10

Questions federal employees should be asking before...

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2025/01/31

If you got the deferred resignation program email, well, listen up. Don't expect what the Trump administration calls a nice vacation. In fact, legal experts urge federal workers to exercise deep caution. They're telling you to consult with human resources and benefits people and even your own legal counsel and financial advisors before making a decision. Federal News networks, Anastasia Obis has some more on this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:35

Survey: Most feds say OPM’s resignation offer too...

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2025/01/31

Stop us if you've heard this already, like five seconds ago. The Trump administration has given federal employees an ultimatum, resign now and go on paid administrative leave or stay and risk a non voluntary reduction in force. A Federal News Network poll finds, though, not many employees plan to take the deal. Among their concerns, they say OPM hasn't provided all the answers to their questions. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman conducted the survey, and he brings us the latest. Learn more about

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11:24

A court squashes net neutrality, what next for the FCC?

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/31

With net neutrality A recent U.S. appeals court decision ended the idea of net neutrality. It said the Federal Communications Commission lacked authority to regulate internet service and broadband providers. The incoming F-C-C chair, Brendan Carr, was already planning to undo Biden administration rules *for* net neutrality favored by the outgoing F-C-C chair. For what the broadband industry hopes for next, we turn to the president and C-E-O of the trade group U.S. Telecom, Jonathan Spalter. Learn

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9:48

Reaction keeps thundering over the deferred...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/31

Federal employee associations and unions are uniformly up in arms over the resignation request that went from the Trump administration to every federal employee. Among them the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, NARFE. For what it's advising people to do NARFE vice president John Hatton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:24

The infamous resign later, get paid now offer how...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/31

Federal employees nationwide have been mulling the offer from the White House to resign but stay on the job for the next 8 months. For the legalities of this offer, we turn to federal employment attorney Danny Rosenthal of James and Hoffman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin - - January 31, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/31

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin The infamous resign later, get paid now offer, how legal is it? Reaction keeps thundering over the deferred resignation offer A court squashes net neutrality what next for the FCC? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:33

Why artificial intelligence could cause the lights to...

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2025/01/30

The information technology age has produced many marvels. But they all need electricity. Now thanks in part to the explosion in artificial intelligence the industry is building giant complexes of datacenter. The Energy Department has taken a gander at the just how much power data centers will gobble up. Here with some of the numbers, from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, staff scientist Arman Shehabi.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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14:07

Thinking of retiring all of the sudden? Haste could...

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2025/01/30

Hiring freezes, the new Career/Policy classification, freezes on this and that program. It's all causing lots of federal employees to consider retiring. My next guest warns, don't do anything in haste. It could cost you in more ways than one. Tammy Flanagan is principal at Retire Federal, and she join me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:18

OPM 'deferred resignation' offer sparks flurry of...

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2025/01/30

The Office of Personnel Management, the Trump administration that is, has told Feds they can take a deferred resignation and go on administrative leave until September. The OPM offer is raising legal questions, though federal employment attorneys say that whatever it is, it's a novel approach to reduce the federal workforce. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:18

Coast Guard suspends its anti-harassment policy

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/30

The Coast Guard has suspended its anti harassment policy to conduct a 90 day review of that document. The brass caution that while the policy for harassing behavior might be suspended, harassment itself, that's still prohibited. Federal News networks, Anastasia Obis has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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51:46

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 30, 2025

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2025/01/30

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Why artificial intelligence could cause the lights to dim How federal land could generate lots of electricity Thinking of retiring all of the sudden? Haste could be a mistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:42

How federal land could generate lots of electricity

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/30

A study late in the last administration concluded that using federal land to build windmills and lay out solar panels could generate a lot of electricity. Thousands of gigawatts. With how they developed the estimates, we turn to a senior energy analyst with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Trieu Mai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:33

How to make sure you've got the cybersecurity people...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/29

If there's one type of person every agency will need, it's cybersecurity people. As you've probably heard, there's not enough of them to go around. That's why the government's personnel shop has devised a 5-part strategy for planning, hiring and retaining cybersecurity people. But not everyone follows the strategy. More now from the director of information technology and cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office, Dave Hinchman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:41

FDA's accelerated approval pathway has a few potholes

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/29

The Food and Drug Administration sometimes uses a program called accelerated approval pathway to get new drugs to the market quickly. Such drugs may not kill you, but that may not help much either. The Health and Human Services office of inspector general has found that in a few cases, FDA officials veered off the path. We get details now from social science research analyst Ivan Troy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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