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The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

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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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10:19

An increased IRS workforce presents challenges to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/29

Everyone knows by now, the Trump administration is calling for teleworking federal employees to return to their offices five days a week. That's easy to say, but like many agencies, the IRS is trying to figure out just where to put them all. The IRS workforce recently grew to 100,000 more than it's had in decades. Its office space hasn't kept up. For one view on how to cope Federal News Network's Jory Heckman spoke with the executive director of the professional Managers Association, Kelly

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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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10:30

Cybersecurity has had its ups and downs as we head...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/29

Last year was an eventful one on the cybersecurity front. Advancement of the Defense Department's new requirements for contractors. Cyber updates in the federal acquisition regulation. Artificial intelligence interacting with cyber. My next guest led a team that had put it all in on place together with a cyber forecast for 2025. Townsend Bourne is cyber team leader and a partner at the law firm Sheppard Mullin, and she joins me now. 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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6:59

Navy transitions to holistic cybersecurity portfolio...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/28

The Navy has been pushing hard to move to a portfolio management approach to its information technology investments. Next up is cybersecurity. Officials say too often individual programs decide how to secure their systems and networks. The idea is to move the Navy and Marine Corps to what they call a holistic approach that considers people, processes, technology as all part of the equation. We get details from Federal News Network's Jared Serbu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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7:16

Army’s new pilot program separates recruiters and...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/28

The Army has kicked off a pilot program to separate recruiters from processing teams. The idea is to let recruiters focus on the real task, namely, pitching military service to young adults. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins me with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:46

A look into the Trump administration's pause in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/28

Among the scores of executive orders coming from the Trump administration is a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance. Another freezes regulatory action. Still another imposes a hiring freeze. See the pattern? It's all causing a pause in contracting, even cancellations. More now from the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 28, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/28

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Inspectors general may be fired maybe, but that's not the end of the story Inspectors general are on pins and needles with the arrival of the Trump administration A look into the Trump administration's pause in foreign aid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:13

Inspectors general are on pins and needles with the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/28

Federal executives are nervous about what comes next. President Donald Trump has taken a new and unprecedented approach to not just the senior executive service but to all of federal management. What about inspectors general? Trump had a contentious relationship with them the first time around. My next guest has experience here. She's a former State Department acting inspector general who witnessed the firing of her boss. She now a partner at the law firm Wiley Rein, Diana Shaw joins me now. Learn

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11:39

Inspectors general may be fired maybe, but that's not...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/28

My next guest has worked as a federal inspector general for more than five years. He was also the chairman of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, CIGIE. And until Friday, he was the IG for the Interior Department. He's one of more than a dozen IG's the Trump administration let go on Friday. But that's not the end of the story. Mark Lee Greenblatt joins me in studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:52

OPM directs agencies to quickly comply with Trump’s...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/27

Agencies have received those orders to revise their telework policies and begin bringing federal employees back to the office to work full time. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management last week details who should be going back to work in person and who might still be exempt. OPM guidance comes after President Trump issued that return to Office directive on his first day in office. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman brings us the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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9:36

The big Trump executive order machine changes a lot...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/27

A slew of regulations for federal contractors issued during the Biden administration just got buried under the heavy, black Trump signature. From pay equity to artificial intelligence, lots has changed. Highlights now from Washington procurement attorney Eric Crusius. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 27, 2025

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2025/01/27

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin VA needs to tighten up its procedures for suicide screeners The big Trump executive order machine changes a lot for contractors You can guess what's dominating the congressional agenda this week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:25

You can guess what's dominating the congressional...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/27

The explosive Trump administration has lobbed some shells that have Congress abuzz. Maryland and Virginia delegations are on alert over the new federal policy/career classification formerly known as Schedule F. Here with this and more, WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:07

VA needs to tighten up its procedures for suicide...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/27

Veterans Affairs suicide risk screeners often don't follow the department's own standards. The Veterans Health Administration has yet to establish consistent training or performance standards for screeners. Those are among the findings of a review by the VA office of inspector general. We get details now associate regional director, Amber Singh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:52

DHS head orders in-person work ‘to the maximum extent’

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/27

Continuing our coverage of telework, the Homeland Security Department was one of the first cabinet level agencies to act on President Donald Trump's return to the office mandate. The DHS memo came out on January 20, practically before Trump set foot in the Oval Office. It calls out several components of DHS for, quote, unacceptable remote work practices, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has more on this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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48:55

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 24, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/24

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin The Navy's researchers come up with a robot that operates out of this world A NASA engineer sums up a career of learning about working in organizations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:28

NTEU calls on Congress to replace funding needed for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/24

In the first week of the Trump administration, one agency under contention didn't quite surface, namely, the IRS, but Congress cut $20 billion from IRS supplemental funding in 2023 and another $20 billion in the latest continuing resolution. The National Treasury Employees Union says those funds are key to rebuilding taxpayer services. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman, spoke with NTEU national president Doreen Greenwald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:30

A NASA engineer sums up a career of learning about...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/24

Who says engineers can't write? My next guest spent a long career as an engineer at NASA. He oversaw teams of people working to develop space flight missions. Along the way he learned a thing or two about the contemporary workplace. So much so, he wrote a book about it called Nice Guys Finish Last and Other Workplace Lies. Engineer and writer John Ruffa joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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14:35

The Navy's researchers come up with a robot that...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/24

Robots can flip your hamburger or weld together your car. Now they can operate in a vacuum, fixing satellites in orbit. That's thanks to a program funded by DARPA and carried out by the Naval Research Laboratory. The result is a machine ready for a commercial launch to take into space. Here with the details, the acting director of the Naval Center for Space Technology, Bernie Kelm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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