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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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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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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 23, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/23

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin How the return-to-the-office order affects people with disabilities How a leading health research agency can bolster its workforce A regular Federal Drive guest departs for a job in the new administration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:20

How a leading health research agency can bolster its...

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2025/01/23

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Health, known as ARPA-H, is tiny at only 118 employees. Its personnel needs are highly specific, though. ARPA-H has used a variety of strategies to get the people it needs. The Government Accountability Office finds, the agency needs a more organized approach. More now from the GAO's director of science, technology assessment and analytics, Candice Wright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:11

Trump’s VA pick defends hiring freeze amid staffing...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/23

President Donald Trump's government wide hiring freeze makes some exceptions for the Veterans Affairs Department, but it's not entirely clear which positions are actually excepted. Trump's pick to run the VA Doug Collins defended the hiring freeze during his confirmation hearing. He also says VA will use every tool at hand to fire poor performing employees. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:16

How the return-to-the-office order affects people...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/23

Now that President Trump has ordered the revocation of telework for federal employees there's a new question. How ready are federal offices to accommodate people with disabilities. That's a legal requirement. We get from perspective from federal employment attorney Aaron Szot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:12

A regular Federal Drive guest departs for a job in...

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2025/01/23

Regular listeners have for years looked forward to appearance by my next guest. Larry Allen is a seasoned federal sales and marketing executive, and former director of the Coalition for Government Procurement. His regular Federal Drive appearance have come to an end, at least for now, because he's taking a job under the Trump administration as director of the Office of Governmentwide Policy at the General Services Administration. On the morning before inauguration, we checked in. Learn more about

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11:14

Hiring reform, SES accountability to get more scrutiny

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/23

By the time the azaleas bloom in Washington, agencies will get a new plan to improve their hiring processes. It will have the goal of bringing down federal hiring to 80 days. President Donald Trump's executive order signed on inauguration day, would require this plan to address nine broad areas, most of which have been priorities for past administrations. Federal News Network's Jason Miller joins me with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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46:29

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 22, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/22

For the new Congress, an A-I proposal from the last Congress. Federal Drive with Tom Temin For the new Congress, an A-I proposal from the last Congress DoD moves to improve maritime security in contested southeast Asia The Trump opening agenda is taking most of Congress's time now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:38

For the new Congress, an A-I proposal from the last...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/22

The last Congress spent some solid effort to create a set of principles and recommendations for dealing with artificial intelligence. Members of the bipartisan task force on AI want to ensure U.S. leadership, while mitigating the threats to privacy and safety. Task force member Don Beyer, who represents Virginia's eighth district. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:48

The Trump opening agenda is taking most of Congress's...

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2025/01/22

Two horses of the so-called government tri-fecta the House and Senate, that is find themselves deep in the business of the new administration. The Trump administration. For what's immediately ahead, we turn to Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:36

DoD moves to improve maritime security in contested...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/22

A new industry and government consortium has joined the federal scene. This one is devoted to maritime security in Southeast Asia, or MARSEC. Joining me with who's in it and what they plan to do, the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for south and southeast Asia, Laura Updegrove. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:16

Trump administration forces out leaders at Coast...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/22

Two top Department of Homeland Security executives were unexpectedly dismissed by the new Trump administration earlier this week. Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan was relieved of her duties Monday night, and David Pekosky, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, was also let go Monday morning. We get more now from Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:14

Trump’s day 1 executive actions include federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/22

President Donald Trump has issued more than two dozen executive orders in his first couple of days in office. Many of them will impact the federal workforce. One executive action, for instance, orders a federal hiring freeze at federal agencies. Another tells agencies to return their federal employees to work at the office. We get more now from Federal News Network's Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:49

One crucial commission asks Congress for a raise

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/21

If you think the tax code is complicated, try checking out campaign finance laws. They're administered by the Federal Election Commission. Late last year, the FEC submitted a long list of legislative proposals for the 119th Congress to take up. Here with a summary, the commission chair, Ellen Weintraub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:18

GSA’s new leadership mostly comes from tech, finance...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/21

The General Services Administration has new leadership in place on this the first full day of the second Trump administration. The new officials say they want to recommit GSA to its founding purpose, ensuring governmentwide efficiency and maximizing value for American taxpayers. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joins me now with what he's learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:59

Trump installs DOGE within White House, scrapping...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/21

That Department of Government Efficiency, the DOGE faced a slew of legal battles. Just minutes into the Trump administration, the largest federal employee union and several nonprofits asked to join Trump's external government efficiency commission. So far, they got no response. The groups say DOGE isn't meeting transparency and ethics requirements for federal advisory boards Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:58

How much of Biden regulatory agenda will survive...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/21

Voters decisively last rejected a Democratic successor to the Biden administration. That didn't stop Biden's team from unleashing a small storm of regulations in its last couple of months. For highlights of the so-called Fall 2024 Unified Agenda and how much of it will evaporate under the Trump administration we turn to the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center. Joining me now analyst Sarah Hay and senior policy analyst Zoey Xie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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46:57

Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 21, 2025

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2025/01/21

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin One crucial commission asks Congress for a raise How much of Biden regulatory agenda will survive under Trump? Contractors and agencies alike await a new Trump reality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:58

Contractors and agencies alike await a new Trump reality

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/21

President Trump spent his first day in office dealing with immigration and energy policy undoing as much of the previous agenda as he could. The less obvious changes like where to substantially cut government spending will come later. Whatever happens will eventually get around to contractors. My next guest says that if past is prologue, it makes sense to look at what Trump did the first day around. David Berteau is president and CEO of the Professional Services Council. Yesterday, in the hours

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9:04

Outgoing GSA Public Building Service commissioner on...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/17

The General Services Administration says the federal government owns more office space than it needs, and it's on a mission to downsize its national portfolio. The plan takes inventories of federal buildings in need of upgrades and which properties it ought to sell. Decisions often come down to vacancy rates or the cost to fix up a building for more federal news networks. Jory Heckman spoke with the outgoing commissioner of GSA Public Building Service, Elliot Doomes.Learn more about your ad

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