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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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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- November 6, 2024

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2024/11/06

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Commerce puts the bead on getting broadband established everywhere Affordability is a big housing problem for military service members Minimum wages for federal contractors are one the way up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Commerce puts the bead on getting broadband...

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2024/11/06

The Commerce Department has been pushing for years to ensure every corner of the nation has broadband. One way is through its Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, or BEAD program. Administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Now the NTIA is working on guidance for states and territories planning to pay for widening broadband. For more on BEAD and the guidance, we turn to program director Evan Feinman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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Affordability is a big housing problem for military...

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2024/11/06

Most military service members live in housing provided by contractors. Just like the commercial housing world, the Defense Department has a supply shortage. Service members face high expenses such that they're often forced to take on debt. The Government Accountability Office now urges DoD to use the tools it has available to get a better handle on the situation. More now from the GAO's director of strategic issues, Alissa Czyz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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Minimum wages for federal contractors are one the way up

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2024/11/06

Contractors are facing the obligation of a more than three percent minimum wage. That's under the annual wage determination coming from the Labor Department. But a couple of federal court cases seem to limit how widely the new wage determination will apply. We get more now from Centre Law partner Alan Chvotkin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:06

VA reinstated 100 employees fired under widely...

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2024/11/06

The Veterans Affairs Department reinstated more than 100 former employees it had fired under a widely challenged law that once made it easier to remove people accused of misconduct. The VA agreed to these actions as part of a settlement it reached with the American Federation of Government Employees Union last year. Now details of that settlement are coming to light through Freedom of Information Act requests. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with the latest.Learn more about your ad

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8:28

At DoD, a new effort to fix civilian employee onboarding

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2024/11/05

The federal community spends a lot of time thinking about how to improve the hiring process. What gets less attention is the onboarding process, all of those steps that have to happen once somebody is hired to make them productive and happy employees. That's starting to change in at least one large DoD organization, a new onboarding implementation plan for the Office of the Secretary of Defense aims to make the process a lot smoother for new employees and for hiring managers. Danielle Metz served

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14:23

NAPA ‘playbook’ outlines 6 strategies to improve...

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2024/11/05

Agencies have six strategies for making healthier workplaces. The National Academy of Public Administration says, for instance, you could offer more career growth opportunities or modernize recruitment, maybe not ground breaking ideas. But the Academy says their strategies are helpful to align with changes in the federal workforce over the last couple of years. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman got more from Academy president and CEO, Terry Gerton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:13

Is the Defense Department drifting away from...

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2024/11/05

At one time it was lavatory assemblies. Now it's soap dispensers. But the Defense Department seems to have a proclivity for adding making military specifications to otherwise commercial items. My next guest says it's time for a snap-to back to a commercial item preference. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- November 5, 2024

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2024/11/05

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin The State Department claims success in modernizing its workforce NASA's digital transformation has a cultural side Is the Defense Department drifting away from easy-to-acquire commercial items? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The State Department claims success in modernizing...

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2024/11/05

A changing world needs a changing State Department. That requires the workforce to keep up. Last month the State Department marked what it called modernization week to summarize and crow a little about how things have changed under Secretary Antony Blinken. Joining me to review the list someone with two hats. The director general of the foreign service and director of global talent, Marcia Bernicat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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NASA's digital transformation has a cultural side

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2024/11/05

NASA has embarked for several years now on what it calls a digital transformation. It wants greater efficiency and mission assurance, and better integration among its scattered components. For a view of the human side of digital transformation, at last week's ACTIAC executive leadership conference, I caught up with the digital transformation culture and communication lead, Krista Kinnard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:22

What's behind a software development strategy at the...

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2024/11/04

The Agriculture Department, like all large departments, has large and varied software needs. It also develops applications for other agencies as a sort of contractor. USDA has adopted a development methodology known as low-code, no-code. At last week's Executive Leadership Conference of the ACT-IAC group I caught up with the USDA's Jerry Hingtgen, federal project lead for software-as-a-service software development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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NARA prepares for a digital future

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2024/11/04

The National Archives and Records Administration is preparing for a digital future. NARA has overhauled its strategic plan with a big focus on digital records and artificial intelligence. In charge of that effort is the Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogun. She sat down with Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday to discuss the future of NARA, as well as a recent Wall Street Journal story that has sparked some controversy around NARA's efforts to redesign the National Archives

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- November 4, 2024

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2024/11/04

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin What's behind a software development strategy at the Agriculture Department National security will require a continuing supply of national security talent Think you'll know election results tomorrow night? Think again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Think you'll know election results tomorrow night?...

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2024/11/04

The idea of election day being tomorrow seems almost quaint given that tens of millions of ballots have already been cast. Many were put in the mail. Congress including Senators not up for re-election has been watching performance of the Postal Service. More now from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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National security will require a continuing supply of...

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2024/11/04

Like every critical issue facing the nation, national security will require gifted people who care about it. To help, the University of South Florida has launched a comprehensive program to prepare students interested in a national security career. Joining me with the details, the program coordinator Jeff Rogg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:12

TMF Board fine tunes criteria as funding becomes tighter

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2024/11/01

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11:04

The farther from agency headquarters, the harder the...

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2024/11/01

Stop us if you've heard this one before. Many agencies are still struggling with workforce recruitment and retention, but the bigger problem is those struggles get harder and more complicated the further you get from agency headquarters in Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. territories. The Government Accountability Office found that agencies are having an especially difficult time getting job seekers to apply and getting people they hire to stay. Federal News Network's drew Friedman got more from GAO, director

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8:57

CMS fills CIO role amidst ongoing HHS tech...

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2024/11/01

One down four to go. The number of open chief information officer positions in the Department of Health and Human Services dropped by one when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hired Patrick Newbold. The hiring of Newbold away from NASA is another chapter in the ongoing challenge HHS is having in filling and keeping technology leaders. Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller joins me with an update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A call for yet another new agency to do what the...

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2024/11/01

Thinking ahead planning for what might happen. Now it has a fancy name. Strategic foresight. A group of people who do strategic foresight has formed an alliance to urge the government to form a strategic foresight agency. My next guest says this might not be a bad idea. Former leadership processor and federal union president Bob Tobias joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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