The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

10:00

The Labor Department helps the nation's miners in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/11

For miners people who dig things out of the earth finding the healthcare and other providers they may need can present challenges. Now the Mine Safety and Health Administration part of the Labor Department has organized an online platform for miners. Joining me with the details statistician William Drexler and management and program analyst Joe Mackowiak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:10

Where the U.S. needs an iron dome is in the Pacific...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/11

U.S. air bases in the Indo-pacific region are too vulnerable to attacks by China. China has been steadily hardening its own air bases. The result is a sharp military imbalance in China's favor. That's the jist of a detailed study by the conservative Husdon Institute. More now from senior fellow Tim Walton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:27

Why contractors are fuming at what's going on at USAID

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/11

The Department of Government Efficiency has focused heavily on the U.S. Agency for International Development. It sent thousands of employees home and took the agency name off the door. Now USAID contractors are left with lots of unpaid invoices. We get the picture now from the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:10:25

Where the U.S. needs an iron dome is in the Pacific...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/11

U.S. air bases in the Indo-pacific region are too vulnerable to attacks by China. China has been steadily hardening its own air bases. The result is a sharp military imbalance in China's favor. That's the jist of a detailed study by the conservative Husdon Institute. More now from senior fellow Tim Walton. 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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00:09:15

The Labor Department helps the nation's miners in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/11

For miners people who dig things out of the earth finding the healthcare and other providers they may need can present challenges. Now the Mine Safety and Health Administration part of the Labor Department has organized an online platform for miners. Joining me with the details statistician William Drexler and management and program analyst Joe Mackowiak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy

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00:08:09

Agencies encouraged to reclassify CIO positions

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies a brighter green light to make their chief information officers political appointees. OPM is telling agencies they can reclassify the Senior Executive Service positions to general instead of career reserve. Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller joins me now with what it all means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice

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8:54

Agencies encouraged to reclassify CIO positions

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies a brighter green light to make their chief information officers political appointees. OPM is telling agencies they can reclassify the Senior Executive Service positions to general instead of career reserve. Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller joins me now with what it all means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:51

Lawmakers warn hiring freeze could thwart cyber...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Agencies have been pushing to recruit more cyber security and tech talent in recent years, but now hiring managers have concerns that the Trump administration's move to cut federal employees altogether will kneecap the cyber workforce efforts. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:08:06

Lawmakers warn hiring freeze could thwart cyber...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Agencies have been pushing to recruit more cyber security and tech talent in recent years, but now hiring managers have concerns that the Trump administration's move to cut federal employees altogether will kneecap the cyber workforce efforts. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest. 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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47:55

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 10, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Congress gets set to deal with artificial intelligence in health care How AI could strengthen citizens' confidence in government. Congress seems frozen by the Trump administration bulldozer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:09:13

Congress seems frozen by the Trump administration...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Avian flu can't hurt Congress. Members are running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Democrats are incensed at President Trump but don't seem to have a plan of their own. Republicans seems to sit back and watch the show. So what are they doing? We turn to WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. 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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00:10:33

Congress gets set to deal with artificial...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

While the Trump administration formulates new policy for artificial intelligence, Congress has created its own agenda. As we reported earlier, the last session's House Task Force on AI produced a long list of policy and legislative ideas. Many of them have to do with health and health care. Attorneys at Brownstein have distilled them out. Joining me now, senior policy counsel Deema Tarazi and senior policy advisor Adam Steinmetz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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00:09:21

How AI could strengthen citizens' confidence in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Pretty much everywhere you look, citizens have low confidence in democratic governments to deliver results. Could AI help? My next guest has looked into this extensively and finds the potential is there. Valerie Wirtschafter is a fellow at Brookings, and she joins me now. 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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11:18

Congress gets set to deal with artificial...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

While the Trump administration formulates new policy for artificial intelligence, Congress has created its own agenda. As we reported earlier, the last session's House Task Force on AI produced a long list of policy and legislative ideas. Many of them have to do with health and health care. Attorneys at Brownstein have distilled them out. Joining me now, senior policy counsel Deema Tarazi and senior policy advisor Adam Steinmetz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:06

How AI could strengthen citizens' confidence in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Pretty much everywhere you look, citizens have low confidence in democratic governments to deliver results. Could AI help? My next guest has looked into this extensively and finds the potential is there. Valerie Wirtschafter is a fellow at Brookings, and she joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:47:55

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 10, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Congress gets set to deal with artificial intelligence in health care How AI could strengthen citizens' confidence in government. Congress seems frozen by the Trump administration bulldozer 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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9:58

Congress seems frozen by the Trump administration...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/10

Avian flu can't hurt Congress. Members are running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Democrats are incensed at President Trump but don't seem to have a plan of their own. Republicans seems to sit back and watch the show. So what are they doing? We turn to WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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00:07:54

How deferred resignation and RIFs could impact the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/07

The Trump administration appears unlikely to see the workforce reductions it's hoping for through its deferred resignation program, at least not now. The program is also on pause after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order yesterday, but the Trump administration is still pressing forward on its promise to cut down that federal workforce. Agencies are bracing for what's likely coming next, a reduction in force. Here with the latest, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman and Jared Serbu

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17:58

A former Republican US aid administrator doesn't like...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/07

After calling it a ball of worms no apple left, the Trump administration hit the U.S. Agency for International Development with a wrecking ball. Has it strayed from its original purpose? My next guest can offer some perspective. We spent five years as U-S aid administrator during the George W. Bush administration. Now a professor and director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A & M, Andrew Natsios joins me now.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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00:51:48

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 7, 2025

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/02/07

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin A former Republican U-S aid administrator doesn't like what he's seeing How the pullbacks of U.S. foreign aid affects contractors who actually deliver it Will that return-to-the-office order make things less efficient 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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