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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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14:12

After serving in the State Department, she returns to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/02

When citizens have questions for the government, they often turn to their rep in Congress. When Congress has questions, it turns to the Congressional Research Service. Now the CRS has a new director. Karen Donfried joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:21

The armed forces are urged to better evaluate field...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/02

Not all military health care takes places in ideal settings. Sometimes it's needed in what the military calls operational settings. The armed forces exercise varying degrees of how carefully they evaluate provider quality. For more, we turn to the director of health care issues at the Government Accountability Office, Sharon Silas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:19

CDAO provides AI implementation plan, policy...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2025/01/02

Implementation plans for artificial intelligence in the Defense Department are long overdue. That's according to the DoD Office of Inspector General. The IG found confusion over who does what and for more Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis spoke to the IG evaluations and intelligence chief David Edwards. He talked about issues surrounding the Chief Digital and AI office itself.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:23

3 ways federal hiring changed over the last year

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/30

Each year, agencies attempt to move just a little bit closer to reforming federal hiring. Historically, that process is often slow and complicated for both applicants and the HR staff, but over the last year, agencies seemed particularly focused on making changes to the way they recruit and onboard federal employees. Here with a look back, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:57

Homeland Security helps write the book on how to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/30

Few departments have more diverse procurement needs than Homeland Security. These days, the agency is operating on all fronts; natural disasters, immigration activity, cybersecurity, you name it. For how its procurement operations keep up, we turn to the chief procurement officer, Paul Courtney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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49:27

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- December 30, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/30

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Homeland Security helps write the book on how to acquire artificial intelligence This reserve military duty pay dispute is now in Supreme Court hands Thinking of retiring early? Don't just run out the door Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:24

Federal contract dispute over DoD's global household...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/30

In the world of federal contracting, it's not uncommon for vendors on the losing side of a competition to file a bid protest, but filing a bid protest three years after a contract award, that is unusual, but it's exactly what's happening with the Defense Department's multi billion dollar global household goods moving contract the federal contract dispute that just won't die. Federal News network's Jared Serbu has been following the procurement for all these years. Learn more about your ad choices

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8:53

This reserve military duty pay dispute is now in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/30

Military reserve members and their civilian employers are watching on Supreme Court case closely. It involves a Coast Guard reserve member who claims the FAA owes him two years worth of military pay differential. A lower court ruled otherwise, so he appealed. Details of the case now from attorney Sean Timmons, a managing partner at Tully Rinckey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:47

Thinking of retiring early? Don't just run out the door

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/30

Thinking of taking early retirement? The biggest mistake you can make is running out the door because of what Elon Musk might to. In fact, early retirement whatever your motivation might be requires as much planning as regular retirement. Here with some tips, federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:59

How the Air Force launched NIPRGPT

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/27

When ChatGPT first emerged on the federal scene, Venice Goodwine was not a fan. The Air Force chief information officer, in fact, issued a 'Thou shalt not use' policy. But Goodwine quickly shifted her perspective and launched an Air Force only version called NIPRGPT. Federal News Network's Jason Miller got the story from Goodwine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:14

A look back at the year in cybersecurity

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/27

The past year in National Cyber Security trends was defined by major intrusions into U.S. critical infrastructure from the China linked Salt Typhoon campaigns to continue ransomware attacks on the health care sector. Agencies had to scramble just to keep up. For more on another busy year in cyber security, and as we continue with our series of look backs, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:19

A financial option that's gaining favor with federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/27

Federal retirees are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars a year into an annuity offering at the Thrift Savings Plan. What is it, and why is it so popular? We turn to certified financial planner Art Stein of Arthur Stein Financial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:49

The second shoe is about to drop on a big DoD...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/27

The DoD's big cybersecurity program advanced earlier this month. A big rule to carry if out became effective. For what the rule means and what comes next in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program, we turn to the Deltek cybersecurity researcher Michael Greenman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:18

One big reason almost nothing went right for the U.S....

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/27

After spending two decades in Afghanistan, the government has accumulated a lot of lessons learned. In fact, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has published 13 chapters of lessons learned. The latest one concerns personnel practices in Afghanistan activities. Basically, everyone who ever worked there said personnel practices were terrible. We get more now from SIGAR's deputy director for lessons learned, David Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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49:24

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- December 27, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/27

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin One big reason almost nothing went right for the U.S. in Afghanistan The second shoe is about to drop on a big DoD cybersecurity program. A financial option that's gaining favor with federal retirees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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56:50

Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- December 26, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/26

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin This agency hopes to achieve the miraculous enabling the blind to see HHS wants to reduce medical accidents. There's a dashboard for that Contractors breathe a sigh of relief at budget deal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:00

How the military turned things around to meet...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/26

After years of falling short of recruitment goals, the armed services did manage to eke out a win in 2024 and meet them. The story of how the services turned things around largely boils down to having a path for previously disqualified recruits to join the military. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins me for the year in review here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:52

OPM finalizes rule on Administrative Leave Act

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/26

Placing federal employees on paid indefinite administrative leave, that practice is about to end. The Office of Personnel Management published a final rule to cap federal employees to 10 days of administrative leave during personnel investigations. The final rule comes eight years after the Administrative Leave Act was passed. That was 2016 and just this year, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility or PEER filed a lawsuit to prod OPM to cough up that rule. Federal News Network's Drew

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12:15

Contractors breathe a sigh of relief at budget deal

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/26

Federal contractors never expected Congress to get a full year appropriation done last week. So they're generally pleased about avoidance of a government shutdown. That gives the government 11 weeks or to deal with other lingering procurement issues. We check in with 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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12:34

HHS wants to reduce medical accidents. There's a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/12/26

Hospitals treat the sick and injured. But they can be dangerous places. A unit of the Health and Human Services Department aims to reduce patient and healthcare workforce harm by 50%. So it's set up a dashboard that aggregates safety information. Joining me with the details, the director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Craig Unsheid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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