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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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10:42

A closer look at the shrinking Defense industrial base

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/26

U.S. military requirements keep expanding, but the Defense industrial base keeps declining. In the words of my next guest, it's shrinking, concentrated, and less diverse than ever. Bloomberg Government analysis Paul Murphy joins me with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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50:13

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- September 26, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/26

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin There's more in the defense industrial base than the Defense Department may be aware of A closer look at the shrinking Defense industrial base GSA makes a try at co-working spaces for a new generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:35

TSP participant satisfaction rebounds slightly in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/26

Satisfaction of Thrift Savings Plan account holders has rebounded a bit. It's now at 84% according to the latest survey by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, more respondents are saying they're extremely satisfied, and not just satisfied with the TSP's offerings. Here with details, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:10

DoD set to start ramping up new military moving contract

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/26

The military's transition to a new multi billion dollar contract to move service members' personal belongings from place to place was delayed for years by bid protests and information technology problems. Well now it looks like it's finally full steam ahead. The first long distance moves under the new global household goods contract are now underway, and DoD thinks it's going to be able to fully implement the contract for domestic moves by next summer. An update now from Federal News Network's Jared

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10:10

GSA makes a try at co-working spaces for a new...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/26

It never caught on with the Pepsi generation, maybe it will this time; federal co-working spaces. In a test program the General Services Administration has had underway for more than a year, people are using it, but the GSA in the opinion of the Government Accountability Office needs more data to fully assess the program. More now from the GAO's acting director of physical infrastructure, David Marroni. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:39

Army wants more agile approach to software, including...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/25

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7:13

FBI, DCIS raid Carahsoft headquarters

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/25

Federal authorities raided the office of one of the government's biggest software vendors. Agents from the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service arrived at the Reston, Virginia headquarters of Carahsoft technology yesterday, Federal News Network's Jason Miller has the details.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:13

VA takes on its largest outreach campaign with PACT Act

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/25

The Veterans Affairs Department is conducting what it calls the largest outreach campaign in its history, happening under the PACT Act which expands benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances from sources like burn pits. VA has already enrolled close to 750,000 of these veterans. For details of the next outreach, Federal News Network's Jory Heckman, spoke with VA's Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Adam Farina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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21:50

Another view of the Department Department...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/25

The U.S. once had a missile gap. Now it has a semiconductor gap. An insufficient supply of domestically-made advanced integrated circuits. Congress passed the Chips and Science Act back in 2022. My next guest says DoD should do more to take advantage of it. She's an electrical engineer professor at the University of Arizona and part of a recent National Academies study, Liesl Folks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:54

DARPA wraps up another artificial intelligence challenge

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/25

Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are partners at the same dance. And, for a couple of years now, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has run a project called the AI Cyber Challenge. No small effort, it awarded nearly 30 million dollars in prizes to teams able to design AI systems to protect critical code. Here with more, program manager Andrew Carney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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46:21

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- September 25, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/25

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin DARPA wraps up another artificial intelligence challenge Another view of the Department Department microelectronics shortfall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:24

Army's push to modernize software development process

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/24

The Army is in the midst of a big push to modernize its software development processes, and we're not just talking about code writing. Its agreements with industry might be about to change in big ways as well. As Federal News Network's Jared Serbu reports the goal is to make contracting for software as agile as the development process itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:27

Federal benefits are major draw to service for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/24

Federal health and retirement benefits have a major recruitment and retention influence on federal employees, and those benefits are especially important to millennial and Generation Z federal employees. That's according to the results of a recent survey from the Office of Personnel Management. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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49:54

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- September 24, 2024

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2024/09/24

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin NASA develops an in-house team for the tricky information technology projects Tougher cyber guidelines coming for something you do every day Should contractors be relieved that Congress averted a shutdown? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:10

Congress has a 3 month CR, but it's not all good news...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/24

Now that the three month continuing resolution looks like what we're going to get, contractors wonder whether that's good news or bad news. Relative to a lapse in appropriations, it's probably good news, but delayed regular appropriations still have consequences. More now from federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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14:51

NASA develops an in-house team for the tricky...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/24

The Federal Digital Service spawned look-alikes in several agencies. Among them NASA, an agency that already had heavy technology chops. For a look inside NASA's Digital Service, we turn to its team leader, Shawn Chittle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:54

Tougher cyber guidelines coming for something you do...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/24

Contractors and agencies alike have long had standards for identity management when people log on to systems. Now the National Institute of Standards and Technology proposes to tighten the requirements for identity proofing and related procedures. Analysis now from attorney Sean Griffin, a partner at Robinson and Cole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:41

Congress takes on the annual government shutdown game

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/23

That's the sound of the annual game of congressional chicken. The question on this, the occasion of this year's annual government shutdown threat is, will they or won't they get a budget deal on time? We get an update from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:13

Whistleblowers show colleges and other non-profits...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/23

For several years now, the Justice Department has operated something called the Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative. It uses the long-standing False Claims Act to go after contractors and research grantees who don't have the cybersecurity controls in place they say they do. A recent case against two universities shows how it all works. My next guest represents Penn State and Georgia Tech whistleblowers. Attorney Julie Bracker of the law firm Bracker and Marcus joins me now. Learn more about your ad

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8:25

Senate passes $3B VA supplemental funding bill,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/09/23

Veterans Affairs can keep paying for veterans benefits on time after Congress approved $3 billion in supplemental emergency funding late last week, but why the need arose in the first place, VA officials say because they are paying for benefits at record levels now, some lawmakers have questions. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with the latest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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