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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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49:23

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- March 12, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/12

In today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Employers of the disabled worry about the uncertain federal budget A small federal agency plans to document the state of American museums A troubling small business trend is getting worse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:15

Biden proposes 2% federal pay raise in 2025 budget...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/12

The Biden administration has opened the bid for next year’s federal pay raise. And it may not be met with a whole lot of enthusiasm. If enacted, feds would receive a 2% raise in 2025. It’s well below what feds received this year. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman joined the Federal Drive with more details from the budget request. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:36

A troubling small business trend is getting worse

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2024/03/12

Bloomberg Government recently underscored something federal contracting data has been showing. In the last ten years, the number of small businesses doing business with the government has fallen by a third. Small companies staying in the market specialize in it. My next guest says the regulatory burden the government requires keeps non-specialized, so-called mom-and-pop business out of the market. Long time federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn

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24:06

Employers of the disabled worry about the uncertain...

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2024/03/12

Government shutdown threats and scrimping on contractor employee wages, those conflicts affect one group of working people perhaps more than any other. People with disabilities. Joining the Federal Drive with some of his current concerns, the president of the Alliance for Expanding America's Workforce, Dwight Davis. https://www.expandingamericasworkforce.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:15

Biden budget request includes $13B for cybersecurity,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/12

The Biden administration’s fiscal 2025 budget request, hot off the presses this week, includes another major boost in cybersecurity spending. The budget proposal also continues to grow the federal government’s primary civilian cybersecurity agency. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joined the Federal Drive with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:40

A small federal agency plans to document the state of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/12

The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a small, independent federal agency, plans to examine as many museums in the U.S. as it can. It's National Museum Survey will launch in 2025. The agency recently completed a pilot effort to test its survey process. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with Laura Huerta Migus, Deputy Director for Museum Services at IMLS. And with with Matt Birnbaum, the agency's Director of Research and

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8:56

USDA putting $100M to work to modernize key benefits...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/11

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50:14

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- March 11, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/11

In today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: An update on cybersecurity at an agency that helps every other agency with cyber. From one of the Energy Department Labs, a new approach to electric grid cybersecurity. The 2024 budget is about to get lapped by the 2025 wish list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:22

The 2024 budget is about to get lapped by the 2025...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/11

Because Congress is so late establishing a appropriations for fiscal 2024, the year is getting lapped by the 2025. The administration releases its budget proposal, more a wish list today. It'll get ceremonial attention. But there's still some deadlines for this year. More now from WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:37

From one of the Energy Department Labs, a new...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/11

Among the grand challenges for cybersecurity is how to make the nation's electrical grid safer. It's a big problem in a lot of ways. The grid contains nearly countless numbers of components, each of which has to be protected. And pieces of the grid are owned by thousands of companies, public utilities, and local governments. Now a team from the Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has come up with a whole new idea for grid protection. Joining the Federal Drive with the outlines

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8:56

USDA investments in WIC program seam to be paying off

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/11

The Agriculture Department’s is already seeing benefits from a $100 million dollar investment in one of its foundational programs. USDA is using money from the American Rescue Plan Act to modernize systems that run the Women, Infants and Children, or WIC program. For how they plan to expand the reach and appeal of WIC, Federal News Network's Jason Miller talked to the USDA's senior advisor for delivery for the Food and Nutrition Service, Rebecca Piazza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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9:11

Long-awaited report would replace DoD’s PPBE process...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/11

It took two years of study – and more than 400 interviews – but the expert panel Congress commissioned to fix DoD aging budget system now has some answers. The Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform delivered its final report last week, with 28 recommendations in all. If DoD and Congress adopt them, it would be the first significant update to DoD’s budget process since the Pentagon started using it, that was in the early days of the Cold War. Federal News Network’s Jared

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10:02

Lesson learned: A long ago federal agriculture...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/08

It is an eternal question. How much should government try to do? Now we present a view you may not hear all that often. An old book about a failed New Deal era agriculture project has been re-issued by the conservative American Enterprise Institute. First published in 1951, the book, "Government Project," detailed the Agriculture Department's attempt at establishing a cooperative farm from the ground up in Arizona. The author, Edward Banfield, was a Harvard urban studies professor and one-time

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10:16

What new USDA farms census tells America

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/08

The Census Bureau counts people in the United States. The Agriculture Department counts farms. In fact, the National Agricultural Statistics Service recently issued its latest count of farms and ranches in the United States. For the details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke Bryan Combs, the USDA Chief of the Environmental, Economics and Demographics Branch. USDA Census AG Census Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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48:23

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin --March 8, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/08

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: What the new USDA census of farms is telling the nation. Lesson learned: A long ago federal agriculture project that did not work out. The Air Force Intelligence Office is sending its workforce back to school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:50

White House presses agencies to use apprenticeships...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/08

Agencies have spent years trying to shift away from college degree requirements for federal jobs — now, the White House is now directing agencies to take things up a notch by using more apprenticeships. An executive order President Joe Biden signed Wednesday gives agencies a score of new requirements to try to make the government a leading example in skills-based hiring. The recruitment practice has employers focus on job candidates’ hands-on skills rather than their education. Specifically,

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9:18

Agencies face ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/08

A six-year experiment meant to help the federal government quickly sell or dispose of its underutilized real estate is running out of time. Congress created the Public Buildings Reform Board as a small, independent agency under the 2016 Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (FASTA), to help the federal government’s landlord, the General Services Administration, identify federal buildings and properties that agencies no longer need, and to sell or repurpose them. In fiscal 2022, the 24 largest federal

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8:56

With FOIA backlogs on the rise, do agencies need...

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2024/03/07

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9:40

Old organization helps with readiness of today's troops

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/07

Almost everyone has set foot in a YMCA. Did you know there are Armed Services YMCAs with programs tailored to military service members? It is devoted to the needs of junior enlisted service members. For what it is up to these days, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with CEO William French, who also happens to be a retired Navy vice admiral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:49

Researcher takes on ransomware and the products for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/03/07

Ransomware, one of the most troublesome forms of cyber attacks, is in the crosshairs of a leading cybersecurity research outfit. The researchers at the MITRE Corporation's Engenuity program recently called for industry to help find out the effectiveness of cybersecurity products designed to help stop. For the answers, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with William Booth, the General Manager of MITRE's evaluations program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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