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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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46:52

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/02/05

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Another agency takes the plunge into artificial intelligence. How exactly is a stretched-thin Navy doing anyhow? Congress has a lot to cram in this week before the House goes on recess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:08

Federal Housing Finance Agency to kickstart...

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2024/02/05

With labor and management leaders preparing to sit down at the bargaining table, hundreds of employees at the Federal Housing Finance Agency may soon see changes in their workplace. Pay equity, employee engagement and the creation of a clear grievance procedure are top of mind for Nathan Watkins, president of the nearly brand-new bargaining unit under the National Treasury Employees Union. “It was almost exactly two years ago that a small group of employees, including myself, reached out to a couple

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8:09

CISA directs agencies to shut down vulnerable...

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2024/02/05

Agencies have just over 24 hours to shut down any instances of widely used software products that were found to contain major cybersecurity vulnerabilities in January. In a supplemental directive released Wednesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tells agencies to disconnect all instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure VPN products on their networks by the close of Friday. The latest missive in part supersedes a Jan. 19 emergency directive from CISA telling

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10:53

Some new recommendations for securing artificial...

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2024/02/02

By all accounts, artificial intelligence is changing how organizations must approach cybersecurity. Not everyone is quite certain how. Now, a really big working group assembled by the Aspen Institute has come up with specific recommendations on dealing with AI in the cybersecurity context. For some highlights, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the Institute's Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs, Jeff Greene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:33

Uh oh. Finances at these HUD programs are like a...

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2024/02/02

Financial accounting is so iffy at two Housing and Urban Development programs, the inspector general issued an alert. HUD can't figure out improper payments in these programs. Hasn't been able to for years. Won't be able for years more. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with Deputy IG Stephen Begg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:51

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 2, 2024

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2024/02/02

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Uh oh. Finances at these HUD programs are like a house of cards. Some new recommendations for securing artificial intelligence. How the Education Department earned an A grade on its FITARA scorecard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:40

DoD aims to get more companies through FedRAMP pipeline

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2024/02/02

The ultimate goal of a recent equivalency memo from the Defense Department is to support companies using cloud services that are not yet FedRAMP certified by allowing them to go through a third-party assessment instead. “We don’t have the capacity to accept or track [plans of action and milestones] like the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) does. But I do want to give credit to the companies that are trying to leverage a cloud that’s not yet FedRAMP certified by having a [third

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9:42

VA seeks to manage size of its health care workforce,...

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2024/02/02

The Department of Veterans Affairs saw record hiring last year. Now it’s looking to manage the size of its largest-ever health care workforce, while continuing to hire more staff to process benefits claims. VA officials say the department this year is focused on increasing veteran access to VA care using mostly the health care workforce it already has, “rather than on nationwide growth in total employees.” The Veteran Health Administration exceeded many of its hiring goals in fiscal 2023, and now

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9:55

CIA doesn't just collect data, it also collects art

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2024/02/01

You might not think of the CIA is concerned with art or what it calls "the beauty in intelligence." But the agency, in fact, has an extensive art collection dating back to the late 1960s to go along with some artist who work there. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with one of those artists, Deborah Dismuke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:14

New Interior Department rule expands an old one by...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/02/01

For many years, the Interior Department has used a simple procedure to do assessments of environmental damage. It concerns hazardous materials released to the Great Lakes and a few other coastal locations. Now Interior proposes to greatly expand the size of the cases covered by the simple procedure, and to apply it everywhere. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Attorney Brian Ferrasci- O'Malley of the Nossaman law firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:48

What individual federal employees can do, to improve...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/02/01

It's the oldest challenge in government and business: How to make things easier for customers. In the digital age, customer service has evolved into something more ambitious: customer experience (CX). CX asks, among other things, how you get the idea of better service or experience down to the individual employee. To get some ideas, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Office of Personnel Management digital services expert Beth Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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48:52

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 1, 2024

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2024/02/01

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: What individual federal employees can do, to improve customer experience. A new Interior Department rule expands an old one by thousands of miles. The CIA doesn't just collect data, it also collects art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:57

Nakasone wants to see ‘bold move forward’ with...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/02/01

Shortly after Army Gen. Paul Nakasone took over as head of U.S. Cyber Command in May 2018, the command’s Cyber Mission Force reached what’s called “full operational capability,” meaning all 133 teams had achieved training and qualification standards after an arduous five-year build up. Now, as he prepares to retire as head of CYBERCOM and director of the National Security Agency on Feb. 1, Nakasone has had his sights set on what changes are necessary to build “CYBERCOM 2.0.” In a briefing with a

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9:34

Contractor's email attachment binds the government in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/31

Sometimes paperwork is just paper. A contractor submitted three bids for a contract to remove medical waste at facilities operated by the Health and Human Services. Only the middle of the three bids included an attachment. When it won the contract on the third bid, the company figured, the terms in the attachment applied. The government disagreed. For more on what happened, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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12:03

FedRAMP still a steep climb, 12 years in

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2024/01/31

A cloud computing security program established in 2011, continues to present difficulties to government and industry: FedRAMP, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, is a way of establishing that cloud computing service companies are secure. But more than 12 years in, the program still has cost uncertainty. And agencies don't always use FedRAMP approved vendors, according to the Government Accountability Office. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with Dave Hinchman, GAO's

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9:41

NGA seeks ideas for using data to predict illegal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/31

Illegal fishing harms the legal fishing industry and endangers the marine ecosystem. That is why the Coast Guard and other agencies spend so much time trying to detect and stop it. Now the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is launching a prize challenge for data-based ways to get on top of illegal fishing. For details, Federal Drive Tom Temin spoke with research and development scientist Mike Brady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:08

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 31, 2024

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2024/01/31

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The NGA seeks ideas for using data to predict illegal fishing. A dozen years in, and the FedRAMP program is still a steep climb A contractor's email attachment binds the government in a work order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:11

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats...

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2024/01/31

After federal employees saw their first paychecks with a 5.2% raise this year, House and Senate Democrats are once again turning their attention to next year’s federal pay raise. But under a continuing resolution that’s now funding the government well into 2024, many agencies are trying to figure out how to fund the already higher pay rates for their employees. Still, in what’s become an annual tradition, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced the Federal

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10:43

For contractors, a lot to ponder five months into the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/30

Things are moving fast on the federal procurement front. New small business rules, GSA data gathering to club contractors with, all while appropriations seem to be forever in the future. For a perspective, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:49

This group of federal employees would like a thing or...

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2024/01/30

While the threat of a partial government shutdown still looms, one group of federal employees has a message for Congress. Find a way past it. That is, in part, what concerns Federally Employed Women (FEW). For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Pamela Richards, FEW's president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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