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49:34

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

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2024/07/24

On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The Marshals Service has trouble managing detention This HHS operative is taking on high and complicated hospital bills Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:05

OTAs are not as protest proof as once thought

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/24

Other transaction agreements or OTAs are not as protest proof as once thought. A recent decision by the Court of Federal Claims gives contractors a more specific path to file complaints over these non-typical federal buying efforts. For more on what the court’s decision means for the future of OTAs, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:39

‘We need to do more’ to close gender-based pay gap,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/24

The Office of Personnel Management is taking steps to address pay inequity in the federal workforce. The government’s pay gap between men and women isn’t as big as the private sector’s. But OPM has some new instructions for agencies to try to bring the federal pay gap down to zero. Joining the Federal Drive with more, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:03

Crowdstrike outage: SSA shutters offices, other...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/23

A worldwide IT outage knocked millions of Microsoft users offline last week, and also tripped up several federal agencies. Now the White House is assessing the damage, while some members of Congress say the incident highlights the risks of IT consolidation. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joined the Federal Drive with the latest.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:14

State of the State Department: Hiring above...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/23

Large portions of the State Department’s workforce are relatively new on the job, and didn’t get the traditional onboarding experience. About 20% of the Foreign Service and 30% of its civil service employees were hired since March 2020. Many of them started the job remotely, and missed out on core on-the-job training because of the pandemic. Now the State Department is taking a closer look at those training gaps, and helping its workforce brush on emerging fields like AI. For a closer look at all of

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17:55

Some highlights of provisions in this year's NDAA...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/23

As with every year, hundreds of amendments are introduced to both the Senate and House version of the National Defense Authorization Act. Obviously not all of them make it, but they are debated nonetheless. To find out what amendments those on the industry side are keyed in on, Federal News Network Executive producer Eric White spoke to David Berteau, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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13:16

A new NASA experiment shows finding the building...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/23

Even if you're not a space geek, you may have heard of the moons Europa and Enceladus, both which orbit Jupiter and Saturn respectively. They're famous for their potential ability to host the building blocks of life beyond Earth. Well new research from NASA shows that those building blocks may not to hard to find were we ever to send a probe to do some digging around. Alexander Pavlov is a NASA Space Scientist who lead this research, and he joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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9:37

Could a talent shortage at the FAA lead to more...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/23

Earlier this month, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Aviation Subcommittee held a hearing on maintaining a steady flow of workers for the U.S. air traffic control system. One of those to testify David Spero, national president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists. His message? Congress needs to engage with the Federal Aviation Administration to address the severe staffing shortages. Federal News Network Executive producer Eric White spoke to Mr. Spero on the Federal

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10:44

Post-Chevron, White House’s OIRA ‘laser focused’ on...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/22

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10:29

The road to electrifying America's personal vehicles...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/22

It has been a major policy initiative of the Biden administration to get more Americans and agencies utilizing electric vehicles. Well, how about the agency that probably has the largest amount of vehicles in its garage? The Postal Service is in the process of electrifying its fleet. To do that though, there needs to be the infrastructure to support them once they do get out there. To get an update on where things currently stand, we welcome to the program Amanda Stafford, she's Deputy Assistant

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9:32

Congress tackles spending, policy and candidate...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/22

Been a hectic week on the political side of government. The 2024 election is in full swing as one party hosts its convention, and with an attempt on a candidate's life, you know members of Congress are going have questions for the agencies in charge of protection. Meanwhile, there's other legislation that could have an impact on other federal activities. To help break it all down, we welcome Deputy News Director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:41

DoD advisory board wants Pentagon to reorganize its...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/22

The Defense Innovation Board wants the Pentagon to reshuffle its acquisition shop again. "It's too fragmented," Charles Phillips said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:32

In ‘paradigm shift,’ DoD looks to move more equipment...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/19

If the U.S. military winds up in a war that does damage to its equipment, by and large, the repairs would have to be done back in the continental U.S. Not only does the round trip take a long time, many of those stateside shipyards and depots are overtaxed even in peacetime. That’s one reason DoD wants to move more of its sustainment operations overseas. It’s part of what officials are calling the Regional Sustainment Framework. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has more.Learn more about your ad

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9:55

DISA’s PEO Transport wants ‘graceful transition plan’...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/19

The Defense Information Systems Agency's transport office essentially provides the internet to the Defense Department. An like any other provider, people take it for granted until something goes wrong. For what the office has been up to, Federal News Network’s Anastasia Obis checked in with director Chris Paczkowski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:19

One way to figure if you made the right federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/19

One measure of a career is the financial remuneration and whether your money and health needs are taken care of. My next guest, a federal retiree, analyzed the question of whether he was right to switch from the private sector to federal. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the details, Abe Grungold, owner of A-G Financial Services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:36

What's new from the agency in the middle of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/19

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service recently had its first in-person national conference since before the pandemic. Which got us thinking … what is it like on the ground in the world of labor relations in the United States. For an update, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the FMCS deputy director Javier Ramirez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:46

What happened when the Air Force neglected its...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/18

Lockheed Martin recently won a settlement worth more than $130 million in a protest with the Air Force. The company completed a contract to update the big C5 transport places with new engines. But it also had to do thousands of repairs outside the scope of the contract, and that's where the disagreements started. The Federal Drive got details now from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:19

IRS recovers $1B in crackdown on taxes owed by...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/18

The IRS says it's recovered a billion dollars in overdue taxes. The agency says more's coming from from wealthy individuals later this year. Commissioner Danny Werfel says staffing increases and investments in artificial intelligence are helping the agency retrieve taxes owed from high-income individuals. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman joined the Federal Drive with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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49:38

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- July 18, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/18

On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: What happened when the Air Force neglected its biggest plane for too long An award-winning federal response to a sudden transportation disaster A lot is changing in the way the government does human resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:29

An award-winning federal response to a sudden...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/07/18

Interstate 95 is a lifeline along the eastern end of the United States. When a bad truck accident knocked out a bridge near Philadelphia in 2023, a team from the Transportation Department orchestrated an effort that got it replaced in a week and a half. For their work, Tony Mento, Hari Kalla and Camille Otto of the Federal Highway Administration are finalists in this year's Service to America Medals program. Ms. Otto is deputy administrator of the Pennsylvania division and she joined the Federal

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