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48:30

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

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2024/06/12

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: How DHS plans on spending its federal research dollars over the coming years. Where Social Security could start, as it tries to improve itself. How cost-reimbursement contracts can go haywire over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:42

CISA sees customers as key to ‘secure by design’ pledge

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/12

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s “secure by design” pledge might be voluntary. But CISA is hoping customers will help drive the demand for companies to follow through and adopt stronger cybersecurity practices. CISA announced the pledge in May, with an initial 68 technology companies signed onto the commitments. That number has more than doubled to 140 companies over the last month. Lauren Zabierek, senior advisor in CISA’s cybersecurity division, said the goal is to catalyze

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8:11

How VA’s flagship app got to 2M downloads in less...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/12

The Department of Veterans Affairs is giving veterans more options to get health care and benefits from the department — in some cases, through just a few taps on their smartphones. VA’s nearly three-year-old health and benefits app recently saw more than 2 million total downloads. The app also surpassed more than a million monthly users. Among its features, the app allows veterans to message their doctors, view upcoming health care appointments and check the status of benefits claims. Learn more

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10:14

State Department's R & D approach has industry puzzled

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/11

Federal services contractors are scratching their collective head over a State Department gambit. State put out a solicitation to sponsor three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). But what the department wants doesn't sound like anything industry or government couldn't do already. That's according to Federal Drive Host Tom Temin's guest, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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10:28

What veterans sometimes don't know about VA could...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/11

One challenge for the Veterans Affairs Department is basic. Veterans themselves typically don't know about all of the benefits they're entitled to. A book by a former VA under secretary for benefits aims to fill in the gaps. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked in studio with author Paul Lawrence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:11

Taking the measure of new director of NIST’s Material...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/11

Measuring things is so basic to every advancement, most people sometimes take it for granted. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talks with someone who does not take such things for granted: the new director of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Kate Beers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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48:03

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/11

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Meet the new director of one of the Commerce department's most crucial functions. What veterans sometimes don't know about the VA could fill a book. State Department's R & D approach has industry puzzled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:36

VA touts its largest nursing workforce, but union...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/11

Nurses at the Department of Veterans Affairs are calling on leadership to hire more frontline health care workers, and protesting nationwide staffing shortages that they say make it harder to treat veterans.VA nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC) and National Nurses United (NNU) rallied outside the VA’s headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:43

Whine, cheese makes the return-to-office debate pungent

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/11

It may be employees at the LaClare Family Creamery, a goat cheese manufacturer in Fond Du Lac, Wis., that Wisconsin Republican Glenn Grothman passes by on his way home. Or it may be the folks at the Old World Creamery, a family-owned food manufacturer located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which has been around since 1912. No matter which of the many cheese factories in his home district of which Rep. Grothman was referring to, he seems to believe federal employees and employees who manufacture cheese

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43:22

Grants procurement pilots demonstrate speed to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/10

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8:55

Good Ship NDAA maneuvers steadily through...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/10

It's now on the House floor and forming in the Senate committee: The National Defense Authorization Act for 2025. This week, though, will also bring some important matters forward, like the congressional baseball game. For and update on military defense and national-pastime offense, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren DugganLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:41

Accounting software keeps small business out of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/10

A shrinking number of companies seem to want to do business with the federal government. Especially small businesses. Could it be all of the reporting and compliance requirements. There is one class of compliance that is particularly tricky, as Federal Drive Host Tom Temin heard from the Founder and CEO of PROCAS, Jim Wesloh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:29

These inspectors general are on the job year 'round

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/10

Offices of inspector general add up to 14,000 employees. If they were an agency, they would be a mid-sized one. IG people are scattered, but they do have the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. CIGIE figures that in fiscal 2023, its recommendations saved the government $100 billion. For an update on all of that, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked, in studio, with CIGIE Chairman and Interior Department Inspector General, Mark Lee Greenblatt. Learn more about your ad choices

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39:46

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin --June 10, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/10

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: These inspectors general are on the job year-'round. Accounting software keeps small business out of the federal market. The good ship NDAA maneuvers steadily through the shoals of Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:18

How portfolio management is helping the Navy divest...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/10

The Navy has a big appetite for modern technology, but also a lot of technology debt. One answer to that problem: a move to portfolio management. Officials think by focusing their acquisition management energy on portfolios, not individual products, they can embrace commercial technologies more quickly while also saying goodbye to expensive legacy systems. The new approach is well underway within the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Digital and Enterprise Services (PEO Digital), one of the Navy

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8:52

Federal neurodiversity playbook pushes inclusive...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/07

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46:53

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin --June 7, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/07

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: There's a new Hatch Act and whistleblower retaliation sheriff in town. Part 2 with Hampton Dellinger What exactly does make a good place to work in the government anyhow? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:04

What exactly does make a good place to work in the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/07

The annual list of best places to work in the federal government is out, looked over, digested. We know the agencies, but what goes on inside that makes for the best, and less-than-best places? To find out, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with long-time federal management observer, union president, and professor Bob Tobias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:59

There's a new Hatch Act and whistleblower retaliation...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/07

With a big and contentious election coming on, there's a new Hatch Act sheriff in town. Attorney Hampton Dellinger was recently confirmed as Special Counsel, leading the Office of Special Counsel. For some current topics, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin was joined in studio by Hampton Dellinger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:51

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/06/07

As House appropriators outline plans to make steep government spending cuts for fiscal 2025, Democrats are warning that reduced agency budgets would lead to federal employee layoffs, and by extension, worsening federal services. The fiscal 2025 financial services and general government appropriations bill is now heading to the full appropriations committee for consideration. Members of the GOP-led House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee advanced the legislation —

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