The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

9:11

DoD continues domination of President’s Cup competition

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/10

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11:06

Do whistleblowers get the bum's rush at this finance...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/10

The U.S. Development Finance Corporation fired a whistleblower who refused to sign off on a road project in Africa. That is according to the Project on Government Oversight. POGO reports, the project didn't meet the agency's standards for displacement of people and the fired analyst who wouldn't sign off on it. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with POGO senior investigator Nick Schwellenbach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:16

Postal hiring reform helped, but there's more work to do

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/10

The Postal Service managed to cut hiring times thanks to some reforms back in 2019. But for thousands of job postings, it gets no applicants. Those are among the top findings of an audit by the Postal Inspector General. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the Deputy Assistant IG for Finance, Pricing and Human Capital, Alan MacMullin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:59

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/10

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Postal hiring reform helped, but there's more work to do. Do whistleblowers get the bum's rush at this finance agency? A new OMB push to get a handle on the 10,000 federal websites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:29

Appropriators push to lift budget caps, increase...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/10

Lawmakers on the House and Senate Armed Services committees have previously signaled openness to boosting the Pentagon’s budget beyond the 1% cap imposed by the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Now, top appropriators who allocate funding for the Pentagon are pushing for a higher topline number, but negotiations on going beyond the budget caps are “not going well.” “We are a long way from increasing the caps. There’s a number of political reasons why that’s the case. What I would tell the folks on both

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6:41

DoD stands up 'SWAT team' to help speed software...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/10

It’s been four years since the Defense Department created six new acquisition pathways — including one specifically intended to speed up software acquisition. But as often happens with policy reforms, implementation is off to a slow start, so officials are building a cadre of software experts at the Pentagon to help speed up adoption. DoD created the software acquisition pathway as part of a broader overhaul to make its acquisition system more “adaptive” to the particular products or services the

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50:12

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- May 9, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/09

In today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: A fresh effort to help overseas military spouses work federal jobs remotely Two DoD agencies team up to collect software vulnerabilities Five ways to really louse up your Thrift Savings Plan account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:43

AFGE set to negotiate after more feds overseas opt...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/09

The American Federation of Government Employees is gaining more traction in representing federal employees in Europe. Negotiations are just about to get underway, after a couple hundred feds at two DoD locations in Germany voted to unionize. And AFGE has plans to expand overseas. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman got more from AFGE District 14 Special Assistant Peter Winch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:01

Two DoD agencies team up to collect software...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/09

Defense contractors now have a place to voluntarily report cybersecurity flaws. The Vulnerability Disclosure Program started last month under the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, the DC3, working with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. For details, the Federal Drive turned to the program director, Melissa Vice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:35

Five ways to really louse up your Thrift Savings Plan...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/09

The Thrift Savings Plan might be the easiest way to accumulate wealth ever devised. Still, people find ways to mess it up, or not get the most out of it. Joining the Federal Drive with five of the most common TSP mistakes, retired federal manager Abe Grungold of AG Financial Services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:36

NASA focusing effort on securing its operational...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/09

The cybersecurity of operational technology, or OT, is a growing concern for many agencies. At NASA, OT tests rockets, and controls and communicates with spacecraft, and operates ground support facilities. NASA is looking to secure its OT systems, without affecting their safe operation. For details, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday, spoke with NASA’s enterprise cybersecurity architect, Mark Stanley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:33

A fresh effort to help overseas military spouses work...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/09

A new agreement between the Defense and State Departments aims to help military spouses living with service members overseas to get the ok to work remotely for eligible federal positions. To learn more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, Patricia Barron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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47:55

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/08

On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The new Defense Department health records system isn't quite out of the woods. GSA peels back the lid a little further on open government. A new and troubled Commerce Department financial system has fresh glitches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:03

A new and troubled Commerce Department financial...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/08

A new finance system for the Commerce Department has had a rough rollout. Now it's delayed a program initiative from the Biden administration. We spoke with Bloomberg Government's Jack Fitzpatrick a few weeks about problems with the Commerce's Business Applications Solution. For more on the latest glitch, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with Fitzpatrick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:41

The new Defense Department health records system...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/08

After a multi-year effort, Defense Department health and tech officials got a new electronic health record system completed. The last deployment too place in March. The Government Accountability Office finds, user satisfaction with the new system still doesn't match that of the old system. The Federal Drive got more from the GAO's director of information technology acquisition management, Carol Harris. https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24106187.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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11:16

GSA peels back the lid a little further on open...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/08

Open government is a good idea, but you can never let up efforts to keep it what way. Now the General Services Administration has launched what it calls the Open Government Federal Advisory Committee. It has to do with the U.S. Open Government National Action Plan. Joining the Federal Drive to sort it out for us, GSA's associate administrator for governmentwide policy, Krystal

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7:47

IRS seeks 102,000-employee ‘right-sized’ workforce –...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/08

The IRS workforce is in the news again. Now the agency says it expects to keep growing its staff through at least 2029. The agency is counting on billions of dollars from its multi-year modernization fund to make pay for the people. And, its asking Congress for more money to sustain this level of staffing for the long term. 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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9:11

DoD runs the show again at the President's Cup...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/08

The Defense Department, once again, dominated the President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition. The competition is run by the Cybersecurityt and Infrastructure Security Agency. Service members from the Army and Marines Corps and a team of DoD experts won the individual and team competitions at this 5th annual event. Now civilian agencies are starting to close the gap. For more on the results of the President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition, Federal News Network's Jason Miller got the lowdown from the

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7:44

‘We have to find talent’: Cyber leaders push for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/07

With nearly 500,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs across the country, the Biden administration is throwing down the gauntlet on skills-based hiring. White House officials just committed to using skills-based hiring for most federal IT jobs. The Office of Personnel Management is leading the effort to transition nearly 100,000 federal cyber and IT jobs to skills-based hiring by next summer. The Energy Department is leading a corresponding initiative to move federal IT contracts to skills-based

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7:45

For contractors, the next few months are all about...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/05/07

It is that most magical time of the year. Appropriations arriving six months late for the current fiscal year and Congress futzing over next year's budget, which will also arrive late. For an expert's take on what contractors need to do, 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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