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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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20:26

Does the Pentagon skip too many of its congressional...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/14

The Defense Department is under statutory obligation to deliver a thousand reports to Congress each year. One analysis says the department consistently fails at this task and that Congress doesn't get the information it needs for proper oversight of military affairs. For more on all of that, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Brennen Center counsel Katherine Yon Ebright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:42

Contractors worry first about getting the contract...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/14

People running federal contractors must forecast their annual business, no less than any other CEO. What makes the federal market unique is that the specific size is known year after year. IT services company Unanet and the law firm Cohn Reznick asked contractors about their biggest challenges. To hear about the results, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Kim Koster, Unanet Vice President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:47

So far, no FAR: A look inside one agency's unique...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/14

Imagine a federal procurement shop where you use every technique, except the Federal Acquisition Regulation. And you don't do grants, either. And you've got congressional backing for your novel approach. That's the case for one of the government's newer agencies, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, known as ARPA-H. For a look on the inside, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Diane Sidebottom, ARPA-H Director of Acquisition and Contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- September 14, 2023

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/14

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: So far, no FAR: A look inside one agency's unique procurement shop. Contractors worry first about getting the contract and second, can they fulfill it. Does the Pentagon skip too many of its congressional reporting duties? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:07

VA targets summer 2024 for Oracle-Cerner EHR rollout...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/14

The Department of Veterans Affairs says its pause on a new electronic health record (EHR) will probably continue for much of next year. That timeline is frustrating lawmakers, who say the VA has little to show for the project, after five years and billions of dollars going into it. But VA officials and the contractor behind the project said upcoming EHR rollouts will go more smoothly, once the current “reset” period ends. Neil Evans, acting program executive director of VA’s EHR Modernization

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46:15

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- September 13, 2023

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/13

On today's episode for the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The premier accident investigator is urged to tighten up its management practices. The regulations on federal contractors keep piling on. Prepare to brace yourself for the return of Federal long-term care insurance options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:46

Prepare to brace yourself for the return of Federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/13

Federal employees have not been able to purchase long-term care insurance for the past couple of months. That's because the Office of Personnel Management suspended the program, pending the new plans and prices that are expected from the carrier. It is likely to be very expensive. For what to expect, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the with John Hatton, the Policy Vice President at NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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18:31

The regulations on federal contractors keep piling on

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/13

The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs, part of the Labor Department, has gotten White House go-ahead, for what one lawyer calls, "A significant expansion of data that contractors must report." It is all in a new schedule letter and itemized listing. To unravel it all, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with that attorney: Andrew Turnbull, a partner at Morrison Foerster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:53

The premier accident investigator is urged to tighten...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/13

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is often among the first to arrive on the scene, after an airplane or train crashes. Its expertise is renowned. But the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the NTSB needs to tighten up its own performance planning, particularly by more effectively connecting its strategic goals with its mission of transportation safety. For more on this, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Heather Krause, GAO's Director of Physical Infrastructure

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18:11

Air Force needs to clarify its goals for space...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/13

The Defense Department can improve the acquisition process for space technology with more “market intelligence.” Its acquisition leaders need to make clearer distinctions between investing in programs that will have limited commercial support and in programs that have broader commercial applications. A new report from RAND Corporation, initiated at the request of the Air Force, looked at the way the department developed and acquired new technologies, and how it could get access to a broader spectrum

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19:50

Retirement is easy to think about, but more difficult...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/12

In many ways, retirement after a federal career is all about the numbers. Do you have enough saved that, together with your annuity, you won't run out of money. In some ways, retirement is not about numbers at all. There's also the danger of being bored to death. To delve into the issue of non-monetary advice, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with federal retiree and AG Financial Services owner Abe Grungold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:05

The nation's funder of legal aid services gets a new...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/12

A seasoned overseer of federal grant-making has returned to government. After a stint at a large services contractor, Tom Yatsco recently became the inspector general at the Legal Services Corporation, one of the more unusual federal structures. He and Federal Drive Host Tom Temin has this conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:39

VA hospitals do pretty darn well in a national survey

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/12

The Veterans Health Administration recently participated, for the first time ever, in an annual survey of hospital quality conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. VA did well. The survey is known as the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS). Starting off with the fact that this was not a VA survey, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Dr. Shereef Elnahal, the VA's top medical official. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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46:18

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- September 12, 2023

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/12

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: VA hospitals do pretty darn well in a national survey. The nation's funder of legal aid services gets a new inspector general. Retirement is easy to think about, but more difficult to pull off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:07

A dozen or more pilots advancing DISA’s cyber, cloud...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/12

It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say the Defense Information Systems Agency is in a heavy research mode. Whether it’s around cybersecurity tools and capabilities or cloud services, DISA has no fewer than 14 ongoing or recently completed pilot initiatives. Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, DISA’s director and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JTF-DODIN), said each of these efforts include the military services as part of the effort to field capabilities

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17:36

‘Monumental task’ for USPS employees to recover from...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/12

Tens of thousands of the Postal Service’s rural carriers saw a rocky start to this month, after a USPS payroll error resulted in missing and incomplete paychecks. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association estimates USPS payroll issues impacted approximately 53,000 rural carrier employees. The vast majority of those impacted — about 45,000 employees — were non-career rural carriers that cover routes for full-time career mail carriers as needed. Rural carriers shared images with Federal News

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22:11

Study finds major shortcomings in Air Force processes...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/11

The Air Force has big ambitions for incorporating artificial intelligence into warfighting. But there’s one big problem: As of now, the service doesn’t have the processes or infrastructure to test and evaluate AI with nearly the same rigor it’s long used and demanded for its less intelligent weapons systems. That assessment is one of the key findings of a more than year-long study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS), whose authors emphasized the challenges in

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19:24

Armageddon, known as the getting a budget for 2024,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/11

Now that the House has returned, Congress will start making a final push for something, we presume, as the fiscal year is set to expire in two weeks. For the play-by-play, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:58

The NIST cybersecurity team puts final touches on a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/11

The cybersecurity team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is about to finalize a new version of a signature document: The Cybersecurity Framework. Next week it holds a workshop to get one last round of input on the new framework draft. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Kevin Stine, the Chief of NIST's Applied Cybersecurity Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:50

TSA launches updated approach to a never-ending program

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/09/11

One thing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) never stops tinkering with is passenger screening, both techniques and supporting technology. Screening is light years from what it was in the days right after an earlier 9/11. Now it has published what it calls an open architecture roadmap, aimed at improving screening performance. For details on the roadmap and its goals, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Erick Rekstad, SA Systems Engineer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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