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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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13:31

National Archives clears pandemic-era backlog for vet...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/30

Veterans and their families should have an easier time accessing military service records, now that the National Archives and Records Administration has eliminated a pandemic-era backlog of requests. The agency announced Wednesday it finally cleared its backlog of veteran records requests. The backlog at NARA’s National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, Missouri peaked at more than 600,000 unprocessed requests at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic-era building occupancy limits

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10:23

Procurement Innovation Lab to tackle ‘big A’...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/29

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10:06

Congress returns in full, as the clock begins to run...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/29

The House and Senate are both in session this week. But the House is only around for this week and next, before taking another two-week recess. That schedule brings Congress right up to the next federal-funding deadline. If that feels unpleasantly familiar, it does to Members of Congress, as well. For the latest, 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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13:59

The government's premier tech-transfer group...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/29

It's not an agency, but it works to transfer vital technology developments out of federal laboratories and into the market. The Federal Lab Consortium encompasses some 300 federal organizations. For an update on 50 years, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Executive Director Paul Zielinski and the Senior Technology-Transfer Professional from the National Cancer Institute, Whitney Hastings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:08

Inside a collaboration between Microsoft and a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/29

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington, has turned to Microsoft for high-performance computing requirements. In what it calls a multi-year collaboration, the lab and the software giant will apply artificial intelligence to speed up research in clean energy. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with PNNL Associate Director and Chief Digital Officer, Brian Abrahamson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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53:00

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 29, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/29

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The government's premier tech-transfer group celebrates 50 years in business. Inside a collaboration between Microsoft and a national laboratory. Congress returns in full, as the clock begins to run out once again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:11

Air Force will lose $13 billion in buying power if...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/29

The Air Force is ringing the alarm bells over a yearlong continuing resolution, estimating that the service would lose as much as $13 billion in buying power before adjusting for inflation, the Air Force’s top official said Wednesday. “[Some of the details] of that are really pretty catastrophic. And I don’t think there’s been enough discussion about some of those impacts,” Kristyn Jones, who is currently performing the duties of the Air Force under secretary, said during the Center for Strategic

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9:22

Expert's proof, proves telework works

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/26

It's one thing to be controlled at work. Everyone has dealt with controlling bosses and co-workers. It's another thing to be in control of your work and your life. One thing can make the difference. For what it is, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with longtime federal management professor Bob Tobias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:00

How an upcoming Supreme Court decision will affect...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/26

Federal employees, who make rules on behalf of their agencies, are wondering if the Supreme Court will change the ground rules. In Loper Bright Enterprises versus Raimondo, herring fishermen suing the Commerce Department basically said that Congress lets agencies go way too far. For some perspective, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States, Andrew Fois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 26, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/26

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: How an upcoming Supreme Court decision will affect agency rulemaking. Expert's proof, proves telework works. The Army updates its strategy to find fresh civilian employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:35

Number of TSP participants receiving a full match...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/26

Leaders on the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board saw 2023 as a relatively successful year of progressing toward long-term strategic goals for the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Perhaps most notably, more TSP participants than ever are now contributing enough to their retirement accounts to receive a full match from the government. Currently, 86.8% of feds in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), as well as 84.9% of active-duty military members in the Blended Retirement System (BRS)

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14:55

When it comes to your TSP stocks, no use looking...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/25

If the 2023 stock market showed anything, it is that you cannot predict the stock market. Instead, you need a strategy you can stick with. To find out what the rear-view mirror is telling investors, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Arthur Stein of Arthur Stein Financial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:39

This agency's whistleblower program has paid out...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/25

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) received 18,000 tips from would-be whistleblowers in 2023. Since starting its whistleblower program in 2011, the SEC has paid tipsters some $6.3 billion. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin's guest has some insight on all of this. He's whistleblower attorney and partner at Youman and Caputo, John Crutchlow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:44

Air Force Research Lab creates a new approach to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/25

You may not wake up thinking about Cislunar-space situational awareness, but people at the Air Force Research Laboratories. In fact, AFRL has had two programs for such awareness. Two programs they have brought together. The resulting program is called the Oracle family of systems. To find out more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with two of the project leaders: Mission Lead Jaime Stearns and Investigator James Frith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:08

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- January 25, 2024

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/25

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The Air Force Research Lab creates a new approach to situational awareness in space. This agency's whistleblower program has paid out billions of dollars. When it comes to your TSP stocks, no use looking backward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:22

For agencies, limited resources are a major challenge...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/25

As agency leaders approach another opportunity to share their biggest pain points in workforce planning, the Office of Personnel Management has pointed out some common challenges agencies are currently facing. Limited resources are the greatest impediment to agencies’ ability to bring human resources innovations to scale, OPM said in a recent report summarizing findings from human capital reviews during fiscal 2023. Last year, OPM spent several months interviewing agency chief human capital officers

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10:52

Why pricing and quantities go hand-in-hand for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/24

A contractor got into a pricing squeeze when the customer, in this case the Marine Corps, way underestimated the quantities for the services under the contract. It learned what can happen when the legal proceedings get complicated. For details on the lessons learned, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:36

This line of federal improper spending is among the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/24

Federal improper payments roll on and on, year after year. Among the most frustrating are fraudulent unemployment benefits, federal dollars that get spent by the states. Last fall, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that as much as 15% of pandemic-era unemployment spending went to fraudsters, or as much as $135 billion. For a review of GAO recommendations, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Seto Bagdoyan, GAO's Director of Forensic Audits. GAO Report Learn more about your ad

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16:17

HHS launches a program to boost prevention of bad health

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/24

A new initiative from Health and Human Services seeks to prevent preventable health problems in under-served communities. The HEROES Program will run through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). HEROES stands for Health Care Rewards to Achieve Improved Outcomes. To see how it works, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with program manager Dr. Darshak Sanghavi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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52:43

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2024/01/24

On this episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: HHS launches a program to boost prevention of bad health. This line of federal improper spending is among the most galling. Why pricing and quantities go hand-in-hand for fixed-price contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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