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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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16:26

Protest is ‘last resort’ to get GSA’s commercial...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/14

It’s a shame when the only way to get an agency’s attention on an acquisition problem is through a lawsuit. Unfortunately, it’s an all too common occurrence with draft solicitations, final solicitations and post-award debriefings. The latest example from the National Industries for the Blind, the Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment and the National Association for the Employment of People who are Blind against the General Services Administration epitomizes this problem. Learn more

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/14

In today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: It's easy to log into Interior Department systems. Too easy. Why airport screening today is nothing like the days after 9/11. Contractors eye a report about contract management by the GSA IG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:04

Contractors eye a report about contract management by...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/14

The General Services Administration's inspector general has found that the agency's Federal Acquisition Service does not follow its own policies. Some contractors say they've sensed that for a while now. For some analysis, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Federal Sales and Marketing Consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:00

IG discovers it is way too easy hack Interior...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/14

Easy passwords like "Password 1 2 3 4." Multiple people with the same password. Inactive user accounts not closed. One-factor authentication. No password expiration. Sounds like the average agency cybersecurity posture of, say, 1989. But no, that's the Interior Department right now. To get the disturbing details, Federal Drive host talked with Interior Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:14

Exclusive and rare interviews with the leadership of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/14

In a plain-looking warehouse at the out-of-the-way Atlantic City Airport, you'll find one of the nation's most important research labs. It's operated by the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate. It's purpose is to test, validate and even help develop the screening technology for keeping air travel safe. Federal Drive host Tom Temin recently spent a day at the Transportation Security Laboratory or TSL. This interview is Temin's first in a series of four with TSL

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18:49

State Department aims to build on open-source effort...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/13

The Conflict Observatory brings together teams and technology to track the conflict in Ukraine. The project sprung out of evidence-based policymaking efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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49:53

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

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/13

In today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The Small Business Administration has a big agenda. We'll hear from the boss. The 118th Congress, slow to get started, has moved into high gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:37

In Congress, they're saying, 'Hail, hail the gang's...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/13

The new Congress might have been a bit slow getting started, but now it's making up for lost time. A whole tray of bills having to do with the federal workforce and retirees has popped up in recent days. To get the details, 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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24:44

Deep into the dollars and sense at the SBA with...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/13

Between follow-up to the pandemic, DoD's need to expand the defense industrial base, and the administration's desire to foster new businesses, it's a busy time for the Small Business Administration. For an update, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with SBA Administrator Isabella Guzman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:52

DoD builds AI tool to speed up ‘antiquated process’...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/13

The Defense Department is testing out an artificial intelligence tool to help the agency write contracts and speed up the federal acquisition process. DoD’s Chief Digital and AI Office is prototyping an AI-powered contract-writing capability, called "Acqbot" as part of its Tradewind initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:53

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 10, 2023

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/10

On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: How a small federal commission tries to spur innovation in elections. The Biden administration has a new challenge emerging for the second half of the term. Army's chief information officer departs, leaving change in his tracks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:42

The Defense Industrial Base is shrinking

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/10

The Defense Industrial Base is pretty vast but, like the ice cap, it’s steadily shrinking. The latest version of an annual report by the National Defense Industrial Association finds this: Even though thousands of new companies are getting DoD contracts each year, it is not enough to make up for the number of firms leaving the Defense market. In fact, more than 17,000 companies left the Defense Industrial Base in the past five years. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has more on the statistics, and

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18:06

The Biden administration has a new challenge emerging...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/10

Political appointees often leave an administration after the first two years. The pace of departures from the Biden administration at two years is happening at a quickening pace. That's according to a tally from Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest: Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Katie Tenpas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:04

How a small federal commission tries to spur...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/10

Elections are operated by local officials. So methods vary all over the country. At the federal level, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission encourages innovation each year with a program called the Clearinghouse Awards. Nominations are now open for 2022. With more on how the commission looks at elections, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with EAC Chairman Thomas Hicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:19

OPM aims to streamline fed employee screening with...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/10

The Office of Personnel Management is looking to formalize an automated process for screening federal employees as part of the Biden administration’s bid to modernize governmentwide vetting processes. The changes are laid out in a proposed rule for “suitability and fitness vetting" published by OPM in the Federal Register last week. Comments on the proposed regulations are due April 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- February 9, 2023

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/09

In today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: What the federal workforce can glean from the state-of-the-union speech. An Army acquisition finance manager is recognized for help in the pandemic fight. The long-running FedRAMP program for cloud computing just became law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:23

The long-running FedRAMP program for cloud computing...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/09

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, is supposed to make it easier for agencies to use commercial cloud computing. FedRAMP, as policy, has been around for a dozen years, but only became law at the end of last year. Will that make a difference? Federal Drive host Tom Temin got one view from attorney Michael Borgia, a partner at Davis-Wright-Tremaine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:44

An Army acquisition finance manager is recognized for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/09

This week Federal Drive host Tom Temin has been interviewing some of the Defense Department's acquisition workforce award winners. In this interview, he talks with someone with a title Temin said he will only pronounce: "The finance manager for the joint program executive office for chemical, biological, radio-logical and nuclear defense joint assisted acquisition team." Here's Temin with Katie Single, the person behind that title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:38

What the federal workforce can glean from the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/09

State-of-the-Union speeches rarely contain surprises. But people sift through them to look for clues to future policy. President Biden didn't say a lot about the federal workforce, but there were some items to glean. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about the SOTU with the new Vice President for Government Affairs at the Partnership for Public Service, Jenny Mattingly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:26

Defense Management Institute looks to centralize...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/02/09

Managing 3 million people worldwide, 33 different agencies and arguably the world’s most complicated acquisition program requires a correspondingly sophisticated management system, and the Defense Department keeps trying to up its game. The Defense Management Institute (DMI), unveiled on Jan. 31, marking a new effort at updating and improving management practices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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