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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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18:06

One thing modern governments need more than ever:...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/05

So-called black swan events seem to be happening in flocks. The pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earthquakes and floods. For government, it all adds up to the need for resilience and preparation. And, according to new research by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, a technological approach is also needed. For more on this, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Syracuse University professor and Government Accountability Office managing director, Chris Mihm. Learn more about

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20:30

She's retired from government, but not from national...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/05

For long-serving federal executives, retirement from government is merely a gateway to a next phase. A case in point is Letitia Long, who retired back in 2014 as director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. She sits on several corporate boards and chairs one of the big trade associations. For some insight into her post-government life and a few other matters, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Letitia Long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:45

Some 2023 advice for federal contractors, now that...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/04

Contractors start the new calendar year with customers funded for the fiscal year. But some new rules and procedures will take some attention. To get an outlook for 2023, 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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20:12

How federal financial people keep their skills up to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/04

You might think chief financial officers count beans and leaf through spreadsheets. But their profession needs training, skills development, and innovation as much as anyone else. A project at the Office of Personnel Management sought to ensure financial people stay up to date. For more on the award-winning program, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with OPM's strategic foresight program analyst, Eric Popiel and the Commerce Department's deputy chief financial officer, Steve Kunze. Learn more about

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17:09

How the Agriculture Department put the snap program...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/04

In doing economic analyses leading to changes in federal benefits, agencies are obligated to do them a certain way. During the pandemic, the Agriculture Department redid an index resulting in a big boost in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Government Accountability Office finds, USDA didn't quite proceed properly. To get more on this, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Kathryn Larin, GAO's Director of Education, Workforce and Income Security. Learn more about your ad choices

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17:08

OPM plans to overhaul main website, prioritize...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/04

The Office of Personnel Management is making big plans to pivot its main website to focus more on its usefulness from the user perspective. To accomplish that feat, it will require a nearly complete overhaul of how OPM.gov is currently organized. “[Currently], it’s really set up like a legacy government website, in that it’s structured around the actual organization and offices of OPM as an agency, versus what somebody would want to look for,” OPM Chief Information Officer Guy Cavallo said in an

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16:26

House GOP prioritizes end to ‘unnecessary’ federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/04

The Republican-led House is looking at opportunities to eliminate duplicative federal agencies and programs, as well as rescind $80 billion that would help the IRS rebuild its workforce and its legacy IT systems.House Republican leaders are doubling down on a promise made before last year’s midterm elections to make defunding the IRS a top legislative priority at the start of the 118th Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:55

Congressional oversight to turn up heat on federal IT...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/03

As the calendar flips into 2023, the federal technology community can count on a few things. Cybersecurity/zero trust, IT modernization and customer experience will remain hot topics. Conferences, webinars and “fireside chats” will continue to abound on these and other related topics as industry follows the buzzwords.What will be new in 2023 is the change in Congress where Republicans won the majority in the House in November. Experts believe new committee chairmen will usher in a new and aggressive

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15:30

Congress greenlights expansion of Defense...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/03

Congress made hiring a civilian workforce with an expertise in cybersecurity a top priority in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. In addition to recruiting a cyber workforce, the Defense Department will set up a program to bring in new talent by educating them. The department will expand its funding of university-level cyber education. Under a program called the Department of Defense Cyber and Digital Service Academy, DoD will provide scholarships through institutions of higher education

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17:00

What to expect on Capitol Hill in 2023

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/03

Besides being as crabby as the last Congress, what will the new Congress look like, now that there is a slightly larger Democratic advantage in the Senate and a slight Republican advantage in the flipped-to-red House. To discuss 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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17:55

Does HHS have a handle on climbing medicare payments?

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/03

Medicare Advantage was established to make health care delivery more efficient. Nowadays, nearly half of all Medicare recipients are part of a Medicare Advantage plan. Unfortunately, the Medicare Advantage payment model is subject to fraud. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with someone who has studied the problem in detail: Molly Knobler, senior counsel at the law firm DiCello-Levitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:36

The IRS tries a new tactic to deal with tax dispute...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2023/01/03

In what IRS officials call a groundbreaking event, the agency recently hosted a national virtual settlement event. In 59 meetings over four days, it settled 44 cases of less-than-rich taxpayers. To find out more, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with attorney Gretchen Altenburger, from the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:15

TSA has been around long enough, it has a museum

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/30

In the relatively brief 21 years since its inception, the Transportation Security Administration has gone through a lot of change. Everything from its uniforms to its screening technology has been thought and re-thought. Now TSA has expanded its museum. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to TSA's historian, Heather Farley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:52

Firefighters get what they want in the new Defense...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/30

Like much of the legislation enacted in the past couple of years, the National Defense Authorization Act has something for everybody. That includes the nation's federal and military firefighters. For more, the Federal Drive turned to the president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, Edward Kelly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:35

At long last, smooth legal waters for massive...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/30

It’s been a very long time coming, but looks like it’s finally smooth sailing for the Pentagon’s plan to overhaul its household goods moving system. The contract DoD plans to use to restructure its global household goods enterprise has been held up by bid protests for more than two and a half years now. This week, a deadline that could have prolonged the court battles came and went without incident – good news for DoD and its chosen contractor, Homesafe. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has been

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16:37

Cyber, customer experience drove the federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/30

Customer experience emerged as a federal technology issue for for federal agencies this past year. An executive order from December 2021 kicked the effort into gear with a focus on data, systems and services. Federal News Executive Editor Jason Miller joins me now, to look back on how CX and other initiatives left their mark over the last 12 months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:35

Workforce changes may still lie ahead for federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/29

We're not done digesting the biggest regular spending bill in history. Within that $1.7 trillion so-called omnibus spending package, Congress set a couple of new deadlines for federal agencies. For one, it wants the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget to figure out how to solve durable problems with federal hiring. Joining the Federal Drive with more, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:56

Special Forces members get special treatment from...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/29

Members of the military special forces can do extraordinary things. But eventually they muster out, with little preparation for work in the private sector. That's where the Tampa, Florida based Star network comes in. Star stands for Special Operations Forces Transition Assistance Resource. It's a group of executives who volunteer to help SOF members while pledging to hire them. One new member of the Star network joins me now. She's the CEO of Naviga Recruiting and Executive Search, Kathleen

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24:48

A detailed look at the PACT Act, the MISSION Act and...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/29

Veterans Affairs has never been a static organization. In recent years, legislation has added external practitioners to augment health care available in VA's own facilities. For a review of how this has gone so far, and a look ahead to 2023, the Federal Drive turned to VA's undersecretary for health, Dr. Shereef Elnahal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:28

From Log4j to zero trust, agencies have another busy...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/12/29

2022 was another busy year for federal chief information security officers and cybersecurity teams across government. It started with the clean-up from the Log4j mess, and continues with a flurry of new guidance, binding operational directives, and you-name-it. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joined the Federal Drive with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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