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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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20:02

White House leaders see ‘momentum’ in ambitious...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/20

The effort to overhaul federal cyber defenses has “momentum” behind it, most notably in helping agencies distill broad cybersecurity objectives into specific technology investments as part of the annual budgeting process, according to White House leaders. Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha said the White House’s zero trust strategy gives cybersecurity leaders the ability to “disaggregate and do strategy-based budgeting all the way down to a technology investment.” Learn more

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20:53

What exactly should federal policy be when it comes...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/20

Congress recently agreed to throw tens of billions of dollars at the semiconductor industry. The idea was to expand production of vital circuits in the United States. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with someone who has done extensive analysis of the chip industry and says there should be more to policy than national security. He's assistant professor of management at Radford University, Zach Collier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:42

How to make citizens feel good about federal call...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/20

Call centers, those invisible nests of operators that purport to help citizens with questions about government services, are a bane to agency after agency. Calls don't get picked up. Or people make a pot of coffee while on hold. Questions aren't answered. Callers get bounced from operator to operator. Worst of all, those badly-designed automatic call routers. There's gotta be a better way. Federal Drive host Tom Temin looked into how to make call centers more empathetic, with Deloitte Consulting's

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21:03

They teach military members' kids. Now they'd like a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/20

The Department of Defense Education Activity, or DODEA, employs 500 teacher for the children of service members stationed in Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Bahrain. The teachers, part of a bargaining unit called the Overseas Federation of Teachers, haven't had a new contract in 28 years. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with someone who knows what the teacher want: President of the Overseas Federation of Teachers, Linda Hogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:22

Feds nearing retirement: Is it always a good idea to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/19

Federal employees have family and professional lives. They also have financial lives. Today we're inaugurating a monthly talk with a man who has long experience in federal financial management and investment strategies. He was a regular on our Federal News Network show, "Your Turn," hosted by the late Mike Causey. Now he'll be a monthly guest here on the Federal Drive. For his inaugural interview in this space, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talks with financial planner Arthur Stein. Learn more about

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21:51

The GSA stuggles to keep a real estate sale program...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/19

The General Services Administration has completed two rounds of a three-round plan to sell off unneeded federal buildings. It hasn't gone well, according to Congressional auditors. Sales took too long, and a special recommendation board said it therefore didn't have the money to discover other buildings to sell. Can this program get on track? For details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with the acting director of physical infrastructure issues at the Government Accountability Office, Jill

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20:27

A look inside the small but potent Office of Special...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/19

The Office of Special Counsel, which handles whistleblower and Hatch Act Cases, is something of an enigma to many federal managers. The law firm Shaw Bransford and Roth, which produces the weekly FEDTalk Show here on Federal News Network, has organized what federal managers need to know to better handle OSC investigations. For the highlights, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Shaw Bransford senior counsel James Heelan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:31

Federal judge finalizes $63 million settlement for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/19

Victims of one of the largest data breaches to ever hit the federal government are one step closer to a payout, more than seven years later. A federal judge on Friday finalized the Office of Personnel Management’s settlement agreement with current and former federal employees, as well as federal job applicants, impacted by a major data breach in 2015.District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, in a fairness hearing at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said the $63 million settlement for

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20:45

For 2023, federal retirees will see largest COLA...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/19

Federal retirees and Social Security recipients are about to get the largest increase in their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in over four decades.The COLA will increase 8.7% for 2023, the Social Security Administration announced on Oct. 13. But not all federal retirees will see that amount added to their checks. Those in the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) will receive a 7.7% COLA starting in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:31

Agencies have a transparency problem when it comes to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/18

The 24-year-old law requiring agencies to ensure technology is accessible by people with disabilities isn't not exactly being ignored. But there is a lack of data about just how well agencies are complying. In his weekly reporter's notebook, executive editor Jason Miller covers what the Biden administration can do to make sure its diversity, equity inclusion and accessibility efforts don't ring hallow. Jason joins me now to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:18

Contractors are suddenly facing a slew of mandates...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/18

Contractors face the prospect of higher mandatory wages and treating independent subcontractors like employees. And that's not all. The vaccine mandate might be coming back. How are companies reacting? To find out, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Stephanie Kostro, Executive VP for policy at the Professional Services Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:02

How one defense contractor wants to advance directed...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/18

Directed energy -- lasers -- somehow always seem to be the weapon of the future. Military grade lasers are too heavy or require too much power to be practical. Booz Allen Hamilton thinks its engineers have answers for high-energy lasers. The company has a new unit called HELworks to bring it all together. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all that (and more) with Booz Allen VP Joe Shepherd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:31

Meet the legislative branch diversity officer who's...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/18

Among this year's class of new fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration, are a few people from the legislative branch. Among them, Zina Merritt, the chief diversity management officer at the Government Accountability Office. She talked with Federal Drive host Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:16

Having exhausted January 6, the Hill falls nearly silent

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/17

With the final paroxysm of the January 6 hearings over, Congress is on an extended recess. Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin knows he won't have to deal with budgetary matters until after the November elections. So to examine what to expect then, he spoke with Loren Duggan, Bloomberg Government deputy news director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:59

Telehealth is on the rise and so are telehealth cyber...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/17

Telehealth -- on the rise at Veterans Affairs and in the private sector -- has one thing in common with every other digital service: It's a cybersecurity risk. Now the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is planning a healthcare project to establish best practices for security and privacy in telehealth situations. To find out more about the project, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Ron Pulivarti, senior cyber engineer. Learn

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22:10

What's in the White House study on crypto policies...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/17

Recently, the White House released a document called the Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets. It summarizes Treasury Department studies of potential crypto policies and regulations. For what it could mean for federal regulators and the digital asset industry, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to Dennis Kelleher, Co-founder and President of Better Markets. Kelleher is also a former member of the Federal Reserve's Banking and Securities Agency Review

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19:34

Biden administration’s cyber regulatory plan comes...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/17

The White House and agencies are moving forward with new cyber rules for critical infrastructure, as the Biden administration looks to take advantage of existing laws to address digital threats on a sector-by-sector basis in the absence of Congressional action on cybersecurity regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:29

Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service is in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/17

Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service acts like a hub for the government's payments and collections. Now the bureau is looking to make more payments digitally and to prevent improper payments. It's is also creating a Chief Customer Office to oversee all of this modernizing. For more on all of this, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke Tim Gribben, the bureau’s commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:13

82 agencies sign MOUs to gain more time to transition...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/14

EIS, CIO-SP4, Oasis-Plus and Ascend, the alphabet soup of contracts on the horizon will keep vendors busy over the next six months. The General Services Administration and others are pushing forward to set up and otherwise nurture these multi-billion dollar vehicles. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller has some new detail about where many of these contracts are heading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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DoD establishes new CIO to unify IT efforts in Office...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/10/14

Every military service, and just about every Defense organization of any significant size, has its own chief information officer. Until now, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) was a bit of an outlier, with no single official responsible for overseeing the technology its 18,000 people use. That’s now changing. In a Sept. 30 memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks granted new CIO authorities — covering all of OSD — to the department’s directorate of administration and management

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