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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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20:17

Congress cares about one thing now and its not 2023...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/06

Congress treks back to Washington this week with only a few legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year. They'll have to deal with government funding. To get the outlook, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:54

Work team performance during the pandemic gets mixed...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/06

The debate rolls on. Is remote and teleworking good for productivity and team performance? There's no clear answer, but some fresh research on how people feel about team performance gives a slight edge to, "Yes, things have improved in the last two years." Federal Drive host Tom Temin talk about this with the director of client solutions at Eagle Hill Consulting, Andrew Edelson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:32

Meet the FEMA administrator who ensured millions got...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/06

Do you recall when the first COVID vaccines came out in early 2021. It turned from a scientific problem to a logistics problem. How would they distribute millions of doses to Americans clamoring to get them. It fell to FEMA's Robert Fenton to coordinate the set-up of 39 mass vaccination centers and 1,600 smaller ones across the country. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Fenton, a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program, the region 9 administrator of the Federal Emergency

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19:35

NARA looks to double down on email records approach...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/06

The National Archives and Records Administration is looking to expand a successful approach for managing email records to text messages and other digital communications as part of a bid to help agencies with an ever increasing deluge of electronic records.The issue has become only more prevalent after COVID-19 forced agencies to work more remotely and widely adopt video meetings, chat messaging apps and other digital tools to carry out official government business. “The virtual environment has

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19:37

VA CIO DelBene making the cyber gates a little...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/06

The Department of Veterans Affairs is setting up cybersecurity check points before an application can get on the network. The idea isn’t to replace the authority to operate (ATO) process, but it’s about becoming a great engineering organization like those in the private sector. Kurt DelBene, the assistant secretary for the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer at VA, said these new cyber gates is part of how VA is embracing a more well-rounded approach to their

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20:24

A FOIA request goes after years of confidential...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/02

A freedom of information act request by a reporter seeks four years worth of federal contractor reports. Companies would have filed the reports -- concerning their equal opportunity hiring records -- with the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs at the Labor Department. The information could be confidential. Contractors have just a few weeks to file an objection with OFPPC. To take a deeper look at all of this, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Piliero Mazza attorney Kevin

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22:47

How the Space and Missile Defense command made itself...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/02

Armed services and Defense Department organizations range all over the place when it comes to the "Best Places To Work" rankings. The Army, for example, had a middling index of about 63 in the latest list, slightly below the governmentwide average. But the Army Space and Missile Defense Command had an index of 77.5, on par with some of the best-rated agencies. That score makes it the best place to work in the Army. For how the command went about working on its employee satisfaction issues, Federal

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18:13

State Dept launching two fellowships to build diverse...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/02

The State Department is launching two new fellowships meant to bring on a diverse next generation of hires into the ranks of its Civil Service and Diplomatic Security Service. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the department will launch the Colin Powell Leadership Program, which will recruit college students and recent graduates to join the Civil Service.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:22

DoD reports ‘tragic’ uptick in military sexual...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/02

The Defense Department is in the midst of implementing a series of Congressionally-mandated reforms meant to address sexual assault in the military. And the latest numbers show change can’t come soon enough.According to figures the Pentagon released Thursday, sexual assault is more common than at any time since DoD started keeping data. Reporting, meanwhile, is down, as is military members’ level of trust in the military justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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20:35

GSA, CISA turning to AI tools, standards to help...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/01

Agencies are finding out there's a lot more that goes into trusting the vendors that they work with besides what they can easily see. But new tools are giving agency acquisition and cybersecurity workers something equivalent to an MRI scan of companies. Federal News Network’s Jason Miller joins me with more on how agencies are using these technologies to better secure their supply chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:26

A window into what changes at the CDC might look like

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/01

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leadership recently announced the agency will undergo an overhaul to address the causes of repeated missteps during the pandemic. For how that might look, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to Dr. Julie Swann, distinguished professor and department head in the department of industrial and systems engineering at NC State University. Dr. Swann specializes in health and humanitarian research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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21:30

Getting technical at the Army's Space and Missile...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/01

The armed forces have all been pursuing better technology for directed energy like laser beams for weapons of the future. Lasers have been around for decades, but making them operational on ships, ground vehicles or aircraft is another matter. In the second of three interviews from the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Alabama, Federal Drive host Tom Temin caught up with the acting director of the command's technical center, Mike Krauss. It's where much of the directed energy

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23:23

Meet the guy who oversaw the recovery of more than a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/01

The government showed how fast it could spend money when the Congress printed trillions for pandemic relief. Now it's the morning after. Roy Dotson led a nationwide criminal investigation that so far has clawed back more than a billion dollars that was awarded to fraudsters under the Paycheck Protection Program. His efforts also prevented maybe twice that much from going out. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Dotson, an assistant special agent in charge of the Secret Service and a finalist in

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19:52

Cyber accreditation body says key CMMC document to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/09/01

The accreditation body behind the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is planning to revise a draft process document released last month after it was roundly criticized for being overly complex and prescriptive. During a Tuesday public meeting, Cyber Accreditation Body Chairman Matthew Travis emphasized that the “CMMC Assessment Process” document, referred to as “the CAP,” is a pre-decisional draft. The Cyber AB released the first public version of the document in late July. It lays

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20:04

The government is not a business, so why should it...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/31

In the last several years, Congress has passed -- and three presidents have signed into law -- massive expansions of the federal government. Now the government has new programs to launch and thousands of people to hire. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about this and more with Bob Tobias, who cautioned that the public sector should avoid the mistake of trying to act like business, a piece of advice the government often gets. Tobias is a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at

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21:01

How the Treasury Department plays whack-a-mole with...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/31

The larger the budgets and deficits grow, the more elusive auditable financial statements of federal finances seem to get. The Government Accountability Office reports that the Treasury Department has made good progress on some deficiencies. But new ones have popped up. Federal Drive host Tom Temin got the latest info from GAO's director of financial management and assurance issues, Dawn Simpson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:39

How the ground-based Army defends against threats in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/31

Thirty-some years after the end of the cold war, missiles remain a threat to United States. And now space, where most crucial military communications occur, has become a contested domain. For an update on how the military deals with these threats, Federal Drive host Tom Temin travelled to Huntsville, Alabama to speak with with the deputy to the commander of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Richard De Fatta. The retired Army colonel is now the senior civilian executive at SMDC. The

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19:50

The military is facing a new global threat: extreme heat

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/31

As the Defense Department keeps its eye on China and Russia, a new rival is also emerging for the military to contend with — heat.Extreme heat is becoming an increasingly prevalent challenge. A study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the number of extreme heat days have tripled since the 1980s and are likely to continue to increase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:24

Former U.S. Chief Statistician Nancy Potok talks to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/31

The National Science Foundation is testing ways to streamline data sharing in and out of government. It's got two years to build a National Secure Data Service to standardize data access. It will then recommend to Congress whether to continue the program. For how the National Secure Data Service might function, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with former U-S Chief Statistician Nancy Potok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:34

Why government shouldn't try to act like businesses

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/31

In the last several years, Congress has passed and three presidents have signed into law massive expansions of the federal government. Now the government has new programs to launch and thousands of people to hire. But my next guest cautions the public sector should avoid the mistake of trying to act like business, a piece of advice the government often gets. Bob Tobias is a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, and he joins me now. Learn more about your ad

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