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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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15:37

Three takeaways from FITARA 14

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/02

House Oversight and Reform Committee members were more engaged this past Thursday on federal IT management issues than we have seen in some time. Not only were the questions relevant, but the lawmakers did not stray into the silly, non-sequitur or totally unrelated world that could’ve easily happened during the 14th iteration of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard hearing on July 28. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:38

A Senate-inspired bill seeks to redo federal procurement

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/02

Keep an eye on a Senate bill to remake federal acquisition. It's called the Agile Procurement Act and it has bipartisan sponsorship. Its stated purpose, among other things, is to make it easier for the government to buy commercial goods and services. Federal sales marketing consultant says the bill scratches an itch that comes up every 25 years or so. He spoke with Federal Drive host Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:00

Why mental health issues don't have to get in the way...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/02

Among the 160 pages of the SF-86 form, are questions about your mental health. The form, which anyone with national security clearance has had to deal with, doesn't decide whether you get clearance. People do. And how they evaluate answers to mental health questions is about to undergo some revision. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke about all of this with the assistant director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Mark Frownfelter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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18:15

New ERDC commander at the Army Corp of Engineers

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/01

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center or ERDC, has a new commander. Following ERDC's first ever female commander, the first ever African-American commander is now at the helm. Federal News Network's spoke with the new man in charge: Lt. Col. Christian Patterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:18

It's practically official: Brace for the next...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/01

Congress did manage to get some big bills passed last week. But, it made little progress on normal appropriations for fiscal 2023. In fact, another continuing resolution come October 1 is looking inevitable. Federal Drive host Tom Temin gets the latest from WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:27

A bipartisan Senate push to tamp down at least one...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/01

Not everything on Capitol Hill is totally partisan. Take the myriad of threats from China. Two senators from opposite parties recently urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the phenomenon of TikTok. For more on this, and other topics, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Virginia Senator Mark Warner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:58

A bipartisan Senate push to tamp down at least one...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/01

Not everything on Capitol Hill is totally partisan. Take the myriad of threats from China. Two senators from opposite parties recently urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the phenomenon of TikTok. For more on this, and other topics, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Virginia Senator Mark Warner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:47

Coast Guard upping recruiting effort as military...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/01

The Coast Guard is thinking ahead about how it will keep its ranks full in future years as all of the military services are feeling the crunch of a smaller talent pool and lower propensity to join the service. Testifying before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan said the service needs to change its policies and tactics to become more attractive to potential recruit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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14:57

CMMC set for trial run, but criticism abounds for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/08/01

The Pentagon’s contractor cybersecurity certification program took a major step forward this week with confirmation that voluntary third-party assessments will kick off next month, while at the same time a newly released process document is causing consternation in industry. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is in the early stages of rulemaking after undergoing a major revision late last year, but voluntary CMMC assessments are scheduled to begin Aug. 22 and continue for several

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15:20

Senate Democrats support Biden’s 4.6% federal pay...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/29

Civilian federal employees are one step closer to a 4.6% across-the-board pay raise in 2023, and for the first time since at least 2014, are inching toward a lift of the pay freeze for political appointees in the Senior Executive Service. Senate appropriators on the Financial Services and General Government subcommittee aligned with the White House’s federal pay raise request on July 28, after releasing the fiscal 2023 financial services and general government draft spending bill. Learn more about

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13:42

IRS gets $80B to ‘rebuild’ its capacity under Senate...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/29

The IRS gets another shot at long-term investment in its enforcement and taxpayer services. The budget reconciliation package announced Wednesday night by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) would give the IRS $80 billion over the next 10 years, with a focus on tax enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:00

Everybody talks about innovation, but it starts with...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/29

Innovation is the word of the day. Every organization talks about innovating and hiring innovators. How to you find such people -- whether inside your agency or applying for jobs -- and make sure they're able to, well, innovate? For one view, innovation Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Entrepreneur-in-Residence at consultancy BMNT and former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency innovation hub chief, Sabra Horne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:13

The Veterans Affairs employee union helps torpedo a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/29

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents a couple of hundred thousand Veterans Affairs employees, is gleeful these days. It helped shoot down a plan for an independent review board to look at VA's proposals for rearranging its nationwide map of facilities. To find our why they oppose the planso much, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with the First Executive President of AFGE's national VA council, Mary Jane Burke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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18:18

The Coast Guard Academy's current class looks a lot...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/29

The Coast Guard Academy has reached a record for its incoming class, with 43% of the new swabs being women. To talk about this and other goings-on at the academy, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Superintendent, Rear Admiral Bill Kelly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:56

How an interagency team took down terror networks...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/28

When the pandemic hit in 2020, it didn't take long for terrorist groups to take advantage of it. ISIS set up a website to ostensibly sell face masks, but really to get money peddling inferior products. But a team from the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigations, and Homeland Security Investigations stopped this activity by seizing 300 cryptocurrency accounts worth $2 million. That's not all. For their work, they're finalists in this year's Service to America Medals program. One team member, Chris

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21:12

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's supercomputer makes...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/28

Supercomputers keep getting faster. Just a few years ago it took teraflops -- or trillions of floating point operations per second -- to make the list of the world's fastest computers. Now it takes exaflops, quintillions of operations per second. And now the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has switched on a machine that makes 1.1 exaflops of performance. It's called Frontier. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about Frontier with Oak Ridge distinguished scientist and Frontier project officer, Scott

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17:32

Not everything in the ocean is natural. A look inside...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/28

The Navy's oceanography activities go wide and deep. They also include tracking and, if necessary, neutralizing things in the ocean that didn't get their naturally. Like explosive mines. That's where the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center comes it. In Federal Drive host Tom Temin's final interview of this week's series on naval oceanography, he talks with the Mine Warfare Center's commanding officer, Commander Matthew Watts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:29

Small business contract awards in 2021 reach all-time...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/28

Agencies made history in fiscal 2021 by awarding more total prime contract dollars to small businesses than ever before. Data from the Small Business Administration shows not only did agencies surpass the governmentwide goal of 23%, but increased total spending with small firms by $8 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:12

New OSINT foundation aims to ‘professionalize’ open...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/28

Former intelligence leaders are trying to boost the role of open source intelligence at U.S. spy agencies through a new foundation that plans to develop community-wide standards and help professionalize the OSINT workforce. The unveiling of the OSINT Foundation comes at a time when social media feeds and other public analysis are providing unprecedented public insights into world events like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Congress and other advocates are calling on intelligence leaders to

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15:44

A contractor prevailed in court when the government...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/07/27

Long-time defense contractor Raytheon won in court when it sued the government over intellectual property. What the company thought was IP, the government assumed as merely technical data it could share with anyone. To find out what happened and why it's important, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Smith Pachter McWhorter partner Zach Prince. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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