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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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7:01

EEOC to ramp up in-person work as AFGE voices...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/14

1,400 employees at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are working in the office more often, starting this week. But the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents those workers, is concerned about how EEOC is going about its reentry plans. 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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6:39

A wrap-up of ACT-IAC Emerging Technology and...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/14

The Air Force's AFWerx is looking for new space in Washington DC metro area. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security is taking a big leap to the cloud. These are two story lines that emerged at the recent ACT-IAC Emerging Technology and Innovation Conference in Cambridge Maryland. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller writes about this news that may have flown under your radar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:00

Along with January 6th hearings, legislation making...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/13

A lot of the national spotlight is on Capitol Hill’s public January 6th hearings – but a fair amount of legislative and budget work is getting done, too. The House has made some initial progress on 2023 federal spending levels. And various pieces of legislation are expected to make their way through votes on the House and Senate floors in the week ahead. For a preview, FNN deputy editor Jared Serbu, filling in for Tom Temin, talked with Loren Duggan, deputy news director at Bloomberg Government

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17:40

Federal trial attorneys want a bit more telework...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/13

For the federal government’s trial attorneys, your flexibility to telework depends an awful lot on what part of the country you’re in. A new survey by the National Association of U-S Attorneys found a wide variety of telework policies across the 94 U.S. Attorney’s offices. But fewer than half have policies that the organization categories as “flexible.” Adam Hanna is an AUSA in the southern district of Illinois, and the vice president of the National Association of U-S Attorneys. He talked with FNN

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17:53

Taking contractors' pulse on the state of the federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/10

Despite a lot of uncertainty in the broader economy, contractors have at least a somewhat optimistic view about the federal market. That’s thanks, in part, to a big influx of federal spending initiatives since the start of the pandemic. But vendors still see big challenges on the horizon, including increased competition and new demands to comply with federal regulatory requirements. Those are some of the findings from Deltek’s annual “Clarity” study, which surveys hundreds of government contracting

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12:24

Inflation is becoming a big issue for some federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/10

When Congress created the Federal Employee Retirement System in the ‘80s, one of the most notable changes was that future retirees would get smaller cost of living adjustments than participants in the old Civil Service Retirement System. CSRS and Social Security beneficiaries get COLAs that match inflation; FERS retirees get a smaller adjustment. That hasn’t been a big deal over the past decade of low inflation, but obviously circumstances have changed. The National Active and Retired Federal

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19:23

Yet another lawsuit challenging the military's...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/10

There’s yet another lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The latest class action targets the Air Force’s religious accommodation process, arguing that process is set up in such a way that getting a religious exemption to the vaccine is essentially impossible. The plaintiffs argue that violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment. Mike Berry is senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, a nonprofit legal group that focuses on

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16:26

Army hoping budget request for digital transformation...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/10

The Army is expecting fiscal 2023 to be big year for its digital transformation efforts. The question, as with most agency programs, is whether Congress will deliver on the Army’s budget request. Federal News Network’s Jason Miller joins me with an update on Army’s digital transformation priorities in 2023 and beyond, should the money come through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:58

One potential job for the national cyber director?...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/10

An influential panel says a lack of quality data is the number one barrier to making up the cybersecurity workforce shortage. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 is recommending Congress direct agencies to generate better estimates of how many cyber and IT personnel they need. It’s also suggesting the National Cyber Director take the lead on a whole-of-government cyber workforce strategy. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday, spoke with the director of the solarium commission, Mark

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17:02

A small team at a small agency was at the center of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/09

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, known as BARDA, isn't a household name. But it was at the center of federal efforts to get COVID vaccines developed and into the market. A team of researchers are now finalists in this year's Service to America Medals program. They are Dr. Rodney Wallace, director of diagnostics and devices, Dr. Kimberly Armstrong, therapeutics branch chief, Dr. Robert Johnson, director of medical countermeasures, and the director of BARDA, Dr. Gary

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15:13

A small team at a small agency was at the center of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/09

We now know, with ever-mounting evidence, that pandemic relief spending resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in wasted spending. The same could happen with infrastructure spending unless agencies tighten up their oversight. That's the view of Project on Government Oversight senior policy analyst Sean Moulton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:44

Why Defense contractors still have a cyber target on...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/09

The Defense Department is still figuring out how to raise the cybersecurity waterline among its vendor community as part of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. And some new research, based on privately-collected cyber risk intelligence, shows the problem’s as urgent as ever. According to a new report from Black Kite, almost three quarters of Defense contractors have had network credentials leaked in just the past 90 days. That’s a huge jump from the last time the firm measured

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16:17

How to fight fires with data

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/09

Fighting increasingly dangerous wildfires falls on federal, state and local government agencies -- each with their own fire mitigation projects and data. But the Federal Chief Data Officers Council is piloting ways to use this interagency data to reduce the spread and severity of wildfires. That includes removing some trees, shrubs and grasses before they have a chance to burn. For the latest on this pilot, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the Chief Data Officer for Wildland Fire,

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15:19

TSP participants experience login delays after online...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/09

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board rolled out a major update for the Thrift Savings Plan on June 1. That includes a new interface for the online “My Account” website, a mobile app and new investment options for mutual funds. But some TSP participants are expressing their frustrations with technical issues, bugs in the system and much more. Joining the Federal Drive with the details, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:18

House panel flexing its oversight muscles over JADC2...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/08

Work on the 2023 National Defense Authorization bill is underway in the House. A few of the House Armed Services subcommittees released their markups this week. Highlights include new oversight of the Joint Domain Command and Control program and a big pay raise for service members. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:08

Disability employer was a mandated source for body...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/08

When the government establishes a mandated source of supply, that means there's no way around it. That's what the Defense Logistics Agency found when it issued a solicitation for body armor parts. Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo shared more about the case on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:05

GAO doubtful first round of TMF projects will save as...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/08

The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has been doling out money to agencies for special projects since 2018. The first cohort of projects were supposed to show they would be able to produce enough savings to pay back the TMF. But will they? That's doubtful in many cases. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin heard more from the Acting Director for Information Technology and Cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office, Dave Hinchman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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16:43

Satellite images may shed light on world disasters,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/08

Studying nighttime images of the Earth taken from satellites could go a long way toward building policymakers understanding of disasters around the world, and how to manage risks. That’s according to the UN’s latest Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Eleanor Stokes is a contributing author to the report, and helps lead the science team for a project called Black Marble. The joint effort by NASA and the Universities Space Research Association captures nighttime data around the globe

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16:03

Changes to watch in GSA's Schedules program

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/07

The General Services Administration is still in the process of consolidating its Schedules program into a single procurement vehicle. And although it’s undoubtedly one of the biggest changes in the program’s history, there’s a lot else going on with the Schedules that vendors need to be paying attention to. To talk more about it, we’re joined by Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:58

If you thought encryption was complicated now, wait...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/07

The big fear in the data encryption community is the advent of quantum computing. Computers so powerful they can crack any algorithm. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the midst of choosing among algorithms those its experts deem most resistant to quantum, as it develops post-quantum cryptography standards. Here with some pointers for federal IT security practitioners who want to better understand this technology, Federal News Network's Tom Temin spoke with the head of quantum

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