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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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17:30

How the Defense Department will modernize its...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/07

It's an eternal question. How to grow your business in a mature market with lots of established players. The Defense software market is as mature as any, and yet the DOD has a pervasive need to modernize its software to take into account cloud computing, the need to refresh the military strategic offset, and a host of other reasons. For the big picture of what's affecting the DOD software market, the Federal Drive turned to Frost and Sullivan industry analyst Brad Curran. Learn more about your ad

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18:46

GSA trying different approache with two of its newest...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/07

The General Services Administration is breaking new ground with two of its newest governmentwide acquisition contracts. Both the small business Polaris and the upcoming Services Multiple Award Contract will NOT have contract ceilings, meaning there will be no limit to much agencies can spend under the contract. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why this decision was surprising. Jason joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your

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14:43

Survey: Worried about back-to-office plans? A lot of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/07

Close to half of federal employees say agency leaders are *not* listening to their feedback on office reentry. In an exclusive Federal News Network survey, more than 3,000 respondents shared their latest thoughts and concerns about returning to the office. Joining the Federal Drive with some of what they had to say, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:29

Congressional update from WTOP's Mitchell Miller

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/06

We get the latest about what's going on at Capitol Hill from WTOP's Congressional Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:34

A non profit prize challenge seeks technology for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/06

An association of national security contractors has a $25,000 challenge grant on the street. The Homeland Security Technology Consortium seeks new federal applications for some specific technologies related to identity management. Here in studio with the details, the consortium executive director, Michael Dougherty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:31

A look inside a new laboratory, a laboratory of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/06

The Justice Department houses several labs related to crime and forensics. Now it has a new lab, called the National Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab. It's aimed at public safety and that DOJ calls constitutional policing. For details, Justice's principal deputy director for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Kristen Mahoney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:02

State Dept. to use more considerations for Foreign...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/06

The State Department is making the first big change in decades to how it screens Foreign Service applicants. The agency says it will no longer use Foreign Service Officer Test scores as the sole criteria for who moves on to the next steps of the selection process. The agency will now also consider an applicant’s education, experience and personal narratives, in addition to the test scores. The agency says this change will start for applicants taking the test this month, and will provide a more

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8:18

DoD tells industry how it will handle cost of inflation

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/06

The Defense Department is reiterating some of its cost-related policies as the nation deals with decades-high inflation. The reminder is supposed to help businesses figure out when they can recoup funds due to price increases and when they can’t. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive to explain and to clear up some inflation myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:36

The union representing DOD civilian employees has a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/03

A section in the 2023 Defense Department budget request would change how DOD manages its civilian workforce. The American Federation of Government Employees thinks it could lead to wholesale reductions of civilian ranks. For what's going on, the Federal Drive turned to AFGE's Defense Department legislative representative, John Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:42

An obscure study is looking at how agencies disclose...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/03

The Administrative Conference of the United States is concerned with how federal agencies carry out laws. Now it's launched a study to examine the laws governing disclosure of agency legal activities, and whether there's a way to streamline legal disclosure. It's an effort that potentially affects every agency. For more, the Federal Drive turned to one of the study group members, Ohio State University law professor Margaret Kwoka. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:25

SSA wants to add 4,000 employees to ease burdensome...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/03

The Social Security Administration wants to hire more frontline employees, but with heavy workloads, low morale and one out of every eight workers leaving the agency, increasing staff seems nearly impossible. 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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15:05

TSA hiring DEI chief to help tackle lack of diversity...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/03

The Transportation Security Administration is one of the more diverse agencies in government. But its senior management is a different story. TSA is looking to tackle those issues as lawmakers express frustration with the agency’s lack of diversity at the highest levels. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:57

Who says young, technical people won't work for the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/02

She's young, she majored in a science and technology field at a good university, and she chose to work for the federal government. Exception to the rule? Maybe. But let's find out. Patent examiner Brooke LaBranche. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:38

This highly specialized Justice Department manager...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/02

More than two decades after the 9/11 attacks, some victims have not been compensated. My next guest took over the Victim Compensation Fund when it was foundering a few years back. Now tens of thousands of people have received payments from the fund. Rupa Bhattacharyya is special master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund at the Justice Department … and a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:00

DISA moves 95 applications out of the sunsetting...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/02

The Defense Information Systems Agency beat its own deadline to turn off its milCloud platform, a service that had a lot of DOD customers. DISA accomplished this goal a week ahead of schedule. Sharon Woods, the director of the Hosting and Compute Center at DISA, tells executive editor Jason Miller about what the end of milCloud means for the military services as they continue to move to cloud computing even without milCloud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:09

Where exactly do most of federal contracting dollars...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/02

More than 25% of federal contracting dollars end up in one of six markets. That's according to analysis by Bloomberg Government. For details, and the opportunities they represent, the Federal Drive turned to the team lead for government contracting news and analysis, Amanda Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:11

Navy wants to 'gamify' cybersecurity with more...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/01

What if cybersecurity didn’t have to look like lines of code to service members and, instead, looked like an interesting tableau of visualizations? The Navy is working on that now. It’s trying to gamify cybersecurity to make intrusions more noticeable through real-life visualizations of ships and other assets. The National Security Innovation Network held a hackathon last week looking for ideas on how to make cybersecurity most accessible. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione spoke with the

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15:11

Agencies hiring disabled employees but struggle to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/01

Bringing employees with disabilities into the federal workforce is one thing, but getting them to stay is another. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found agencies are hiring more employees with disabilities but still fall short on governmentwide goals. The EEOC also found agencies need to do more to improve retention. For more on these findings, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke to EEOC research analyst Karen Drummond on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad

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16:02

Office of Government Ethics proposes changing rules...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/01

Federal employees who get into legal trouble can, under certain circumstances, accept financial help from legal expense funds. Now the Office of Government Ethics has proposed a revision to the rules for legal expense funds. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the jist of the new rule from the associate counsel in the Office of Government Ethics, Elizabeth Horton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:32

Previously banned labor law rule for federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/06/01

Exactly who is responsible for labor law enforcement when it comes to federal contractors? The short answer the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, part of the Labor Department. But that's not the full answer. An Federal Acquisition rule that was banned by Congress is rearing its ugly head agency-by-agency. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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