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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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18:00

How the State Department deals with one of the worse...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/25

Imagine getting injured or killed by a piece of ordnance months or years after a war has ended. Yet this occurs all-too-frequently around the world thanks to leftover land mines and unexploded shells and bombs. For many years, the State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement has worked with international partners to reduce this problem. Joining the Federal Drive with a progress report, program director Karen Chandler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:32

State Dept. launches new Access Center as part of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/25

The State Department revving up efforts to promote accessibility, as part of its diversity and inclusion program. Its Bureau of Human Resources opened a new Access Center in 2020, to help employees with disabilities with enabling technology. As employees return to their offices, State sees the Access Center as central to its workplace. For more, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Brian McKeon. Learn more about your ad choices

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16:31

Agency data leaders see strong tie into federal zero...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/25

We know chief information security officers have job in the White House’s “zero trust” cybersecurity strategy. But what about chief data officers? Turns out they’re more involved than you might think. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:21

The president's management agenda benefits from being...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/22

The Biden administration's management agenda, which the White House built out with a lot of detail last week, focuses on just three things. That's a wise approach, according to my next guest. The Federal Drive got perspective from our long-time federal management scene observer, Bob Tobias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:18

How the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/22

You might have noticed. Energy, the climate and infrastructure have become leading topics for the federal government. My next guest says, that's beginning to manifest itself in sort of bellwether agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Joining the Federal Drive with what's going on, an energy specialist and partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, Levi McAllister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:29

How to develop the cyber warfare leaders the military...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/22

The armed services need to expend their numbers of high-ranking cybersecurity and cyber warfare officers. My next guest says the place to do that is at the war colleges, because right now there's not enough educational capacity in the military. Alfredo Rodriguez is senior analyst to the Marine Corps deputy commandant for information, and a retired Army signal lieutenant colonel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:59

Senate legislation seeks to expand early-career...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/22

More federal employees are becoming eligible to retire, but the pipeline to find successor staff is running thin. Now, there’s a Senate bill aiming to add flexibilities for agency heads looking to hire early-career, or even temporary employees. 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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15:06

DIU opens latest innovation outpost, expanding its...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/22

The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is expanding – again. DIU opened a new office in Chicago yesterday, hoping to connect commercial innovators in the Midwest with military requirements. It’s the fifth regional hub DIU has launched since its beginnings in Silicon Valley seven years ago. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has details on the new midwestern hub, and what DoD’s hoping to achieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:42

The Navy faces a lawsuit over other-than-honorable...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/21

Two veterans service organizations have sued the Navy over discharge upgrades. At issue are other-than-honorable discharges, how they limit lifetime VA benefits and whether service members can appeal them. The particular case involves a Marine whom attorneys say faced racial discrimination. Joining the Federal Drive with more on the case, an attorney with the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, Alden Pinkham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:22

The ballet known as post award debriefings gets a new...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/21

After a lot of cogitation, the Defense Department last month finalized revised rules for contract award debriefings, informational sessions where losing contractors can, in theory, find out why they lost. Joining the Federal Drive with the significant changes, Jenner and Block attorney Carla Weiss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:51

The Defense Innovation Unit shares what's it's...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/21

The Defense Acquisition University and the Defense Innovation Unit have teamed up to offer what you might call an acquisition baptism. It's what they call an immersive course to get procurement people trained in commercial practices for buying goods and services faster. As DIU officials like to put it, at the speed of relevance. Joining the Federal Drive with more about the course to be offered this fall, the Defense Innovation Unit's director of acquisition, Cherissa Tamayori. Learn more about your

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16:12

CISA hopes to keep organizations on their toes about...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/21

Recent cyber attacks have shown how shoddy software can grind an organization’s operations to a halt. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is trying to raise awareness of software threats, and ways to address them, during April’s Supply Chain Integrity Month. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday, spoke with the acting assistant director for CISA’s National Risk Management Center, Mona Harrington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:44

State Dept rainy day fund for passports took hit from...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/21

A rainy day fund at the State Department dried up during COVID-19. The Bureau of Consular Affairs is drawing down carryover funds from previous years, and may take years to replenish, even if passports and visa fees fully bounce back from the pandemic. For an update on all of this, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:48

NAVSUP can teach a thing or two about small business...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/20

The Naval Supply Systems Command keeps machinery and people equipped and ready to go. It has some award winning programs for ensuring small business participation in its procurements. At the recent Sea Air Space Conference, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin caught up with NAVSUP's Director of Small Business Chris Espenshade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:13

GAO advises Navy to be balanced as it acquires new...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/20

The Navy plans to spend billions to acquire a variety of umanned ships of all sizes, 21 in all over the next five years. The Government Accountability Office advised Navy officials to take a portfolio approach to bring more efficiency and balance to the program. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin heard more from the GAO's director of contracting and national security acquisitions Shelby Oakley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:15

USAID's first DEI director starting with demographic...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/20

The U.S. Agency for International Development has started up a new office called diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. And it's hired someone to run that new office. Neneh Diallo joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:44

NIST is asking industry for comments on the next...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/19

A call for comments from the National Institute for Standards and Technology gives industry a deadline of next week. NIST is looking for reactions to ideas for critical infrastructure cybersecurity, and it could have a big impact on companies doing business with the government. The Federal Drive got more now from the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:26

Is USCIS up to the task of processing all of the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/19

A green card is a terrible thing to waste. But that's exactly what U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services might be doing. The agency, by most accounts, still hasn't returned to full operating capacity after two years of pandemic. So it is having trouble processing all of the visa numbers available. The Federal Drive got more now from attorney Steven Plastrik of Berry Appleman and Leiden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:08

SCuBA gears up agencies to survive the ‘next’...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/19

The Secure Cloud Business Applications project, known as SCuBA, taking place at the Homeland Security Department, grew out of the Solarwinds breach from 2020. The idea is for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop basic cyber standards for cloud services like email and collaboration tools. Vincent Sritapan is the Cyber Quality Service Management Office Section Chief at CISA. He tells executive editor Jason Miller, in an exclusive interview, about the launch of SCuBA and how

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18:03

Veterans Affairs takes on a new scam: pension poaching

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/04/19

Deliberately bad advice can help a veteran get pension benefits out of the Veterans Affairs Department. Sometimes the advisors take the money for themselves. Eventually, the veteran will be forced to pay it back. It's called pension poaching, and it's a growing problem. For how the department is trying to stop it, the Federal Drive turned to VA's chief financial officer, Charles Tapp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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