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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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17:54

DoD Cloud Exchange: Renata Spinks on USMC’s...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/31

The Marine Corps has come a long way toward rationalizing its IT holdings into a consolidated enterprise network, a major precursor to moving to the cloud. And to start making those migrations at scale, the service is creating a new task force structure to guide things along, and remove barriers. For more, Federal News Network's Jared Serbu spoke with the Marine Corps’ assistant director for C4I and chief information security officer, Renata Spinks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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16:11

Why GSA just made Polaris a no-win situation for many...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/31

A week after the General Services Administration released the first two solicitations for the much anticipated Polaris small business contract vehicle, the first of what could be many protests landed at the Government Accountability Office. GSA made a last minute change to the solicitation requirements. That's causing heartburn among many small businesses planning to bid. The vehicle potential 10 year life has a $10 billion ceiling. In his weekly reporter's notebook, executive editor Jason Miller

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15:28

Biden brings back plans to move FBI headquarters to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/30

The White House is dusting off plans to move the FBI out of downtown Washington, D.C. In its latest budget request the Biden administration is calling on the FBI to move its headquarters to suburban Maryland or Virginia. The idea’s been around since 2014 but was scrapped by the Trump administration, which proposed building a new FBI headquarters on the site of the existing one in downtown D.C. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman had the latest on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about

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17:17

Losing bidder claims Procurement Integrity Act...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/30

A simple competition for software licenses ended up in court after the losing bidder claimed a Procurement Integrity Act violation. At issue was a Navy-run competition to supply software licenses over five years under a blanket purchase agreement. Simple, but not trivial, with an estimated ceiling of $2.5 billion. Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joe Petrillo filled in the Federal Drive with Tom Temin on the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:03

GAO finds flaw in national debt electronic tracking...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/30

Somehow the national debt has managed to reach $28 trillion. But, where is it? It's in a set of electronic schedules maintained by the Treasury Department's Bureau of the Fiscal Service. In auditing the government's financial statements for 2021, the Government Accountability Office found a flaw: a deficiency in the information system controls. With what it is and the implications, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the GAO's director of financial management and assurance, Cheryl

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19:31

VA helps women-owned small businesses get a slice of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/30

The number of women veterans has been growing steadily over the years and so has the number of women veteran entrepreneurs. The Department of Veterans Affairs helps these small companies get a piece of the federal contracting business with a new, 14-week course. For details, the director of woman veteran small business initiatives, Michelle Gardner-Ince, spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:41

White House 2023 budget request prioritizes more...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/30

The White House’s 2023 budget request includes a big increase for cybersecurity. The Biden administration is pushing zero trust.. and a bigger workforce for the main cyber agency. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:56

This pending agency modernizing legislation is a lot...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/29

A bill in the Senate would, with bipartisan backing, order agencies to modernize their information technology. But it wouldn't come with any funds dedicated to doing so. So would it amount to anything? We get some insight from federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:00

DARPA's now testing a new method to identify service...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/29

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, has joined the effort to prevent suicides among active duty service members. The numbers are grim, 30,000 in the last 20 years. The DARPA approach seeks to prevent suicide by working what you might call upstream from conscious thoughts. It's called the Neural Evidence Aggregation Tool, or NEAT. Joining the Federal Drive with details, the program manager in DARPA's defense sciences group, Dr. Greg Witkop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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22:04

Executive branch agencies are just glomming onto a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/29

Hiring people by their demonstrated capabilities, instead of what they boast on their resumes. It's catching on at executive branch agencies. It even has a name: Subject-Matter Expert Qualification Assessment. Turns out, the Government Publishing Office has been hiring people this way for four years, and with what it considers great success. Joining the Federal Drive with more, the GPO's chief human capital officer, Dan Mielke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:35

For feds, White House 2023 budget request is more...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/29

The White House’s fiscal 2023 budget request sent to Congress today seeks across the board increases in discretionary spending for almost every agency. But the real message in this annual exercise isn’t the funding request, which most observers will tell you is dead on arrival in on Capitol Hill. The Biden administration is continuing the long-term effort to rebuild, reskill and revamp the federal workforce. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joined the Federal Drive with

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17:29

The swirling sound you hear is Congress going 'round...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/28

The great flywheel of appropriations gets a big shove today with release of the administration's 2023 budget request, six months before fiscal 2023 actually starts. That's not all in the way of spending Congress will be thinking about, as the Federal Drive heard from WTOP capitol hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:46

How one big State Department bureau is updating its...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/28

A crucial part of the State Department has a new head of a crucial function, at a time of high world tension. Erica Jaume is chief of the IT security and governance branch of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:17

If it takes up land and someone grows something...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/28

You might not think of farm and urban in the same sentence. But the Agriculture Department does. In fact there's a new federal advisory committee designed to help the department better understand the needs of urban farmers. Joining the Federal Drive with more, chief of USDA's natural resources conservation service, Terry Crosby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:19

On April 4, say goodbye to DUNS and hello to UEI

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/28

The General Services Administration will finally pull the plug on the use of Dun and Bradstreet numbers and fully move to a brand new identifier for contractors, called the Unique Entity Identifier or UEI. Memi Whitehead, the deputy assistant commissioner of GSA’s Integrated Award Environment, tells executive editor Jason Miller about what this six-year effort will mean for agencies and contractors alike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:24

EPA adopts ‘hybrid workplace’ model in office reentry...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/28

The Environmental Protection Agency will bring employees back to the office starting in May. The American Federation of Government Employees worked a deal for its members gradually come over the course of four pay periods. EPA is also promising routine telework. For details, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with Bethany Dreyfus, the president of AFGE Local 1236, and with Joyce Howell, AFGE Council 238’s chief negotiator for the future of work, whom you hear first. Learn more about your ad

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19:16

The perks of being a wallflower and the rush to get...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/25

A large survey sponsored by Slack, a intra-company messaging application, raises the question: Is it really a good goal for organizations to get everyone back in the office? And a second question: Would companies and government agencies do better to educate managers on how to better deal with a workforce that's scattered -- some home, some in the office? To find out, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with FNN's resident workplace expert, Bob Tobias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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19:41

What good is all of the criminal justice data put out...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/25

Each year, the Justice Department churns out lots of data about criminal justice. Recently it launched an initiative to prod state and local governments to use the data more effectively to make policy and budget decisions. To find out how it works, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with the acting deputy director for policy at the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Ruby Qazilbash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:51

A lot of what USAID does relies on this geographer

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/25

Geographic information is crucial to agency missions almost everywhere. That's especially true for the U.S. Agency for International Development. The agency operates throughout the world. For how geo and geo information systems underlie development decisions, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with USAID's chief geographer, Carrie Stokes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:24

DoD takes on suicide with monumental independent...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/03/25

As the military wrestles with some of its highest suicide rates on record, the Defense Department is undertaking a landmark look into mental health, suicide prevention and response. The Pentagon announced Tuesday the establishment of the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC) – a commission that will use third-party experts to critique the military’s response to mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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