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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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18:45

Being a young Hill staff member might be exciting,...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/24

Exciting as it might seem to join the staff of Congress as a young person, disillusion sometimes sets in fast. One reason, according to my next guest, is low pay. Joining the Federal Drive with details of Congressional pay research, the research director at a think tank called Issue One, Michael Beckel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:49

New Army acquisition leader says changing processes...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/23

The Army’s newly-confirmed top acquisition official named improving how his service buys and builds software among his top priorities. That will mean both procedural changes to the Army’s traditional acquisition processes, and new ways of funding software development. But Douglas Bush, the new assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said those changes will have to happen as part of a “conversation” with Congress. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu had details on

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16:37

State Department exceeds initial hiring goal with new...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/23

The State Department is using a hiring process that’s gaining users across government. It's called the Subject-Matter Expert Qualification Assessment (SME-QA). State is testing it to hire grant management specialists and foreign affairs officers, and the department said it's brought on 70 foreign service officers, exceeding its goal. For details, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the Director of the Office of Civil Service Talent Management Kim Bruner, and HR specialist Kristen

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17:36

DoD sends Congress nearly triple the amount of annual...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/23

In 20 years, the number of annual reports the Defense Department must make to Congress has nearly tripled to more than 1,400. DoD officials have tried to get a handle on this task, which required untold thousands of man-hours. For what it could do to help streamline the process, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the director of defense capabilities and management issues at the Government Accountability Office, Elizabeth Field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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17:37

Defense Industrial Base competitiveness report irked...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/23

Last week's report from the Pentagon on Defense Industrial Base competitiveness didn't sit well with services contractors. It recommended more merger oversight, modernizing intellectual property practices, and getting more companies into the DIB, among other things. Here with what the report might also have said is the Professional Services Council's Executive Vice President for Policy, Stephanie Kostro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:58

VA reopening union talks after Trump era's...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/23

Next month, nearly a year and a half into the Biden administration, Department of Veterans Affairs officials will re-open talks with their union workforce. The talks will be new. The articles in contention have been sticking points for years. Attorney Ibidun Roberts represents the American Federation of Government Employees National VA Council, and she joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it all out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:18

Could the vaccine mandate harm the U.S. military in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/22

The armed services have been discharging members who refused covid vaccine. The policy has affected only a small percentage of troops. But my next guest says the policy has legal and military flaws. Rob Capovilla is a partner in the law firm Capovilla & Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:48

Defense innovation bumps up against a cold war...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/22

Pentagon planners know the U.S. military needs new technologies, new innovations if it hopes to stay on top. But many of the innovation initiatives don't gain scale. My next guest says, that's because of the 1960s era planning, programming, budgeting and execution process the Defense Department uses -- the PPB&E. Jerry McGinn is executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:25

How Congress plans to fill in the budget framework...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/22

Congress bought more time to fill in what members called a framework for 2022 appropriations. That put the government into another three weeks of continuing resolution. Just what are the prospects for an actual budget. Here's Bloomberg Government congress reporter Jack Fitzpatrick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:47

The U.S. is mostly out of Afghanistan, but not...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/22

The Biden administration pulled U.S. troops and pretty much everything else out of Afghanistan months ago. But the work of the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, goes on. There's humanitarian aid flowing into Afghanistan. And still things to account for. The Federal Drive got an update from the special IG, John Sopko. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:54

Navy thinks it has some specific answers to the ‘fix...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/22

It may not be the biggest military challenge the Pentagon faces. But the Navy is taking on an issue that affects the productivity of its sailors and civilians. Namely, how to keep security programs on PCs and other end points from dragging down performance to where it becomes a frustration. That's among the developments in this week's DOD reporters notebook with Jared Serbu and Scott Maucione. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:33

Time to reel in the growing number of supply chain...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/22

In 2019, the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Council strategy acknowledged the need to have a centralized body to unify federal supply chain risk management activities. Two years later, the FASC still isn't there yet. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why there still is an ad hoc approach by agencies to protect their supply chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:23

NASA plows ahead on a program to ensure nutrition for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/18

Like iron chef contestants, researchers at NASA push ahead on a program to develop food systems for astronauts who will be in space for months. Years even. Late last year we reported on a round of 18 first-round grants made by the Deep Space Food Challenge program. For what's going on with Round Two, the program manager for NASA's Centennial Challenges, Monsi Roman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:26

The GSA opens the door to more equitable art in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/18

The General Services Administration not only oversees most federal buildings and offices, it also manages the artwork that graces them. It recently issued a new final rule for its Art in Architecture program, lifting what it calls restrictions on artistic subjects and themes. And to promote the administration's equity goals. For more, we turn to the GSA's senior advisor to the administrator for equity, Andrea O'Neal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:59

Homeland Security asked for advice on the cyber...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/18

If cybersecurity is one of the nation's most potent threats, the answer is as much talent as technology. That's why, with orders from Congress, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency turned to the National Academy of Public Administration. NAPA evaluated what the agency is doing to help build the nation's cyber workforce. With highlights of what it found, NAPA study co-chairs Karen Evans and Dan Chenok. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:26

Navy plans to become ‘cyber ready’ by ditching...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/18

An influx of money from the CARES Act helped the Navy Department make major strides in modernizing its networks. Now, leaders say, it’s time to focus on bolstering those networks’ cybersecurity. Part of that is a major pivot from compliance-driven approaches to ones that focus on continuous monitoring. The new effort is called Cyber Ready. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has more details on what the Navy and Marine Corps are trying to achieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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16:06

Air Force planning project to cut extraneous S&T...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/18

The Air Force has been planting seeds for new technologies over the past few years by investing in prototypes. The hope is they'll will bloom into exciting new programs. But now, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the weedwhacker is coming. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive with more on the service’s 2024 budget cycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:33

One crucial group at the Justice Department isn't...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/17

The Justice Department has laid out its plans to have employees return to their offices. It stresses maximum telework. But one group says actual telework policies are all over the place, depending on which office you work in. More from the vice president of the Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Adam Hanna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:06

This analyst says the Pentagon is so future-focused...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/17

The U.S. military establishment is so focused on future technology that it risks national security right now. That's the thesis of my next guest. She argues an obsession with future, and futuristic, technology can lead planners off course. Joining the Federal Drive with more, the Brookings foreign policy fellow Amy Nelson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27:33

Two new agency headquarters top the list of projects...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2022/02/17

Agencies of the Homeland Security and Treasury Departments are about to get brand new headquarters buildings. And nice ones at that. For details, the Federal Drive spoke with Marcel Acosta, the executive director of the National Capital Planning Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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