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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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17:33

Is the Postal Service worrying too much about...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/02

The Postal Service delivered more than a billion packages during its peak holiday operations last year, and looks to break that record again this year. But a new study suggests USPS is putting too much of an emphasis on its package business, while sacrificing prompt mail delivery to all parts of the country. For a closer look at this study, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the former Commerce Department under secretary for economic affairs, Robert Shapiro. Learn more about your ad

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17:38

Is the Postal Service worrying too much about...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/02

The Postal Service delivered more than a billion packages during its peak holiday operations last year, and looks to break that record again this year. But a new study suggests USPS is putting too much of an emphasis on its package business, while sacrificing prompt mail delivery to all parts of the country. For a closer look at this study, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the former Commerce Department under secretary for economic affairs, Robert Shapiro. Learn more about your ad

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20:23

NSA needs to improve cost reimbursement contracts, IG...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/01

No contract type requires more government oversight than cost reimbursement. Looking at just a small sample of invoices incurred by the National Security Agency, its inspector general found the NSA has some work to do. Inspector General Robert Storch had the details on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:15

Navy turns heads by giving Huntington Ingalls a pass...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/01

The White House is mandating that federal contractors get vaccinated, but that doesn’t mean everyone. The Navy is turning a blind eye to by not amending its contracts with the nation’s largest shipbuilder to require the shots. That decision effects tens of thousands of contractors. 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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16:53

How can BLM manage with many vacancies after...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/01

The Bureau of Land Management, part of the Interior Department, famously relocated from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction, Colorado, in 2019. It hasn't gone smoothly. The agency is rife with vacancies because many people didn't want to move. The Government Accountability Office now has several recommendations for how BLM can manage back to normal. For more, the GAO's director of Natural Resources and Environment Issues, Frank Rusco, spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your

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16:24

2021 saw 12% drop in bid protests for federal contracts

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/01

It's out - the annual tally of contract protests filed by companies both before and after agencies have made awards. The numbers aren't drastically different but there are some important trends. Here with the numbers and the analysis, Federal News Network's Jason Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:42

New jets, same old mistakes in Air Force purchasing

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/12/01

The Defense Department is in the midst of an acquisition program for a new fighter jet. Actually it's an extensively modified version of an old warhorse, the F-15, known as the F-15 E-X. Dan Grazier said the plane may be mostly new, but the Air Force is making some old mistakes in buying it. He is a military fellow at the Project on Government Oversight, and he joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:04

Services contractors gear up for a battle with the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/30

An executive order from the Biden administration is ostensibly aimed at protecting employees of services contractors. It would require a company that wins a follow-on contract from an incumbent, to give the incumbent employees first right of refusal to work for the winning company. It's an idea that's come up in earlier Democratic administrations. Joining the Federal Drive with one view of it, the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro. Learn more

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15:58

An unresolved question: Can contractors contribute to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/30

The Federal Election Commission on a party-line vote recently decided not to sanction a federal prisons contractor. The company, GEO Group, had made a big contribution to the Donald Trump political action committee in 2016. Where can contractors contribute politically, and where can they not? Bloomberg Government senior editor Ken Doyle has been following this question closely, and joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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50:08

An update on DHS' bid to hire and promote more...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/30

Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security the authority to create its own cybersecurity personnel system back in 2014. Six years later, the new cyber talent management system is live, and accepting applications. CTMS lets the department recruit, hire, pay and promote cybersecurity talent in a completely different way from the traditional General Schedule. Angela Bailey is the DHS chief human capital officer. Travis Hoadley is the director of innovation for CTMS. And Erin Hayes is the CTMS

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21:15

Data management emerges as a top performance...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/30

As it does every year, the Health and Human Services office of inspector general publishes the top management and performance challenges facing the department. This year, the IG found that HHS faces significant challenges when it comes to data, managing it and using it. Joining the Federal Drive with details, the senior counselor to the OIG, Andrew VanLandingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:10

How Labor is tackling a unique modernization challenge

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/29

The Labor Department’s new initiative to modernize the technology that underlies the delivery of unemployment insurance. It's far from your typical IT project. Labor has more than 50 customers, each at varying stages of development and with varying types of technology. Michele Evermore is the deputy director for policy in the office of unemployment insurance modernization at the Labor Department. Gundeep Ahluwalia is the chief information officer. They tell executive editor Jason Miller about their

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8:54

Sated from Thanksgiving, Congress now has an expiring...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/29

The Continuing Resolution under which the government has been operating since October 1 will expire this Friday. Returning from its Thanksgiving recess, dealing with the budget is a top priority for both chambers. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all this with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:37

The 2020 count is not the only major program the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/29

Now that the 2020 decennial count is more or less in the rearview mirror, the Census Bureau has a new concern: The five-year American Community Survey will also be late, with the pandemic to blame, as well. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all this with Census Project co-director Howard Fienberg, who said Congress needs to bolster the Census Bureau with funds to modernize its data infrastructure and enhance the vital American Community Survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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12:00

What will it be for DoD: Force structure or soft power?

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/29

The Biden administration's military strategy appears to support a reduction in forces while relying more on soft-power tools. That is the gist of the most recent (and detailed) analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. For highlights about what upcoming budget battles are all about, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with CSIS senior adviser Mark Cancian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:24

New TSA security directives to levy cyber...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/24

The Transportation Security Administration is proposing new cybersecurity regulations. They would apply to high-risk rail operators. It’s part of a broader push by Homeland Security to improve cybersecurity across the transportation sector. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:30

State Department contract on protective services gets...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/24

It's one thing for a contracting officer to help a bidder in a tight contract competition to fix errors in its bid. It's another thing to disclose information from a competitor's offer. That's what happened in a State Department plan to recompete protective services. We got details from Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:13

SSA needs to tighten up oversight of state medical...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/24

The Social Security Administration delegates to state agencies responsibility for making disability determinations. States in turn use medical experts, some staff, some contracted. Either way, the Government Accountability Office found Social Security needs to shore up its oversight of state medical experts. For more, we turned to the director of GAO's education, workforce and income security team, Elizabeth Curda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:18

VHA teams up with University of Maryland on prostate...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/24

Gentlemen, listen up. Prostate cancer is no fun. But it takes many forms. Some will get you fast. Others grow so slowly you'll die from something else. Now the Veterans Health Administration is teaming with the University of Maryland on a research project. It's goal is to establish new surveillance methods to track those with low-risk prostate cancer. With what's going on, the chief of urology for the VA Maryland Healthcare System, Dr. Mohammed Minhaj Siddiqui. Learn more about your ad choices

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17:52

Defense Department makes decision on latest moving...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/24

U.S. Transportation Command’s first attempt to reform the military moving system got derailed by a successful bid protest. Now it’s reawarded the Global Household Goods Contract to one of the companies that lost the first time around. The initial award is worth an estimated $6.2 billion over the next three year, and could be worth up to $20 billion if DoD renews its options for a full nine years. The winning firm this time is called HomeSafe Alliance. It’s a new joint venture owned by KBR and Tier

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