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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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26:49

An update from the president's top man on the vaccine...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/04

The COVID pandemic not only made the world more dangerous. It also made it more complicated. When and how federal employees and contractors should return to their normal workplaces, that's turned into one of the toughest questions to nail down. The policy work falls to a special committee known as the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. For an update, the Federal Drive turned to the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, Jason Miller. Learn more about your ad choices

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16:46

GSA sets goals to shrink federal office space...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/04

General Services Administration Federal Building Service officials see a rare opportunity to reduce the federal government’s office space. Nearly half of GSA-leases will expire over the next four years, giving GSA a chance to shift people to government-owned buildings and save money. They're also asking Congress for more money to catch up on maintenance. For more on federal real estate, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:48

New partnership between Pentagon and industry to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/04

Like the return of D.C. Beltway traffic, the electromagnetic spectrum is getting downright congested. Wireless companies want the Defense Department to share more access to the valuable mid-band spectrum. The National Spectrum Consortium is bringing DoD and industry officials together in a new task group to collaborate on spectrum sharing. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday, spoke with the chairman of the NSC task group, Brian Regan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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17:28

A simple user agreement is changing how the Air Force...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/03

The Air Force’s innovative software shop Kessel Run and Air Combat Command have entered into an agreement. It seems unremarkable, but the implications could change every program in ACC. The agreement allows Kessel Run to constantly upgrade systems in a DevSecOps fashion. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione talked with Kessel Run’s test and integration chief Jacque Torson, for Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:28

Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/03

The Department of Veterans Affairs is still struggling with its new electronic health record one year after deploying it to the first site last October. Survey results from employees in Spokane, Washington, show satisfaction with the new system remains low. The department said it's planning to deploy the new EHR to a second site this coming February. But members of Congress said VA is moving on before fully resolving problems at the first site, where employee morale and productivity are

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22:01

More DoD contracting dollars are going to shrinking...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/03

The Defense Department has been steadily increasing the number of contracting dollars it directs to small business. But the number of small businesses it does business with is dropping. For the Government Accountability Office, that indicates a need to better coordinate the department's many efforts to promote small business. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got more from the GAO's director of financial markets and community investment issues, Bill Shear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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21:03

Research firm forecasts top trends in 2022 for public...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/03

More people are teleworking permanently, more paperwork is undergoing automation, and there is more adoption of the latest cybersecurity strategies. Those are among the top trends for public sector employees for 2022, according to Forrester Research, a leading prognosticator. For more, Forrester Vice President Rick Parrish spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:01

Nonprofit connecting Defense and industry marks 25...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/03

The Institute for Defense and Business, a nonprofit that designs educational programs for federal civilian and military agencies, has someone new at the top. Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Mark Faulkner has joined as president. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:02

The clock is ticking on the deadline for federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/02

The Biden Administration is facing numerous lawsuits – including at least three separate suits filed by Republican state attorneys general – challenging the legality of its vaccine mandate for federal contractors. It’s still unclear whether courts will intervene before the December 8 vaccination deadline. But whether they do or not, contractors have some big concerns of their own about how the mandate is supposed to work in practice. Stephanie Kostro is executive vice president for policy at the

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18:21

One labor union's perspective on the Biden...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/02

The Biden Administration has made clear it wants to maximize union participation throughout the American workforce, both public and private. Last month, it took new steps meant to encourage it within the federal workforce specifically. Among other steps, the new guidelines tell agencies they should inform new hires about whether their new job is represented by a union, and which one it is. Matt Biggs is president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. He joined the

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20:50

Growing numbers of service members are getting covid...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/02

It's one of the big questions of the day. Who should be exempted by their employers from a vaccine mandate? In the case of active duty military members, it's not so clear. But lots of queries have been lighting up the phones of our next guest. He's the managing partner of the law firm Tully Rinckey, Sean Timmons. He spoke with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:13

DoD IT agency gets chief data office to help shift...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/02

The Defense Information Systems Agency is taking a hard look at its budget and program plans over the next year. Agency officials say they want to make sure they’re making the right investments, especially as flat defense budgets loom on the horizon. For the latest, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:25

DISA expressing its needs to industry partners

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/02

The Defense Information Systems Agency's annual forecast to industry day last Friday in Baltimore was chock full of information about where the agency is spending its billions of dollars in 2022 and beyond. But what the more than 200 industry executives came away with was a clear message from DISA about what it really wants from contractors. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about what DISA expects from vendors over the next few years. Jason joined

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17:05

House leadership wants to get on with a final...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/01

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mary.) is impatient. He wants the House to work out differences with the Senate on fiscal 2022 regular spending, so the government can get past the continuing resolution. For more, Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:29

An international perspective on how the good-guy...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/01

Ever since Interpol, western governments have been cooperating on crime. In recent years cyber crime has risen sharply. It also calls for the good-guy nations to cooperate. For some overseas perspective, the Federal Drive turned to the former director of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, now a professor at Oxford, Ciaran Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:32

Even the government's premier cybersecurity bureau...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/01

With the rise of ransomware attacks, it's clear the cybersecurity threat in general continues to rise. And so does the shortage of cybersecurity talent to help take it on. Now the government's premier agency on the cyber front has developed a multi-pronged strategy for talent. For details, the Federal Drive turned to the deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Nitin Natarajan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:59

With agencies preparing for the future of work, Ahuja...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/11/01

The Office of Personnel Management has had a busy few months. It's put out new guidance on telework and hybrid work. It's finalized ew policies on rehiring federal employees and student interns. And then there's that vaccine mandate for federal employees. More on all of this and for her next-year priorities, Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko spoke with OPM's new director, Kiran Ahuja. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:54

The biggest success factor for federal contractors...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/10/29

With the infrastructure bills up in the air, and the government operating on a continuing resolution for routine spending, you might say the only thing that's certain is uncertainty. For advice how contractors can factor in that uncertainty and keep going, the Federal Drive turned to the senior director of federal market analysis at Deltek, Deniece Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:38

When it comes to federal procurement expertise, she's...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/10/29

Few people have more experience in the intricacies of federal procurement than Soraya Correa. She's led procurement operations at several Homeland Security component agencies and at headquarters. And she guided the purchasing staff into the age of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act era. In all, she spent 40 years in federal service at several agencies. Now she's been inducted as a fellow into the National Academy of Public Administration. Soraya Correa joined the Federal Drive

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17:51

Homeland Security seeks ideas from the public for...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/10/29

The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate is in the midst of series of prize competitions. It's asking people to come up with great ideas for helping communities deal with hazards thought to relate to climate change. The theme is resilience. Joining the Federal Drive from the Directorate with details, the senior science advisor for resilience, David Alexander. And the prize challenge program manager, Kathleen Kenyon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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