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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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18:05

Veterans Affairs has a staffing model, but does the...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/16

Staffing, keeping all of its available positions filled with the right people, has been an enduring challenge for the Veterans Affairs Department. And VA has a model for staffing. But the VA office of inspector general finds, the model somehow fails to translate into a clear picture of staffing requirements. For more, the deputy assistant inspector general for healthcare inspections, Julie Kroviak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:56

Army says soldiers must be vaccinated by Dec. 15 or...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/16

Last month the Defense Department said it would mandate COVID vaccinations for all service members. Now the military branches are out with their implementation plans. The Army is the latest to roll out a strategy. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive with details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:36

Treasury Department wants to digitize all payments...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/16

The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service sees an opportunity to catch up, after spending much of the pandemic getting payments out to the public. In a letter to the agency's financial staff, agency executives say they're looking to disburse nearly all payments electronically by 2030. And to flag more improper payments, and modernize its data. For more, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the commissioner Tim Gribben Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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20:45

Following NAPA study, OPM details broad plans to...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/15

The Office of Personnel Management agreed with nearly all of the recommendations the National Academy of Public Administration made earlier this spring about how it should move on from the unsuccessful merger and reshape itself. The agency submitted its plans for charting a new course to Congress. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joins me now to explain what those plans are... and just how much Congress will need to get involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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15:58

Former Navy spokesman recalls evacuation from...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/15

A final story in our look back at 9/11 and its aftermath: On that sunny morning, Joe Gradisher was a spokesman in the Navy’s Chief of Information Office (CHINFO). After the plane smashed into the Pentagon, Gradisher was among the thousands who evacuated the military headquarters building and scrambled to continue the mission. Gradisher retired as a Navy captain but still works in the Pentagon as a civilian public affairs officer. He spoke with Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday on Federal Drive

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17:27

How much money do GAO audits actually save federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/15

It used to be called the "General Accounting Office." The GAO audits both financial and program performance of federal agencies. Now the nonpartisan Lincoln Network has analyzed data supplied by the GAO that's not normally public, and it says a lot about how much money the GAO's work actually saves. For details, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Director of Cyber and National Security at the Lincoln Network, Dan Lips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:09

Hazards of self-certification and other lessons...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/15

As federal pandemic response lumbers along, the lessons learned are piling up. That's thanks to the work of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, fondly known as the PRAC. For an update, the PRAC Executive Director Bob Westbrooks spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:03

Sammies-recognized USDA engineer extending lives of...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/15

When it comes to dams operated by the federal government, most of us tend to think of the big ones named after former presidents. But the Agriculture Department plays a little-recognized role in managing the nation’s dams too: Tens of thousands of them. Most of them are relatively small, and they’re showing their age. But USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has found innovative ways to extend their lives and prevent potentially catastrophic floods. Sherry Hunt is a supervisory research engineer

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9:30

DoD wants transformational 2023 budget, but will take...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/14

The Defense Department is moving on from 2022, even as Congress debates the upcoming budgets. Defense planners have begun focusing on 2023. In fact they promise a "transformational" 2023. Federal Drive host Tom Temin discusses what's in store for the Defense Department DoD budget with FNN's DoD reporter Scott Maucione. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:24

Funding OMB’s zero trust mandate may be the toughest...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/14

The Federal Drive's Tom Temin talks with Jason Miller about his Reporter's Notebook for this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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10:22

Funny thing one contractor learned. It's a bad idea...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/14

Prison time, restitution, lifetime debarment, loss of your company. That's what can happen if you bribe a federal contracting official, as one contractor found out recently. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joined Tom Temin for a recap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:16

Housing and Urban Development's inspector general has...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/14

When you're inspector general of a federal department, there's never a shortage of work. A case in point is the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has some long standing issues in areas like information technology and program improvement. HUD Inspector General Rae Oliver Davis joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in the studio for a conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:28

The federal employee vaccination mandate has launched...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/13

The Senate returns to work today, as questions hover over the $3.5 trillion spending bill sought by most Democrats. Republican members are also questioning the Biden administration's order that all federal employees become vaccinated against COVID-19. Joining the Federal Drive with a look ahead, WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:16

How the intelligence community changed for good in...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/13

As we continue a look back on the lessons of 9/11, we focus on the intelligence community and how it changed. Robert Cardillo is the former director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, now the President of the Cardillo group. He tells executive editor Jason Miller about how the whole apparatus pivoted overnight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:02

When it comes to artificial intelligence, a mind is a...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/13

In a bid to make sure no brainpower is overlooked, an Army has established research partnerships with historically black and minority-serving colleges and universities. The topics: Artificial intelligence and machine learning. With details on how the initiative works and what the Army hopes to get, the outreach program manager at the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Research Laboratory , Dr. Val Emery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:29

OPM officials recall role agency played in aftermath...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/13

Long-time employees at the Office of Personnel Management have vivid memories of September 11th and its aftermath, the traffic, the chaos of everyone trying to leave Washington. They also remember OPM as a source of information for agencies, helping them decide how to send their employees home and crafting guidance for the following day. Kathy McGettigan is a senior adviser to the OPM director. Kathie Whipple is the agency's deputy general counsel. And Brenda Roberts is the deputy associate director

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17:51

A Tuesday like no other: Feds recall shock of 9/11

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/10

As we commemorate a Tuesday like no other. 9/11 sparked a resurgence in trust in government, at least temporarily. And it pushed many people to make the career choice to join or stick with government. We asked our listeners and readers to share some of their 9/11 recollections on a special recorded line. What you hear next are their voices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:01

The story of two State Department security operatives...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/10

More than 50 special agents with the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service joined the surge of first responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. In the days and weeks that followed, they went supported emergency workers and federal colleagues at Ground Zero. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with two of them. Diplomatic Security Service Supervisory special agent Christopher Gu. And, the voice you'll hear first, the assistant special agent in charge of

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17:42

Navy reservist and FBI agent who walked a cadaver dog...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/10

Eileen Roemer was an FBI agent and Navy reservist at the time of the attacks. On the week of 9/11, she was serving on active duty at the Navy Command Center in the Pentagon. Roemer’s shift ended in the morning, just before the attacks started. She would go on to aid the family of a colleague who was killed in the attack, and then help lead cadaver dog teams tasked with searching through debris at the Pentagon. She spoke with Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices

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17:16

Biden will now require vaccines for all federal...

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton ·

2021/09/10

The Biden Administration has taken its vaccination-or-test prescription for federal employees to return to the office, a big step further. Now it's ordering all federal employees to become vaccinated, as part of a six-point plan to rein in the stubborn pandemic. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined the Federal Drive with the details, and the reactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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