Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Summary: When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analysis and insight on the many critical issues facing the Executive branch. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. region.
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The 2022 fiscal year got compressed to six months. To help with their crucial acquisitions, many agencies have already turned to the General Services Administration. Staff at GSA's assisted acquisition services are busy, but it's not too late to get in. For more on the procurement situation, the Federal Drive spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Navy has three carefully-selected delegates spending three months of learning in London. They're part of a program known as the Percy Hobart Fellowships. It aims to more closely link innovative elements of the private sector with the military. Some 40 other people from the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will also participate. For more of what's going on, we turn to one of the U.S. Navy participants. Alan Jaeger is director of the Ventura Tech Bridge at the Fathomwerx Lab. That's part of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Federal leave and time off policies can get mighty complicated. At the I-RS, both managers and line employees have had trouble sticking to procedures for family and medical leave act leave. And for absence without leave. Enough so that the commissioner asked the Treasury inspector general for tax administration to look into it. For what they found, the director of TIGTA's management and exempt organization business unit, Carl Aley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The first chief innovation officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation left after only a year on the job. Sultan Meghji cited several systemic barriers that frustrated him into leaving. Meghji's comments got executive editor Jason Miller thinking about what it takes to innovate in the federal government. In his weekly feature the reporter's notebook, Jason asked two former federal executives what it takes to be successful. Jason joined the Federal Drive to discuss what he learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For years, military service members have been raising flags about problems with privatized military housing ranging from lead paint to defrauding the government. Now after Congressional inquires, guilty pleas and promises to make good, a new Senate report finds at least one company is still misleading troops, their families and possibly the government. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ukraine, and keeping aid going to that country, it's one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill. Law makers return this week, and that's at the top of the agenda. The Federal Drive got more now from WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Commerce Department has been dealing with the internet and its implications since at least the mid 1990s. Mainly through an obscure agency known as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. My next guest worked there for many years, more recently as acting administrator. Evelyn Remaley is now a partner at the law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Imagine getting injured or killed by a piece of ordnance months or years after a war has ended. Yet this occurs all-too-frequently around the world thanks to leftover land mines and unexploded shells and bombs. For many years, the State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement has worked with international partners to reduce this problem. Joining the Federal Drive with a progress report, program director Karen Chandler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The State Department revving up efforts to promote accessibility, as part of its diversity and inclusion program. Its Bureau of Human Resources opened a new Access Center in 2020, to help employees with disabilities with enabling technology. As employees return to their offices, State sees the Access Center as central to its workplace. For more, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Brian McKeon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We know chief information security officers have job in the White House’s “zero trust” cybersecurity strategy. But what about chief data officers? Turns out they’re more involved than you might think. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Biden administration's management agenda, which the White House built out with a lot of detail last week, focuses on just three things. That's a wise approach, according to my next guest. The Federal Drive got perspective from our long-time federal management scene observer, Bob Tobias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You might have noticed. Energy, the climate and infrastructure have become leading topics for the federal government. My next guest says, that's beginning to manifest itself in sort of bellwether agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC. Joining the Federal Drive with what's going on, an energy specialist and partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, Levi McAllister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The armed services need to expend their numbers of high-ranking cybersecurity and cyber warfare officers. My next guest says the place to do that is at the war colleges, because right now there's not enough educational capacity in the military. Alfredo Rodriguez is senior analyst to the Marine Corps deputy commandant for information, and a retired Army signal lieutenant colonel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More federal employees are becoming eligible to retire, but the pipeline to find successor staff is running thin. Now, there’s a Senate bill aiming to add flexibilities for agency heads looking to hire early-career, or even temporary employees. Joining the Federal Drive with the details, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is expanding – again. DIU opened a new office in Chicago yesterday, hoping to connect commercial innovators in the Midwest with military requirements. It’s the fifth regional hub DIU has launched since its beginnings in Silicon Valley seven years ago. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has details on the new midwestern hub, and what DoD’s hoping to achieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices