Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

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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 What needs to happen next for the White House zero trust cyber strategy to really work | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 890

The Biden administration has done well in building momentum behind its zero trust initiatives. But a focus on short-term goals, to the exclusion of long-term planning, runs the risk of undershooting a sustained impact. That’s the warning in a new report from the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council – or NSTAC - on the state of zero trust adoption in the federal government. Federal News Network's David Thornton has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 USAID creates a new position to oversee digital technologies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1541

There's a new position at the U.S. Agency for International Development. It's called the Chief Digital Development Officer. For what the job is all about and why, we've got the guy who holds it. Christopher Burns joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Why better decision-making, not just money, is key to military superiority | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1152

Let's face it. China may no longer be a near-peer to the United States, militarily. It's likely caught up and could even be ahead. Analysis by Govini finds that to gain or keep an advantage, military leaders don't need more money. They need better decision science. Joining the Federal Drive to explain, Govini's vice president of strategy, Billy Fabian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 IRS creates ‘surge team’ to address backlog, scraps plan to close tax processing center | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1137

The IRS, still struggling with a backlog of tax returns, is coming up a few options to rev things up. Like surge teams of extra employees to work on its processing operations, taking on the backlog of paper tax returns and correspondence. The IRS is also canceling plans to close a tax processing center, following the advice of agency overseers. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 For U.S. military leaders, Ukraine is a golden learning opportunity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1127

The capabilities of the Russian military have been on display for several days now. Its strengths, weaknesses, and general operational doctrines. For how U.S. military leaders are likely monitoring it and taking notes, and what they hope to learn, the Federal Drive turned to Hudson Institute senior fellow Bryan Clark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Here's what you did not know about contract award protests | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1083

The government releases too little information about bid protests. More information would help companies and the government craft better procurement policies and measure them over them. Those are the contentions of my next guest. He wrote a program that analyzed 7,000 protests spanning 20 years. And he's not even yet a lawyer. George Washington University law student Will Dawson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Why federal building screening is getting more difficult and needs a tech refresh | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1072

More illegal weapons, more viruses, the return of crowds, and some new buildings, screening for federal facilities is about to get more complicated. For how this basic but critical function is changing, the Federal Drive spoke with the CEO of Patriot One, Peter Evans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Whistleblower awards are falling faster then Facebook stock | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1332

Last year the government agencies paid whistleblowers $237 million for exposing waste and fraud. It was the lowest yearly total since 2008. By comparison, the total reached $715 million in 2014. For what's going on, long time whistleblower attorney Stephen Kohn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 How VA's community health system slowed down in the pandemic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1106

When the pandemic first hit, it had a big effect on the Veterans Health Administration. Among the effects: Veterans had trouble getting routine health care appointments at outside facilities, under the VA's community care program. For more on what happened, VA deputy assistant inspector general, Leigh Ann Searight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Federal employee union presses DHS to follow through on expanding collective bargaining for TSOs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 935

The largest federal employee union is pressing the Biden administration to follow through on a pledge to expand collective bargaining for transportation security officers. The American Federation of Government Employees says the Transportation Security Administration is attempting to scuttle the process. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Army seeing some progress in its digital transformation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 947

The Army decided it needed a redesign of how it approaches information technology. The result: a digital transformation strategy. Now, just four months in, Army officials see some results, although in some places more than others. Joining the Federal Drive with the latest, Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Low wages lead younger Congressional staffers to burn out fast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1083

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

 One way the Labor Department is bolstering the U.S. technology workforce | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1051

Under a grant from the Labor Department, the technology trade group known as CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, has been working to establish technology apprenticeships. The general aim is to help fill workforce gaps in both government industry. For details, the Federal Drive spoke to CompTIA's senior vice president for workforce relations, Amy Kardel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Don't throw out your 8 millimeter movies. The Library of Congress may want them | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1229

My next guest might have one of the coolest jobs in the federal government. He's head of the moving image section at the Library of Congress. Recently the section posted a digitized version of something never seen before, a home movie of a famous rock concert from 1969. Coming on the Federal Drive to tell us about his work, and about that grainy movie, Mike Mashon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Military legal advisors are about to get a boost from artificial intelligence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1084

When the U.S. military actually uses force, it does so after getting legal advice from the judge advocate general corp. To improve and speed up the assembly of that advice, the Air Force is looking to see if artificial intelligence can help. Joining the Federal Drive to explain this initiative, Visimo vice president Alex Heit, and West Point law professor Hitoshi Nasu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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