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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 Congress wants to overhaul FISMA. Agencies are already measuring security differently | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 959

Members of Congress are pushing to overhaul federal cybersecurity standards. But agencies are already starting to measure security a lot differently this year. That’s because the White House made some big revisions to quarterly cybersecurity metrics. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday reported on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Study of GAO bid protest data shows why it's hard to interpret the numbers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1038

One of the great parlor games in federal procurement is adding up the number of award protests every year. But because of the way the Government Accountability Office compiles the numbers, it's hard to understand the real patterns. This is the topic of a recently published paper. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got a summary from Smith Pachter McWhorter attorney Joseph Petrillo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 EPA acquisitions leader receives Presidential Rank Award | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1266

When it comes to acquisition, Kimberly Patrick has done it all. She used lean management to reduce backlogs and speed up procurements, brought senior agency management into acquisition planning, found innovative ways to meet small business goals. She's the director of Office of Acquisition Solutions, Office of Mission Support at the EPA, and the recent recipient of a Presidential Rank Award. She joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 VA automating disability claims processing to cut down backlog | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 997

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it’s processing its backlog of disability claims faster than ever. But it’s also getting new disability claims faster than ever. To get ahead, the VA is turning to automation to process some claims in as little as a day or two. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman had more on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Government's responses to major cyber breaches were well-coordinated, GAO says | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1176

The name SolarWinds has become synonymous with a scary cybersecurity crisis. It's one of at least two widescale breaches to which the government had to respond. The other is when hackers showed they could get into and take over Microsoft Exchange Server. The Government Accountability Office took a look at the federal response to these two incidents. The director of GAO's Information Technology and Cybersecurity team Jennifer Franks joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with what they found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 A big governmentwide telecom contract just can't seem to gain altitude. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1086

On of the weirder federal I-T developments of recent years is how slowly agencies are using a governmentwide telecom contract that's supposed to be mandatory. It's the Enterprise Information Solutions multiple-award program operated by the General Services Administration. For some facts and figures, and why this might be happening, the Federal Drive turned to federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Why NASA has a crucial need to transform itself from the agency of the 80s | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1088

NASA, famously and consistently the best place to work in government, has an urgent need to transform itself and how it operates. That's the principal finding of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, in its latest annual report to Congress. For highlights, we turn to the panel chair, Dr. Patricia Sanders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 How the boost in federal contracting with small and disadvantaged businesses will actually happen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1232

The Biden administration has been pushing for more federal contracting dollars to go to small and disadvantaged businesses. The specific goal is for an additional $100 billion to such businesses over the next five years. For how agencies can start to reach this goal, the acting director of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Lesley Field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Navy, Marines begin massive housing inspection | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1052

They won't make the Wall Street Journal weekly mansion section, but Marine Corps housing units are about to have the moment in the sun. In fact, certified inspectors and engineers are about to examine tends of thousands of Marines' homes. Why? It's all explained in this week's DOD Reporters Notebook by Federal News Network's Scott Maucione and Jared Serbu. But first we're going to ask Jared Serbu about another large-scale undertaking, as the Navy deploys virtual desktop capabilities to its reserve force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 More on White House's new zero-trust strategy from federal CISO | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1063

Agencies have a clear roadmap of how to achieve the Biden administration's goal of improving cybersecurity from the application to the network and across the data layers. The Office of Management and Budget's final zero trust strategy, released last week, is both prescriptive and flexible enough to act as a starting point for this three-year journey. Chris DeRusha is the federal chief information security officer at OMB. He tells Federal News Network's Jason Miller and Justin Doubleday how this final strategy brings several other ongoing cyber efforts under one umbrella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Justice Breyer might have just caused the continuing resolution to stretch out | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1066

Congress returns to town this week, and of course everyone is in a tizzy over the Supreme Court vacancy. But the outcome there is fairly predictable. More uncertain is what they'll do about the federal budget and a few other of what should be bread-and-butter issues. More now from WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1282

A gambit by the Biden administration to mail COVID test kits to every household, has highlighted a part of the Postal Service most people don't see. The mail and packaging sorting and logistics that takes place before items get onto the little white trucks. Joining the Federal Drive with an update, the president of the American Postal Workers Union, Mark Dimondstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 USPTO pilots a program to trim patent pendency, and ease things for certain applicants | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1086

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is about to launch a program called the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot. It lets certain patent applicants hold off on time-consuming answers to questions early in the patent process. For what it's all about and why it matters, the Federal Drive turned to the deputy commissioner for patents, Bob Bahr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Federal CIO Martorana going on a hiring spree in preparation for busy 2022 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 959

The Office of the Federal CIO at OMB is going on a hiring spree. Clare Martorana, the federal CIO, is filling open positions with an expectation for a busy 2022. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller has more about why the turnover in the Federal CIO's office isn't necessarily a bad thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Biden signs order making sexual harassment a punishable offense in military | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 966

President Joe Biden signed an executive order last week, criminalizing sexual harassment in the military. The move mirrors a provision in the 2022 defense authorization act. Harassment has never been legal in the military. The new order expands the scope of the crime for prosecutors. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione talked about it with law firm Tully Rinckey managing partner Sean Timmons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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