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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 An unresolved question: Can contractors contribute to candidates' super PACs? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 958

The Federal Election Commission on a party-line vote recently decided not to sanction a federal prisons contractor. The company, GEO Group, had made a big contribution to the Donald Trump political action committee in 2016. Where can contractors contribute politically, and where can they not? Bloomberg Government senior editor Ken Doyle has been following this question closely, and joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 An update on DHS' bid to hire and promote more cybersecurity personnel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3008

Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security the authority to create its own cybersecurity personnel system back in 2014. Six years later, the new cyber talent management system is live, and accepting applications. CTMS lets the department recruit, hire, pay and promote cybersecurity talent in a completely different way from the traditional General Schedule. Angela Bailey is the DHS chief human capital officer. Travis Hoadley is the director of innovation for CTMS. And Erin Hayes is the CTMS director of operations. They tell Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko, why it took so long to develop the system. You hear Bailey first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Data management emerges as a top performance challenge for Health and Human Services | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1275

As it does every year, the Health and Human Services office of inspector general publishes the top management and performance challenges facing the department. This year, the IG found that HHS faces significant challenges when it comes to data, managing it and using it. Joining the Federal Drive with details, the senior counselor to the OIG, Andrew VanLandingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 How Labor is tackling a unique modernization challenge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1750

The Labor Department’s new initiative to modernize the technology that underlies the delivery of unemployment insurance. It's far from your typical IT project. Labor has more than 50 customers, each at varying stages of development and with varying types of technology. Michele Evermore is the deputy director for policy in the office of unemployment insurance modernization at the Labor Department. Gundeep Ahluwalia is the chief information officer. They tell executive editor Jason Miller about their plans to help states tackle this challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Sated from Thanksgiving, Congress now has an expiring CR to deal with | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 534

The Continuing Resolution under which the government has been operating since October 1 will expire this Friday. Returning from its Thanksgiving recess, dealing with the budget is a top priority for both chambers. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all this with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The 2020 count is not the only major program the Census Bureau has had to delay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 697

Now that the 2020 decennial count is more or less in the rearview mirror, the Census Bureau has a new concern: The five-year American Community Survey will also be late, with the pandemic to blame, as well. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked about all this with Census Project co-director Howard Fienberg, who said Congress needs to bolster the Census Bureau with funds to modernize its data infrastructure and enhance the vital American Community Survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 What will it be for DoD: Force structure or soft power? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 720

The Biden administration's military strategy appears to support a reduction in forces while relying more on soft-power tools. That is the gist of the most recent (and detailed) analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. For highlights about what upcoming budget battles are all about, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with CSIS senior adviser Mark Cancian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 New TSA security directives to levy cyber requirements on railroad sector | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 924

The Transportation Security Administration is proposing new cybersecurity regulations. They would apply to high-risk rail operators. It’s part of a broader push by Homeland Security to improve cybersecurity across the transportation sector. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 State Department contract on protective services gets complicated | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 990

It's one thing for a contracting officer to help a bidder in a tight contract competition to fix errors in its bid. It's another thing to disclose information from a competitor's offer. That's what happened in a State Department plan to recompete protective services. We got details from Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 SSA needs to tighten up oversight of state medical experts, watchdog says | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1033

The Social Security Administration delegates to state agencies responsibility for making disability determinations. States in turn use medical experts, some staff, some contracted. Either way, the Government Accountability Office found Social Security needs to shore up its oversight of state medical experts. For more, we turned to the director of GAO's education, workforce and income security team, Elizabeth Curda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 VHA teams up with University of Maryland on prostate cancer research | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1098

Gentlemen, listen up. Prostate cancer is no fun. But it takes many forms. Some will get you fast. Others grow so slowly you'll die from something else. Now the Veterans Health Administration is teaming with the University of Maryland on a research project. It's goal is to establish new surveillance methods to track those with low-risk prostate cancer. With what's going on, the chief of urology for the VA Maryland Healthcare System, Dr. Mohammed Minhaj Siddiqui. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Defense Department makes decision on latest moving system contract | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1072

U.S. Transportation Command’s first attempt to reform the military moving system got derailed by a successful bid protest. Now it’s reawarded the Global Household Goods Contract to one of the companies that lost the first time around. The initial award is worth an estimated $6.2 billion over the next three year, and could be worth up to $20 billion if DoD renews its options for a full nine years. The winning firm this time is called HomeSafe Alliance. It’s a new joint venture owned by KBR and Tier One Relocation. Al Thompson is HomeSafe’s CEO, and a former director of the Defense Logistics Agency. He talked with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu about how the contract and the reforms will work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Guess what? Federal contractors are coming off a great year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1042

Federal sales boomed during the fiscal 21, with General Services Administration buying vehicles reporting sales records. That shouldn't be a surprise given record appropriations in response to the pandemic. My next guest says that despite the strength of the market, dark clouds hover over contractors. Larry Allen is president of Allen Federal Business Partners and he joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The Biden management agenda: New sneakers or retread? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1188

The Biden administration's management agenda, which it called a vision, laid out three basic principles. Boosting the federal workforce, improving citizen service, and using the bureaucracy to achieve the administration's agenda. New stuff or old wine in a new bottle? The Federal Drive got one view from the president and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, Terry Gerton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 USAID wants to make it easier for partners to compete for its grant money | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1050

The U.S. Agency for International Development is looking to expand the roster of organizations it partners with around the world. So it's launched a set of online resources to help new partners get together with experienced ones and with the agency. It's all housed at a new site called WorkWithUSAID.org. Joining the Federal Drive with details, USAID's industry liaison, Matthew Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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