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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 New partnership between Pentagon and industry to collaborate on spectrum sharing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1008

Like the return of D.C. Beltway traffic, the electromagnetic spectrum is getting downright congested. Wireless companies want the Defense Department to share more access to the valuable mid-band spectrum. The National Spectrum Consortium is bringing DoD and industry officials together in a new task group to collaborate on spectrum sharing. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday, spoke with the chairman of the NSC task group, Brian Regan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 A simple user agreement is changing how the Air Force looks at software | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1048

The Air Force’s innovative software shop Kessel Run and Air Combat Command have entered into an agreement. It seems unremarkable, but the implications could change every program in ACC. The agreement allows Kessel Run to constantly upgrade systems in a DevSecOps fashion. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione talked with Kessel Run’s test and integration chief Jacque Torson, for Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR challenges, low employee morale at initial go-live site | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1048

The Department of Veterans Affairs is still struggling with its new electronic health record one year after deploying it to the first site last October. Survey results from employees in Spokane, Washington, show satisfaction with the new system remains low. The department said it's planning to deploy the new EHR to a second site this coming February. But members of Congress said VA is moving on before fully resolving problems at the first site, where employee morale and productivity are deteriorating. Hear more from Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 More DoD contracting dollars are going to shrinking pool of small businesses | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1321

The Defense Department has been steadily increasing the number of contracting dollars it directs to small business. But the number of small businesses it does business with is dropping. For the Government Accountability Office, that indicates a need to better coordinate the department's many efforts to promote small business. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got more from the GAO's director of financial markets and community investment issues, Bill Shear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Research firm forecasts top trends in 2022 for public sector workforce | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1263

More people are teleworking permanently, more paperwork is undergoing automation, and there is more adoption of the latest cybersecurity strategies. Those are among the top trends for public sector employees for 2022, according to Forrester Research, a leading prognosticator. For more, Forrester Vice President Rick Parrish spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Nonprofit connecting Defense and industry marks 25 years, new leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1081

The Institute for Defense and Business, a nonprofit that designs educational programs for federal civilian and military agencies, has someone new at the top. Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Mark Faulkner has joined as president. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The clock is ticking on the deadline for federal contractor employees to get vaccinated | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1202

The Biden Administration is facing numerous lawsuits – including at least three separate suits filed by Republican state attorneys general – challenging the legality of its vaccine mandate for federal contractors. It’s still unclear whether courts will intervene before the December 8 vaccination deadline. But whether they do or not, contractors have some big concerns of their own about how the mandate is supposed to work in practice. Stephanie Kostro is executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, and she joins us now to talk about some of the issues vendors are flagging for federal policymakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 One labor union's perspective on the Biden administration's latest moves to encourage union participation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1101

The Biden Administration has made clear it wants to maximize union participation throughout the American workforce, both public and private. Last month, it took new steps meant to encourage it within the federal workforce specifically. Among other steps, the new guidelines tell agencies they should inform new hires about whether their new job is represented by a union, and which one it is. Matt Biggs is president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. He joined the Federal Drive to talk more about what the new guidelines mean for federal labor unions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Growing numbers of service members are getting covid vaccine exemptions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1250

It's one of the big questions of the day. Who should be exempted by their employers from a vaccine mandate? In the case of active duty military members, it's not so clear. But lots of queries have been lighting up the phones of our next guest. He's the managing partner of the law firm Tully Rinckey, Sean Timmons. He spoke with the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 DoD IT agency gets chief data office to help shift toward automated cybersecurity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 973

The Defense Information Systems Agency is taking a hard look at its budget and program plans over the next year. Agency officials say they want to make sure they’re making the right investments, especially as flat defense budgets loom on the horizon. For the latest, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 DISA expressing its needs to industry partners | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1045

The Defense Information Systems Agency's annual forecast to industry day last Friday in Baltimore was chock full of information about where the agency is spending its billions of dollars in 2022 and beyond. But what the more than 200 industry executives came away with was a clear message from DISA about what it really wants from contractors. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about what DISA expects from vendors over the next few years. Jason joined the Federal Drive to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 House leadership wants to get on with a final appropriation agreement for fiscal 2022 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1025

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mary.) is impatient. He wants the House to work out differences with the Senate on fiscal 2022 regular spending, so the government can get past the continuing resolution. For more, Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  An international perspective on how the good-guy governments are cooperating on cybersecurity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1529

Ever since Interpol, western governments have been cooperating on crime. In recent years cyber crime has risen sharply. It also calls for the good-guy nations to cooperate. For some overseas perspective, the Federal Drive turned to the former director of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, now a professor at Oxford, Ciaran Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Even the government's premier cybersecurity bureau has a talent acquisition challenge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1292

With the rise of ransomware attacks, it's clear the cybersecurity threat in general continues to rise. And so does the shortage of cybersecurity talent to help take it on. Now the government's premier agency on the cyber front has developed a multi-pronged strategy for talent. For details, the Federal Drive turned to the deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Nitin Natarajan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 With agencies preparing for the future of work, Ahuja says OPM is ready to help | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1799

The Office of Personnel Management has had a busy few months. It's put out new guidance on telework and hybrid work. It's finalized ew policies on rehiring federal employees and student interns. And then there's that vaccine mandate for federal employees. More on all of this and for her next-year priorities, Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko spoke with OPM's new director, Kiran Ahuja. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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