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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It took a lot of technology work to keep the government operating remotely through the pandemic. And IT staffs have gotten a lot of credit. But what about the finances of it all? Chief financial officers and their staffs have also labored to keep things under control. Grant Thornton and the Association of Government Accountants surveyed CFO's to document what they've done. Joining the Federal Drive with highlights, AGA CEO Ann Ebberts, and Grant Thornton managing principal Tony Scardino. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's been a little more than a month since the Veterans Affairs Department became the first federal agency to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for at least a portion of its workforce. VA says it's seeing an uptick in employee vaccinations since then. But it's also seeing a surge in COVID cases and even deaths among its staff. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined the Federal Drive to run through the numbers, and explain how things are going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Biden administration has launched yet another a new governmentwide web site. This one's for agencies to document how they will back up program performance with data and metrics. It's called Evaluation.gov. It's supposed to help agencies chart progress in complying with the Evidence Act. And let the public see what's going on. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joined the Federal Drive with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If they can put a man on the moon, how come NASA can't line up its appropriations and its acquisition strategy for a new landing vehicle? A series of protests over a $3 billion award to Space-X has turned up a lot of issues, as the Federal Drive hears from Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joe Petrillo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Air Force is hard at work on a project to replace its crucial weather satellites. A billion dollar, low-earth orbit baby is expected to launch in 2023. It will bring all sorts of new capabilities in weather data gathering. My next guest has been shepherding this project … and is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. The Federal Drive welcomed Air Force systems engineer Chong Le. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Now in its 31st year, the Nunn-Perry Mentor Protégé Program is a premier way the Defense Department recognizes individuals whose personal growth has helped deliver crucial capabilities to warfighters. Joining the Federal Drive with more about this year's program, the director of DOD's Office of Small Business Programs, Farooq Mitha. And the director of the Mentor-Protégé program, Kasey Diaz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Agencies had until mid-July to answer some big questions. How will employees eventually return to their offices? How will telework and remote work fit into their broader workforce plans. The answers to those questions are still in flux thanks to spread of the delta variant. Jane Datta is NASA's chief human capital officer. She tells Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko how NASA is thinking about the return to the office, and why it'll look much different for each employee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
They don't make compelling television footage, but immigration hearings are an important component of the system that's so distressing to the nation today. The people who actually conduct the hearings say they're struggling with the technology that is supposed to support them; with the pandemic; and with what they say are efforts to de-certify their union. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, Mimi Tsankov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Judging from the number of agencies that use it, facial recognition technology has gone mainstream in the federal government. The technology is getting faster and more accurate, and has a growing number of use cases. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from the director for science, technology assessment and analytics at the Government Accountability Office Candice Wright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If the government learned anything from the pandemic, it's that an outbreak from nature has much in common with a biological attack — at least in terms of preparedness and response. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked David Lasseter, former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, about the matter — starting with, has the thinking changed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Department of Homeland Security wants to see promising technologies developed in federal labs turned into commercial products it can buy to support its missions. DHS is helping that along by running a new series of competitions among startup teams. Last week marked the end of the first “Homeland Security Startup Studio.” Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday spoke with the director of industry partnerships at DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate, Megan Mahle, for Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Agencies are facing new, short-term deadlines to begin implementing the White House cybersecurity executive order from May. Over the next two months, chief information officers will review both critical software they're using, and how they collect and analyze cyber incident data. Federal News Network’s Jason Miller joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what it all means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should Congress go ahead and pass legislation to spend $1, $2, $5 or $6 trillion a giant burden will fall on the federal work force like a sack of hay. Will the government have the controls in place for the spending programs? Will it even have the basic capacity? For some expert thinking the Federal Drive spoke to professor Bob Tobias of the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the child's book Pat the Bunny, Paul and Judy could do many things. Well, the General Services Administration can and does do many things. Including provide most of the federal government with office space and other real estate. For a look at GSA's real estate priorities, and the space you'll work in, for the next few years, the Federal Drive turned to the new commissioner of the Federal Buildings Service, Nina Albert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Some 30 supply chain security related efforts are going on across the government. The big ones you know about, like the Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) initiative. But dozens of smaller ones are taking place too. It all has the potential to wreak havoc on both industry and agencies. In his weekly Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Network's Jason Miller shows about how one organization can bring all of these effort together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices