Federal Drive with Tom Temin

The White House hasn't released all of the details on its 2022 budget request, but enough is out so that federal contractors are getting the picture. Joining with reaction to this and a couple of other recent developments, the Executive Vice President for Policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In its 13th annual look, the Government Accountability Office found that major programs of NASA tend to be late and over budget. But two programs account for most of the delays and cost overruns. For the latest, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the GAO's director of contracting and national security acquisition issues, William Russell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Postal Service wasted no time using its latest rate-setting authority. It aims to jack up price of a first-class postage stamp at the end of the summer to 58 cents. But that's just one step in its 10-year strategy to reach firm financial footing after nearly 15 years of net losses. It's also moving ahead with a reduction in force that impacts agency management. For the latest, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Usually, the annual budget request to Congress is more of a policy document than a spending plan based in any sort of reality. The Biden administration's first full budget request fell short on the policy side, particularly around technology and cybersecurity. Unless you know where to look. Well, you're in luck — Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller does know where to look, and he joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with highlights from weekly feature the Reporter's Notebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At $6 trillion for fiscal 2022, the Biden administration's budget proposal is nothing if not ambitious. It includes more than $100 billion increase in the so-called discretionary spending to operate the government itself. For early reactions in Congress and how the proposal is likely far on the Hill, the Federal Drive spoke to Bloomberg Government editorial director Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of hot dogs and beer might be at hand, but there are far too many Americans living with food insecurity. So now it's time to kick off this year's Feds Feed Families summer food drive, led by a team at the Agriculture Department. Joining the Federal Drive with details, the national chairwoman of Feds Feed Families, Christa Speekmann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Active duty, reserve and civilian members of the Coast Guard are beginning to take advantage of a newly expanded mentoring program. Besides one-on-one traditional mentoring, the new program has several other formats, such as one-time speed mentoring for specific issues. Joining the Federal Drive with more, the chief of the Coast Guard's Office of Leadership, Commander Julie Kuck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Biden administration had been signaling for some time, its proposed Defense budget for 2022 is essentially flat. Should it come to pass, it would force some difficult questions and choices for the Pentagon. For insight, the Federal Drive turned to the director of Defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Todd Harrison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot happened in the world of DoD on Friday afternoon just before the long holiday weekend. The Biden administration released its budget proposal, and now we know just how austere its plans are for the Defense Department. Plus, we now know more about DOD's immediate future plans for its contested JEDI cloud computing project. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu and Scott Maucione have more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot happened in the world of DoD on Friday afternoon just before the long holiday weekend. The Biden administration released its budget proposal, and now we know just how austere its plans are for the Defense Department. Plus, we now know more about DOD's immediate future plans for its contested JEDI cloud computing project. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu and Scott Maucione have more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After round one back in April, the Biden administration is out with a more detailed budget request for next year. This time the president is detailing his plans for every single agency, the federal workforce, and yes, a 2022 pay raise. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined the Federal Drive with the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It now looks like sexual crime cases occurring in the Armed services are going to end up handled by an independent prosecutors. Now members of Congress are starting to look at how other crimes are handled by the Defense Department. Domestic abuse was in the spotlight this week and Defense officials faced some serious questions. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined Tom Temin on THE FEDERAL DRIVE to discuss the issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transferring the governmentwide security clearance business to the Pentagon is one of those good news stories. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has the inventory under control. And it is conducting background investigations more quickly than it was three years ago. Plans are in the works to modernize an outdated security clearance system. But industry wants the White House to put the pedal to the metal. Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko joined the Federal Drive with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You might have thought -- if you thought about it at all -- that the expansion of the Postal Service in the 19th century followed the settling of the Western half of the United States. But one historian just authored a book that tells us that the Postal Service, in fact, enabled the settling of the West in a historically short time. The book is: Paper Trails: The U.S. Post and the Making of the American West. The author is Cameron Blevins and he discusses his research with Federal Drive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been building for a while, the move to implement an architecture known as zero trust in agency information technology networks. Now the Biden administration has specifically called for zero trust, in the recent executive order on cybersecurity. The Federal Drive's Tom Temin discuss what zero trust actually is and the effect it will have on IT spending patterns, with Forrester Research security and risk analyst Steve Turner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices