Federal Drive with Tom Temin

IBM federal has been many things over the years. Lately it's been headed by a man with a unique perspective. An army career officer, then chief information officer of the Navy and of the Defense Department, Terry Halvorsen has seen IT investment and digital transformation from several angles. The Federal Drive caught up with him at the Sea Air Space conference this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She's had assignments all over the world and ashore for the Coast Guard. Now Vice Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan has been tapped by the White House to succeed Commandant Karl Schultz, who retires in June. Shortly before the announcement, the Federal Drive caught up with Fagan at the Sea Air Space Conference, where we discussed, among other things, the critical Arctic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The White House has set a goal to transform federal cybersecurity over the next few years through a “zero trust” approach. Stop us if you've heard of zero trust. Agencies have just delivered their initial plans to the Office of Management and Budget. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Navy is well on its way to email and productivity services hosted in the commercial cloud. The Marine Corps is already there. The more of the sea services’ IT offerings migrate from their own data centers to commercial environments, the greater the implications for their tech workforces. Aaron Weis is the Department of the Navy’s CIO, and Jennifer Edgin is the Marine Corps’ Assistant Deputy Commandant for Information. At this week’s Navy League Sea Air Space conference, they talked with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu about the workforce aspect of network modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government is so big it's hard to get your arms around. But the Deloitte Center for Government Insights has given it a try. Its latest Government Trends for 2022 observations are worth reading. Joining me with a few of them, the center's executive director, Bill Eggers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the federal health apparatus contemplates whether a second COVID-19 booster shot is a good idea, it's good to recall the national effort that resulted in vaccines in the first place. We get a look back from the former Health and Human Services deputy chief of staff who oversaw Operation Warp Speed, Paul Mango. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talk about wearing lots of hats: commander of Naval meteorology and oceanography. Navigator of the Navy. Hydrographer of the Navy. And that's not all. At the Sea Air Space conference this week, I caught up with Navy Rear Adm.Ron Piret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Postal Service, under pressure from Congress and the Biden administration, is doubling its initial order for electric vehicles as part of its next-generation delivery vehicle fleet. But House and Senate Democrats say USPS is setting the bar too low on electrifying its delivery fleet. Lawmakers propose making electric vehicles most of the new fleet, and they'll pay. Postal officials say it's all more than what USPS can afford on its own. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It has a name but no keel yet, the Coast Guard's next polar security cutter. Shipbuilding is but one issue the Coast Guard is dealing with. At this week's Sea Air Space conference, the Federal Drive caught up with the Coast Guard commandant, Karl Schultz who talked about a range of issues, starting with the war in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal civilian agencies asked for a record 65 billion dollars for technology in fiscal 2023. Most of them would get a big boost in IT spending. In his weekly Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Network's Jason Miller dug deep into the budget request to find some of the trends in IT spending behind those raw numbers. Jason joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that they've had a week or so to digest it, contractors are starting to understand what the 2023 budget proposal by the Biden administration is starting to look like.  Federal Drive with Tom Temin   got one analysis from a man who has studied them for decades. The President and CEO of the Professional Services Council David Berteau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Biden administration has asked for more Defense Department money in its 2023 request. But is it really more, more buying power, with inflation running so high? That's what Republicans in Congress are asking in pointed letters to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Federal News Network's Scott Maucione had the latest on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this month the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council finalized new, more stringent rules for U.S. content in what agencies buy. But the whole regime is not quite as strict as it seems at first glance. For what it means to contracting officers and contractors, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to a partner and the head of contracts group at the law firm Miller and Chevalier, Jason Workmaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From a supreme court confirmation vote to Russian misbehavior, the House and Senate have a lot to do in the coming week. And there's considerable time pressure to get it done. The Federal Drive got the outlook from Bloomberg Government deputy news director, Loren Duggan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Census Bureau might be best known for the every-ten-year count. But its American Community Survey is also a vital instrument for planners and researchers throughout the United States. The ACS is in trouble thanks in part to declining response rates and the pandemic. With why this matters and how the Commerce Department can shore up the ACS, the Federal Drive turned to George Washington University research professor and co-author of a recent call to action, Dr. Andrew Reamer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices