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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 VA study of health care market access has some data gaps | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1023

On orders from Congress, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been doing a detailed study of nearly 100 health care markets nationwide. It aims to realign facilities with where veterans actually are. Now the Government Accountability Office has studied VA's studies. For what auditors found, the GAO's Director of Health Care issues Sharon Silas spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Grant fosters innovative technology to adapt disabled veterans' homes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1163

For several years now, the Department of Veterans Affairs has operated a grant program to help disabled veterans adapt their homes. The program is called Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology. For how it works and where the money goes, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the Program Chief of Policy Jason Latona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 VA looks to do more with fewer facilities as it rethinks real estate needs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 984

The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to make do with fewer facilities. Officials just completed a deep study of the VA's real estate portfolio. They propose closing dozens of medical centers but replacing about half of them with new ones. For the other half, VA wants to shift care to more specialized outpatient clinics or to non-VA providers. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 DISA faces major protest for IT services contract while GSA simplifies online buying | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1057

The Defense Information Systems Agency couldn't escape a protest after awarding a big IT services contract. The General Services Administration is ready to expand its approach to simplifying online buying. These are just two of the week's biggest acquisition stories. Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller has been following them. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the highlights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Is the GSA throwing sand in the gears of the multiple award schedule machinery? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1085

Contractors and their representatives report troubles with the Multiple Award Schedule system. The MAS is the long running and very popular system for delivering routine products to the government. The General Services Administration has operated the schedules for decades. For what's going on, federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Classification has an unholy handmaiden, the pre-publication review board | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1157

Any federal employee who's come near classified or secret information know what happens if they try to publish something or give a speech. The federal government has at least 17 pre-publication review boards with the authority to say no. The whole apparatus has led to what my next guest calls several pathologies. Yale University Law Professor Oona Hathaway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 From a former commissioner, advice for the next team at Social Security | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1149

By several measures, Social Security is an agency in crisis. Its labor relations are strained, with ongoing uncertainty over contracts, and when-and-how people return to offices. It has difficulty on the customer service front, prompting tough questions from Capitol Hill. And there's no Senate-confirmed commissioner. For some perspective, the Federal Drive turned to former commissioner Mike Astrue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Congress taps brakes on DoD project to reform IT funding | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1060

The Defense Department got most of what it wanted in last week's 2022 budget agreement. In some cases it got more. But Congress left out one small but important request. Pentagon planners had hoped it would enable more agile modernization by updating how the department pays for software development. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu and Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive with this, and more from their latest DoD reporters notebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 In a reversal of roles, Congress tells the TMF to ‘show me the money’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1097

For the Technology Modernization Fund, the bank of mom and dad is closed for fiscal 2022. If you've raised kids, you probably grasp the message Congress sent to the TMF in the omnibus bill passed last week. In his weekly Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about why lawmakers zeroed out the Technology Modernization Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 That omnibus bill maybe should be called the omni-train, gravy train. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1100

Congress, as it does every year, crammed in a lot of spending when it whipped up the so-called omnibus appropriations bill. Pretty much record-setting spending all 'round. The Federal Drive got a summary now from WTOP capitol hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 AWOL employees, absent without leave, is a vexing problem for the Postal Service | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1034

It's bad enough when employees don't show up for work. For the Postal Service, it's a perpetual problem. Managers can plan and budget for vacations, even contingencies like sick days. But what about absent without leave, or AWOL? This turns out to be a prickly management challenge. For some management lessons learned, the Federal Drive turned to the Postal Service's deputy assistant inspector general, Jason Yovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Interior IG finds Anacostia Park Police office in severe disrepair | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1040

Imagine a federal office with holes in the roof, birds flying in, mold everywhere, and a staff untrained for its crucial public safety mission. Hard to believe? Yet that's what the Interior Department's office of inspector general found at the U.S. Park Police dispatch center for the Washington, D.C. area. Joining the Federal Drive in studio with details, Interior IG Mark Lee Greenblatt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Senate passes $1.5T omnibus spending deal seeking state of the federal workforce updates | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1018

Congress, late as always, has passed a comprehensive spending package for the rest of fiscal 2022. The $1.5 trillion give the IRS more money to go after tax cheats and sets higher pay caps for nurses at the VA. Lawmakers are also asking for a slew of status updates on the state of the federal workforce. For details, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Defense installations starting to feel the brunt of climate change | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1005

The effects of climate change and extreme weather have started to make an impact on the military. One example is how frequent hurricanes are battering installations in the south. Defense Department sustainability chief Joe Bryan says the Pentagon has new efforts to shield weapons systems, bases and other assets from severe weather. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione recently spoke with Bryan about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 How to button up a cybersecurity risk on every computer in the government | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1141

Don't click on that attachment. How many times have you heard that in anti-phishing training? Often attachments with malicious payloads come in the popular Adobe PDF format. Recently the National Security Agency issued guidance for how to configure your PDF readers application safely. Joining the Federal Drive with more on the whole PDF question, from Adobe itself, the vice president for public sector digital media, Paul Faust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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