Tom Temin Commentary

Presidential Rank Awards represent what we hope is the norm for federal service.

The Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons operates with a complex stew of issues affecting prisoners and guards alike.

Task Force offers both new and old ideas for fixing the cash-poor Postal Service.

Now higher on the intellectual property theft food chain are industrial products and integrated circuits, which can weaken national security.

AI research aims not just for brain-like intelligence but also the brain’s low power requirements.

Why does the Department of Veterans Affairs need Apple for mobile electronic health record, and why should Apple get a prescription cut?

Use the Combined Federal Campaign’s Green (or Giving) Tuesday as an antidote to the consumerism of Cyber Monday and Black Friday.

The Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace has 51 nations’ signatures, but not that of the United States.

Several recent episodes show the government still has a way to go in whistleblower equity.

Down the end of a narrow, wooded road, on a sparsely populated peninsula, little-known feds help sharpen the tooth for U.S. warfighters

Smart phones keep getting significantly more expensive, but enough people feel, what choice do I have? We need them in order to communicate.

OTA isn’t new, weird or abused. But contractors, federal buyers and Congress need to keep it focused.

Dementia cases will triple in the coming decades. The expenses and social devastation will be hard to control.

Federal Drive host Tom Temin reminds everyone that artificial intelligence applications aren’t set-and-forget. They require constant tending and training.