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In today's Federal Newscast, a new study by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission highlights the trouble federal agencies are having recruiting and hiring women to law enforcement positions.
Customs and Border Protection is still losing more border patrol agents faster than the agency can hire new ones, said Mark Borkowski, the agency's chief acquisition officer.
The president and CEO of the Professional Services Council said Congress will need to pass additional legislation to appropriate funding.
Precision agriculture can raise farm productivity and make farmers better off, but such techniques require broadband connectivity, something that many rural areas lack.
Sandeep Patel, open innovation manager and KidneyX project director, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share more details.
In today's Federal Newscast, a whistleblower and the Office of Special Counsel said inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration cleared planes for take off even though they did not have all of the needed safety information.
Created in 2000, the Joint Special Operations University was designed to provide specialized education for the military's elite and its international partners.
In working the aftermath of natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on contractors, but the report said the agency does not always use best practices in hiring its contractors.
Soheila Maleki, a lead scientist in food allergy research at the Agricultural Research Service in New Orleans, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how peanut allergies are changing.
John Hultquist, director of intelligence analysis at FireEye, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how election apparatuses operated by state and local governments are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks.
But even if the ACA disappeared, the government would still have a giant footprint in health and disease research. The National Institutes of Health's annual budget and what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pays out for kidney dialysis both equal about $35 billion.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council creates a new rule to enforce the Homeland Security Department's ban on Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity company
Federal government doesn't operate local elections, but it can help locals avoid fraud and tampering.
Megan Brown of Wiley Rein gave her take on why the Senate should confirm Brian Benczkowski as head of the Department of Justice's criminal division.