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Tom Temin
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Low-income housing shouldn't force people to live in squalor. Yet the dwindling supply of low-income housing in the United States has been deteriorating because of aging and neglect. Thomas Davis, director of the Office of Recapitalization at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has marshaled billions in private money to rehab tens of thousands of affordable housing units. And now he's a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
June 09, 2017 -
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The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a program enabled by a 2014 law, the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. It's a federal loan guarantee program for companies investing in significant water-related projects. A billion dollars worth this year. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more about the program, Raffael Stein, the water infrastructure division director in EPA's Office of Water.
June 09, 2017 -
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Buried in the Trump administration's 2018 budget proposal is the merger of two agencies. It would take the little-known Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, cut its budget, and make it part of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Is this a big deal? For one view, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Mickey Silberman, principal in the affirmative action practice at the law firm Jackson Lewis.
June 09, 2017 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department's inspector general says an unnamed senior official with the Executive Office for Immigration Review was involved in a scheme to hire friends and feed them information that was not public for job opportunities.
June 09, 2017 -
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One way Congress might improve is if it upgraded the way in which it communicates to the public. Congressional agencies like the Government Accountability Office and the Government Publishing Office have made tangible modernizing strides in recent years.
June 08, 2017 -
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Donald Trump, of all people, should know the importance of having the right people in place. Building an administration is fundamentally a process of putting people in the hundreds of policy positions open to a new president. So what's the holdup? For some insight, Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
June 08, 2017 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly explains why his agency needs a 6.8 percent increase to the House Homeland Security Committee.
June 08, 2017 -
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A printed copy of the Federal Register is delivered to every member of Congress. Rep. Steve Russell calls that a waste of paper and money.
June 08, 2017 -
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Having your identity stolen can be a scary, confusing and expensive. Many are unsure what their first step should be. To help fix that, the Federal Trade Commission created IdentityTheft.gov. It's an online way for victims to file a report and stop fraudulent financial activity. For overseeing establishment of the site, Nat Wood is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. Wood, associate director of the Division of Consumer and Business Education in the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
June 07, 2017 -
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It was presidentially ordered after the Edward Snowden affair. It's chaired by the director of national intelligence and the attorney general. But the National Insider Threat Task Force has information, training programs and policy guidance useful to all agencies dealing with cybersecurity vulnerabilities posed by insiders. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed the task force and its work with co-director Wayne Belk.
June 07, 2017 -
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Evening news broadcasts showed it even before their nightly cavalcade of tornados. An interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base whacked a target missile in the exo-atmosphere. The test occurred on the same day the Government Accountability Office released a study showing management challenges for the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems, operated by the Missile Defense Agency. Including a number of tests the agency was not able to conduct. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more, Cristina Chaplain, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at GAO.
June 07, 2017 -
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon unveils a calculator to help members of the military figure out if they should opt into the new blended retirement system.
June 07, 2017 -
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Hal Glassman, a career federal employee who worked in public affairs, pushes back against Federal Drive’s Tom Temin’s column about public affairs officers.
June 06, 2017 -
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Mike McGill, a long-time former press officer for the General Services Administration, responds to Federal Drive’s Tom Temin’s column highlighting the need for federal press officers to have personal and frequent communications with members of the media.
June 06, 2017
