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Thanks to the work of Jitender Dubey, a microbiologist at the Agriculture Research Service, we now understand how toxoplasma gondii gets transmitted, avoiding countless illnesses and hospitalization. For his work, he's a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about his work and the honor.
Canada might have a public health care system, but the system that controls Canadian airspace is in private hands, run by a not-for-profit corporation since 1996. The U.S. House recently passed a spending measure to create a similar program. Yesterday, we heard from a mayor in Washington state who opposes that idea. Today, former Reagan Transportation Secretary James Burnley argues the other side with Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
An important acquisition by the Education Department hit the rocks. One contractor got hold of earlier bid documents of its competitor. Even disclosure of that fact wasn't enough to save this one. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The so-called "Obamaphone" is back into the news in recent days because of a GAO report on the Federal Communication Commission's Lifeline program.
For federal contractors, summer vacations can be problematic. That's because the start of summer also brings the last fiscal quarter and the scramble to use funds before they run out. It's a more concentrated issue this year because of how late Congress approved the 2017 budget. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, provides an overview of the next 11 weeks on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Glenn Johnson is mayor of Pullman, Washington, a this city of 30,000 people in the southeast corner of the state. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin why he opposes a Trump administration proposal to privatize air traffic control.
The Army spends in the neighborhood of $20 billion a year to develop and buy weapons. But it has trouble developing sound requirements, and now it has an issue with its requirements workforce. Marie Mak, director of acquisition and sourcing management issues at the Government Accountability Office, offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Federal Newscast, an audit finds the Homeland Security Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office of Financial Management is not taking all the necessary steps to make sure data it collects was not compromised.
Non-existent sweepstakes, phony lotteries, reverse mortgage schemes and counterfeit drugs — fraudsters have unlimited imagination when if comes to separating people from their money, especially retirees and the elderly. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, offers some advice on avoiding ripoffs on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Federal Newscast, a survey of employees from the State Department shows deep dissatisfaction with longstanding problems and with current leadership.
Ed Harper, the Food and Nutrition Service’s director of the Office of Program Integrity for Child Nutrition Programs, worked with the Presidential Innovation Fellows to create a new online application prototype for free and reduced lunches.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act cuts funding for several software programs the panel sees as underperforming, and implements what congressional officials say are corrective measures to DoD's IT buying habits.
The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program recently awarded 21 contracts to energy service companies to help the government increase energy savings and lower operating costs.
In today's Federal Newscast, Compliance Counsel for the Justice Department Hui Chen says she is leaving her job to participate in more political activism.