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Tom Temin
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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 -
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Legislative websites just aren’t performing well, according to a detailed study of nearly 100 congressional websites. It also found none of those websites is fully secure, and most aren’t very good in the user experience department either.
June 06, 2017 -
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They examine topics like dangers of low levels of lead in the blood. Or the data opportunities in shale oil and gas. They're members of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. And for the first time, this group of mostly academics has named a government practitioner as a fellow. Al McGartland, director of the EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss.
June 06, 2017 -
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The trickiest part of being the commander of a military installation is figuring out how to manage decreasing resources when there’s a constant demand for services. Military facility sustainment has been one of the hardest-hit portions of the Defense budget over the last several years. Still, installations do find new ways to meet their missions without more money.
June 06, 2017 -
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Congress is back from its Memorial Day recess. It has a large and growing list of issues to deal with. So what it does indicates what it won't do. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the outlook for the opening to a long summer, Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings,
June 06, 2017
