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In today's Top Federal Headlines, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly gives his orders on how his agency will operationalize President Trumps executive order on immigration.
Presidents Day kicked off a week-long recess for Congress. Not that they don't have much to do. There's the possible repeal-and-replace of the Affordable Care Act and related issues affecting Health and Human Services and particularly its massive Medicaid program. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, offers a look ahead on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
While most of Congress seems mired in the partisan minutiae of a new administration, at least two members are looking towards the stars. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) have introduced a bill that would require NASA to develop a specific plan to put an astronaut on Mars. Culberson discusses the Manifest for Human Spaceflight Act on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
It takes people, people with knowledge, skill and planning to get new plans through government.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Office of Personnel Management offers guidance on exceptions to a federal hiring rule.
Federal contractors can be forgiven if they're a little unsure of what to do over the next year. Between President Trump's tweets about major defense contractors and uncertainty over future General Services Administration policy, conditions are bit dicey at the moment. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Alma Cole, former director of the Homeland Security Department's Cyber Operations Center returns to the agency as Customs and Borders Protection's new Chief Information Security Officer
Through asset forfeiture and other means, the Justice Department generates billions of dollars to assist state law enforcement agencies on the war against drugs. Kelly McFadden, director of the financial statement and audit office for the Justice inspector general, explained on Federal Drive with Tom Temin how that money is accounted for.
The armed services' financial accounting does not have the best reputation when it comes to the accuracy required for clean opinions from auditors. Because of this, they remain on the high-risk list maintained by the Government Accountability Office. Asif Khan, director of financial management and assurance issues at GAO, explained more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, two democratic congressman publish a resource guide to show federal employees how to safely speak out against potential or real wrongdoings.
Many federal employees will discover in this year's tax season that even if they received a pay raise, they will not keep all of it. Tammy Flanagan, a federal benefits expert from the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the effects of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) on tax refunds.
The Army is required to provide Intel and weather information to soldiers in the field. The military branch opted to solicit for a development contract instead of diving into commercial software to complete the task. What happened next might be surprising, and Joe Petrillo, a procurement attorney with Petrillo and Powell, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide some context.
The GAO High-Risk List indicates management weaknesses, but refrains from ascribing evil motives or impugning people's integrity.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, after a one week deployment, Defense Department leaders say they are receiving positive feedback on its new electronic health record system.