Tom Temin

  • In today's Federal Newscast, DoD's inspector general found the department complied with only one of the six requirements of the act by reporting improper payment rates of less than 10 percent.

    May 11, 2017
  • Promises to reorganize and streamline organizations nearly always produce the factor of FUD — fear, uncertainty, doubt. The Partnership for Public Service surveyed federal managers who had participated in its leadership development programs. Sure enough, they reported plenty of FUD. But not many say they plan to leave their agencies. Tom Fox, vice president of leadership and innovation at the Partnership, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 10, 2017
  • Knowing you're not going to get the big job and the title minus that word "acting" doesn't mean you're less committed to the job than the eventual chosen one. That's what Anne Joseph O'Connell, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, writing for the Brookings Institution, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 10, 2017
  • In today's Federal Newscast, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue wants to make sure his employees keep citizens' rights in mind while conducting agency business.

    May 10, 2017
  • The House went on recess this week, but the Senate is in town with plenty of work to do. Having sent the president a budget for 2017, senators are rubbing their collective hands as they take on health care policy. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what to expect.

    May 09, 2017
  • One of the highlights of Public Service Recognition Week is meeting the Service to America medal finalists. Max Stier, president and chief executive at the Partnership for Public Service, gave Federal News Radio’s Lauren Larson on Federal Drive with Tom Temin a look at some of the finalists and why Public Service Recognition week is so important.

    May 09, 2017
  • The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't do a good job managing how it supervises and deports so-called non-detained aliens. John Shiffer, chief inspector in the Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 09, 2017
  • VA's facilities planning processes leave it with millions of square feet of empty and decaying space.

    May 09, 2017
  • In today's Federal Newscast, after the late night comedian ran a segment on the Federal Communication Commission's planned changes to its net neutrality policy, the agency's CIO says it faced a massive distributed denial of service attack.

    May 09, 2017
  • The secretive Pentagon organization that’s in charge of turning existing weapons systems into new warfighting concepts says it has a perfect track record so far. The military services have accepted all six of the technologies the Strategic Capabilities Office has offered up.

    May 08, 2017
  • When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson kicked off a reorganization with a speech to career employees, he followed that with a survey going to everyone. It's part of a governmentwide reorganization envisioned by the Trump administration. And it's got observers, like contractors, wondering where this is all headed. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel at the Professional Services Council, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 08, 2017
  • One Veterans Affairs Department cybersecurity manager developed a program to reduce turnover and attrition. In fact she's a finalist in this year's Government Information Security Leadership Awards. Barbara Smith, information security director for VA's Pacific District, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.

    May 08, 2017
  • The more bitter the arguments over the federal budget become on Capitol Hill, the more members might resort to anything. Especially if the Trump administration refuses to spend money it didn't want appropriated in the first place. There's a law for that. Rob Levinson, senior defense analyst for Bloomberg Government, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share the details.

    May 08, 2017
  • In today's Federal Newscast, the General Services Administration 's Inspector General says the agency missed one of its major goals for reducing improper payments.

    May 08, 2017