Tom Temin
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The Obama administration was the source for a large number of new rules for federal contractors. One rule for defense, by executive order, requires special handling of controlled, but unclassified, information (CUI). Mark Tanner, president of security consulting company Arixmar, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain the rule in depth.
February 24, 2017 -
One of the missions for the U.S. Marshals Service is called the Interdiction for the Protection of Children. The program deals with human trafficking and child sex offenders. Dr. Michael Bourke, chief psychologist of the U.S. Marshals spoke about the program with Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 24, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein says the Air Force has "serious challenges" when it comes to readiness.
February 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration's regulatory budget promotes fewer regulations and less growth in cost to agencies, leaving room for better decision making.
February 23, 2017 -
How do agency executives sort out public-spirited whistleblowers from mean-spirited leakers? And what rights do whistleblowers in the ultra-sensitive intelligence community have? To provide answers, Debra D'Agostino, founding partner of the Federal Practice Group, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 23, 2017 -
For more than 20 years we've had administrations keeping the pressure on moving government into the online age.
February 23, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a bipartisan group of Senators want the Office of Personnel Management to work with the Defense Department to clarify what positions are exempt from the hiring freeze.
February 23, 2017 -
Several revisions to the Freedom of Information Act were passed in June 2016 that may have been shadowed by the election season. Melanie Pustay, director of the information policy office at the Justice Department, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin what those changes mean for FOIA officers and anyone working with federal records.
February 22, 2017 -
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.
February 22, 2017 -
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.
February 21, 2017 -
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.
February 21, 2017 -
It takes people, people with knowledge, skill and planning to get new plans through government.
February 21, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Office of Personnel Management offers guidance on exceptions to a federal hiring rule.
February 21, 2017 -
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.
February 20, 2017 -
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
February 20, 2017