Tom Temin
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Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) warns the Trump administration not to repeal the law against banned interrogation techniques.
January 26, 2017 -
The Defense Department has been trying to get a clear sense from the White House about what it wants and does not want in the overseas contingency operations budget. But the last administration's budget office left those decisions for the new administration. So now what? For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to John Pendleton, director of defense capabilities at the Government Accountability Office.
January 25, 2017 -
Each incoming administration has to put its own imprimatur on the government's online presence.
January 25, 2017 -
The Defense Department and Veterans Administration tell Congress their still working out the bugs at their joint health care facility in Chicago.
January 25, 2017 -
The Defense Department is having a particularly tough time integrating mobile technology into its mission, largely because every attempt to link it to the Common-Access-Card has been too cumbersome. But DISA’s Purebred program may have found a way to bypass the CAC altogether.
January 25, 2017 -
The Defense Department is trying to make benefits administration simpler for reservists. Currently, service members in reserve ranks have more than 30 duty statuses to wade through to figure out what benefits they are entitled to. Often changes in orders lead to gaps in benefits. DoD has a new plan to simplify all of that, and expand benefits.
January 24, 2017 -
Elizabeth Curda, acting director for health issues at GAO, says overcrowding of the more than 10,000 workers at the Food and Drug Administration's White Oak Campus in Maryland could cause security problems. Curda joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the concern and FDA business pla
January 24, 2017 -
David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, predicts that proposed changes by lawmakers will likely garner more support from the Trump administration than they did in the Obama administration. Hawkings walks Federal Drive with Tom Temin through the Capitol Hill near-term agenda.
January 24, 2017 -
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary committee, says some agencies often overreach when it comes to rulemaking. Goodlatte is the principal sponsor of the Regulatory Accountability Act, which passed the House earlier this month. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the bill would do and why.
January 24, 2017 -
If you say no new hires and no new contracting out, you've got the bureaucracy boxed in.
January 24, 2017 -
The government's top ethics official says President Trump still hasn't provided sufficient documentation of his plan to divest his business holdings.
January 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration landing teams have already established beachheads at the General Services Administration, the source of much federal procurement and contracting policy. Changes there will have a big impact on both contracting officers and companies doing business with the government. One consultant who's been watching is Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. He share's what he's anticipating on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 23, 2017 -
The federal government's approach to cybersecurity personnel isn't serving the interests of better security very well. Hiring from the wrong places and granting certifications no one wants are among those not-so-smart practices. That's the contention of Paul Innella, founder of TDI, a cyber consultancy that's worked for many federal agencies. He offers his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 23, 2017 -
The Agriculture Department National Institute of Food and Agriculture launched $5 million grant program. It says it wants to strengthen the science behind the next generation of internet-connected agricultural implements and how that could improve food production. Steven J. Thomson, Ph.D., national program leader of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
January 23, 2017 -
The White House has issued a government-wide order immediately freezing regulations until the new administration can review them.
January 23, 2017