Tom Temin

  • Last week, the National Labor Relations Board adopted a ruling by one of its administrative law judges, which ordered the Postal Service to discontinue its relationship with the office supplies chain Staples. Members of the American Postal Workers Union were pleased with the decision. APWU President Mark Dimondstein tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin just what the conclusion of this legal dispute means for its members.

    January 12, 2017
  • Don't rule out the consumer domain as a potential source of enterprise technology. A robotic fish finder holds its own with the Navy's unmanned technology.

    January 12, 2017
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Transportation Department has a new council made of industry experts to provide guidance on self-driving cars.

    January 12, 2017
  • With 85 percent of agencies using smart identity cards to log onto computer networks, they’re starting to look ahead to the next phase of identity management: controlling who gets access to what information, and when.

    January 11, 2017
  • Lots of federal managers have asked how they help manage through the upcoming presidential transition. Some tried-and-true basics for taking care of people can certainly help. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director of the Partnership for Public Service, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    January 11, 2017
  • Tech savvy college students may have the answers for solving the Pentagon's biggest problems, but they don't how the Defense acquisition regulations work. That can be a problem itself. Chris Taylor is former Defense contractor CEO and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his Hacking for Defense class.

    January 11, 2017
  • According to cybersecurity firm TrapX, cyber attacks on health care organizations rose 39 percent last year with 93 major incidents. And a big way in is through unprotected medical device. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asks Anthony James, vice president of marketing at TRAPX Security, how vulnerable is the Veterans Affairs Department or TRICARE?

    January 11, 2017
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and more than 100 other Democrats want President-elect Trump to ditch the idea of a federal workforce hiring freeze.

    January 11, 2017
  • The 115th Congress is coming fast out of the starting blocks. Plans for this week include no less than nine hearings on nominations for the Trump administration in addition to repealing the Affordable Care Act. It's already passed some bills changing the lives off federal employees. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the latest.

    January 10, 2017
  • More power has moved to the White House and away from Congress over the past few decades. You see it in the number of executive orders and rule-making efforts originating in the White House. New research shows this can cause gyrations for the career work force with people deciding to either quit on philosophical grounds or stick around and wait out a current president. David Lewis, professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, offers insight to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    January 10, 2017
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Veterans Affairs Department's Inspector General says the agency needs more oversight of its recruitment, relocation, and retainment incentives.

    January 10, 2017
  • Read Rex Tillerson's financial and ethics reporting forms to get an idea of how wealthy nominees live and how their lives change in order to join an administration.

    January 09, 2017
  • Rather than take steps to freshen up its multi-billion-dollar multiple award schedule program, the General Services Administration seems to be making it more expensive for contractors. That's what Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    January 09, 2017
  • Boeing and Lockheed have both responded to complaints by President-elect Donald Trump over the cost of signature airplane projects. But what does this say about how contracting much less Defense policy will operate under the Trump administration? For some answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analytics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

    January 09, 2017