Tom Temin
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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 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the National Labor Relations Board orders USPS to stop outsourcing certain mail duties to the office supplies chain Staples.
January 09, 2017 -
Voice of America has been gathering information about extremism in many formats. Its year-old Extremism Watch Desk prepares this information, no matter what language it originated in, so it's usable for the general audiences overseas served by VOA. Ernie Torriero, a former newspaperman, is the desk's managing editor. He explains how the Extremism Watch Desk works.
January 06, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, an employee at Veterans Affairs' troubled Phoenix hospital says he is facing retaliation for exposing continued management problems.
January 06, 2017 -
You might say the 115th Congress is off to a spirited start. Most of the attention went to the short-lived attempt to reorganize the House ethics office, a creature that doesn't even exist in the Senate. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, offers his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 05, 2017 -
When the Defense Department recently awarded two giant contracts to manage health care services, it had smooth sailing in spite of protests. That's a marked contrast from five years ago when several awards were overturned on protest. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on how they managed things in 2016.
January 05, 2017 -
New administrations that bring big ideological reversals do spark a higher-than-average level of SES departures.
January 05, 2017 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Congressional Budget Office describes the funding that would be needed to get the Navy's fleet to 350 ships in a new report.
January 05, 2017 -
Congress is considering privatizing the national air traffic control system as one way to help pay for the modernization of aviation infrastructure. Lawmakers asked the Government Accountability Office to analyze privatized air traffic control in other nations. Gerald Dillingham, GAO’s director of civil aviation issues, tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin Congress will have a lot of potential pitfalls to think through before it presses ahead with privatization.
January 04, 2017