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Congress is getting ready to vote on a defense authorization bill for 2017. The conference report, seeking to reconcile the Senate and House versions, has lots of stuff of interest to contractors. Alan Chvotkin, counsel and executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
December 05, 2016 -
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Federal agencies work under a policy requiring them to disclose cyber flaws to vendors. Except sometimes they don't. Jason Healy, senior research scholar and cyber conflict expert at Columbia University, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the disclosure loopholes and the harm they can cause.
December 05, 2016 -
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Legislation in 2008 put the government-backed secondary mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship by a new agency. Eight years later, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is still conserving Fannie and Freddie. Now the Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to force everyone to clarify their goals here so a lingering situation can get off the dime. For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Lawrance Evans Jr., director of financial markets and community investment issues at GAO.
December 05, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, Congress sends a bill to the President that supporters say will help the federal government run major projects more efficiently.
December 05, 2016 -
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Like Donald Trump's Boeing 757, the General Service Administration's multiple award schedule flies on and on. Even after so many shiny new vehicles have come onto the scene. Now the GSA is working to revitalize the contracts. Julia Coon, a consultant with the CentreLaw Group, discusses some of the more important changes on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 02, 2016 -
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If you're a senior executive, the transition can be a lot to deal with. Ira Goldstein, a long-time federal executive, Deloitte consultant and most recently, author of a new book, the Federal Management Playbook, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some practical advice for dealing with new policies and political appointees.
December 02, 2016 -
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The House Oversight Committee investigated reports of sexual harassment and misconduct within the Agriculture Department. Employee advocates testified on Capitol Hill that the U.S. Forest Service is not doing enough to prevent harassment, protect victims, and punish perpetrators. Federal News Radio’s Meredith Somers shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 02, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, two Senators want to know how the General Services Administration plans on avoiding conflicts in its lease with now President-elect Donald Trump for the Old Post Office building.
December 02, 2016 -
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Feet cold? Put on a hat. If anything, we're entering a golden age for federal HR.
December 01, 2016 -
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Companies often challenge contract awards when the people being proposed by the winner don't meet the qualifications the agency set forth in the first place. That's what happened with one services contractor. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency's response made things even more drawn out.
December 01, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, a group of Senators hope to make the Presidential Innovation Fellows program a permanent one.
December 01, 2016 -
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Agencies wanting to improve customer service should hire front-line people who are good at customer service. No mystery there. But to support those people, you really need to have a much deeper orientation toward good service delivery. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with advice for how to do that.
November 30, 2016 -
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The Obama administration came in with a definite innovation agenda. You see it in countless ways, including the high interest in all things Silicon Valley. What might the innovation landscape look like under the Trump administration? Jonathan Aberman, chairman of venture capital firm Amplifier Ventures and of the non-profit Tandem NSI, shares his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
November 30, 2016 -
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Outsourcing could make a big comeback under the Trump administration. But would it be a good idea? Not in the opinion of Donald Cohen, the founder and executive director of California think tank In the Public Interest. It looked at several privatization efforts at the state and local level, from Iowa Medicaid to school district bus services and found they worsen inequality. Cohen shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
November 30, 2016
