Tom Temin

  • Few executive orders from the Obama administration have produced as much bad will as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule. It would require contractors to disclose any and all accusations on record of violations of any of more than a dozen labor laws. The Associated Builders and Contractors filed suit and won an injunction against the rule last week, the day before it went into effect. Ben Brubeck, vice president for regulatory, labor and state affairs at the ABC, provides insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    November 04, 2016
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has a major shortage of in-house talent.

    November 04, 2016
  • Sometimes the government doesn't quite manage to keep its databases of contractor information up to date. That can lead to trouble when a contract award is made or denied based on wrong information. That's what happened after Engility acquired TASC. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    November 03, 2016
  • Although recent conflicts haven't required the Marines Corps' storied amphibious capability. It remains an important asset. Dan Goure, vice president of the Lexington Institute, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss whether the Navy is buying enough amphibious ships to fully support the Marine Corps.

    November 03, 2016
  • WMATA, like every transit authority, has always been something of a multi-headed octopus with murky accountability.

    November 03, 2016
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Pentagon's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office establishes a new way for it to examine large DoD programs.

    November 03, 2016
  • Although Congress failed to set any productivity records this year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may OK three big-ticket items for federal workers.

    November 03, 2016
  • The new holy grail for federal agencies is great customer experience. Taking their clues from the private sector, agencies are figuring out how digital and actual offerings can work together to produce satisfied citizens. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the Veterans Affairs Department efforts in improving customer experience.

    November 02, 2016
  • Good records management is not only required by law for federal agencies it's also a great way to cut costs and improve performance. Even in the electronic era, agencies still generate a lot of paper. Someone who spans both eras is Jim Williams, long-time federal IT and acquisition executive and now a consultant with Shambach and Williams. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked him why records management sometimes seems mired in the 1980s.

    November 02, 2016
  • Lisa Blumerman, the associate Census director for Decennial programs, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that because of budget uncertainty, the Census Bureau rearranged plans for testing operations and systems in 2017 as it gets closer to the big show in 2020.

    November 02, 2016
  • @WhiteHouse has put out more than 27,000 tweets to 12.1 million followers. Soon that account will get a restart.

    November 02, 2016
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Office of Personnel Management now has guidance for incoming officials with transition responsibilities.

    November 02, 2016
  • The election is thrown into turmoil, and members of Congress are calling for the FBI director's scalp. But other things are going on atop Capitol Hill. Like a threatened veto of the crucial National Defense Authorization Bill. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.

    November 01, 2016
  • For the Homeland Security Department, three objectives will be top priorities in the coming year: Modernizing, keeping its missions relevant and somehow doing everything more cost-effectively. That's according to a comprehensive analysis by Govini. Matt Hummer, director of analytics at Govini, fills in the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    November 01, 2016