Tom Temin
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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 -
The Patent and Trademark Office's Patents for Humanity program has made awards for work in medicine, nutrition, sanitation, energy and living standards. Program director Edward Elliott joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more about Patents for Humanity and this year's winners.
November 01, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a report for USA Today says the agency gave bonuses out to hundreds of thousands of workers, including some senior executives who would be fired later.
November 01, 2016 -
A digital services approach won't come from GSA or the White House or any external group. It has to start with program managers and their ability to imagine how digital services could improve what they deliver to their constituents.
November 01, 2016 -
Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. The Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.
October 31, 2016 -
As President Barack Obama makes the rounds of farewells, contractors might be wondering what the procurement landscape for the federal government might look like. Relax. Nothing all that much is likely to change on the information technology buying front. That's what Deltek's Director of Research Deniece Peterson tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 31, 2016 -
Veronica Blette's passion for water conservation has spurred her to action that's saved an estimated 1.5 trillion gallons of water. Blette, who is the chief of the EPA's WaterSense program and recipient of industry's Water Star Award, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about water conservation.
October 31, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the General Services Administration pushes three new initiatives to get agencies' citizen services into the 21st century.
October 31, 2016 -
Rather than restating the problem, a lot of people are trying to do something about expanding the cyber workforce.
October 31, 2016 -
When Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States in early October, it was a chance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prove it’s learned from its mistakes.
October 28, 2016 No matter where you are in your career, even retirement, the critical decisions never seem to stop coming up. It's open season and long-time federal employees and retirees have to think hard about their options, and when to get into the Medicare. Insurance premiums are rising faster than salaries. For help sorting it out, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to retirement and benefits expert Tammy Flanagan.
October 28, 2016-
Two years in the making, a new, final rule is about to come out from the Information Security Oversight Office of the National Archives and Records Administration. It will govern how you handle CUI — controlled, unclassified information. Although it applies to agencies, it requires them to make sure contractors also follow it. Chuck Blanchard, a partner at the law firm Arnold and Porter, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
October 28, 2016 -
In case you haven't noticed, cybersecurity has become the top concern of federal agency IT and program people. Now a new study finds a highly robust cybersecurity services industry in the D.C. region. But the products it uses aren't made here. Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the study.
October 28, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a jury in Portland, Oregon finds the group behind the armed take over of a wildlife refuge not guilty of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs.
October 28, 2016 -
When Hurricane Matthew stuck the East Coast earlier this month, many people were watching the Federal Emergency Management Agency to see how it would respond. After all, more than five years have passed since a storm like that hit the U.S. FEMA Deputy Director Joe Nimmich tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency's performance showed how it's adapted after lessons learned from Katrina and Sandy.
October 27, 2016