Tom Temin
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Federal contractors have been coping with a flood of new regulations and executive orders affecting them, their supply chains and their employees. In general, new rules don't apply to existing contracts, but they can affect solicitations you've got in the pipeline. Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts at the law firm Berenzweig Leonard, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more details.
August 04, 2016 -
Rigging the election, or the possibility of it, is on the collective mind of the Obama administration, but on a different vector than that of Donald Trump.
August 04, 2016 -
Veterans Affairs' Inspector General Michael Missal wants to turn his office around and regain the confidence of employees, whistleblowers and the public.
August 03, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Air Force announces that its F-35 Lightning II met all key criteria for reaching initial operational capability.
August 03, 2016 -
Minimum wages, immigration, guns and the environment will continue to dominate the legislative agenda come the arrival of a new administration. While Congress continues its long summer recess, the presidential campaign intensifies. Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the emerging legislative agendas of the candidates.
August 03, 2016 -
The Environmental Protection Agency's forthcoming agile blanket purchasing agreement could be worth up to $200 million. Last week, the EPA technology shop hosted a standing-room-only vendor day for agile software companies. EPA Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the day and the strategy.
August 03, 2016 -
When trying to find and recruit new talent, federal agencies can have too much of a good thing, namely data. But if you know how to use data, you can quickly zero in on the people with real potential. The Partnership for Public Service teamed up with LinkedIn to explore how this works. Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 03, 2016 -
The Defense Department plans to eventually buy nearly 2,000 F-35s. The FAA has registered some 500,000 drones.
August 03, 2016 -
Cross-agency collaboration will be key to a successful transition for the next presidential administration. That's one top-level finding from a series of workshops conducted by the National Academy of Public Administration. Don Kettl, professor of public policy at the University of Maryland and chairman of the NAPA collaboration panel joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the details.
August 02, 2016 -
The amount of patent infringement lawsuits has sharply increased over the past few years. While obviously some disagreements are going to occur, the Government Accountability Office set out to find out the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's role in that uptick. Frank Rusco, director of Natural Resources and Environment at GAO, Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin what USPTO can do to stop some frugal cases being brought forward at all.
August 02, 2016 -
The Navy is incorporating virtual environments and distance learning so sailors can get training they need and not spend long periods away from their duty stations. It's all part of the long term effort known as Sailor 2025.
August 02, 2016 -
An hour from Washington D.C. by a road flowing ceaselessly with purposeful trucks and cars, sits a hulking, dead factory, railroad tracks that no longer bring trains full of parts and supplies.
August 02, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a man who worked for the FBI for nearly 20 years pleads guilty to divulging sensitive information to at least one Chinese government official.
August 02, 2016 -
The Obama administration has launched what it calls the Data Driven Justice Initiative to alleviate the cost of mass incarceration. Dave Wilkinson, director of the White House office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share details on the initiative.
August 01, 2016 -
The National Park Service has nearly $12 billion in maintenance backlog it needs to clear. Bob Wilbur, chief of the Park Facility Management Division, has a plan to tackle it.
August 01, 2016