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Tom Temin
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, the General Services Administration releases a mechanism to make it easier for cloud service providers to show they can live up to the government's cybersecurity standards.
August 10, 2016 -
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Both Olympic athletes and Sammies finalists have enhanced capacity to persevere, take on risk and overcome setback. Talent helps, too.
August 10, 2016 -
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Congress is gone for yet another month, but the agenda items don't stop piling up. In fact, they run the gamut from appropriations to the Zika virus. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to preview what to expect.
August 09, 2016 -
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A conservative think-tank says federal pay and benefits don't line up with what's offered in the private sector, and seek to cut $333 billion in personnel costs over the next decade.
August 09, 2016 -
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The National Academy of Public Administration has been holding panel discussions to come up with ideas for the next administration to hit the ground running.
August 09, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Department of Homeland Security is launching an accelerator to begin adapting commercial wearable tech for use by first responders.
August 09, 2016 -
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Even cybersecurity is a business. Even with eternal demand companies have their ups and downs.
August 08, 2016 -
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With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It's been using energy savings performance contracts to cut that bill. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Doug Jacobs, the deputy associate regional director for lands, planning and design, and with spokewoman Jenny Anzelmo Sarles. Jacobs describes the unusual challenges facing an agency where so many of its facilities are outdoors.
August 08, 2016 -
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Last September, the Postal Service’s inspector general reported on poor working conditions at a postal facility in New Mexico, finding that the heat and air conditioning hadn’t worked in six years and it had dangerous electric wiring as well as serious plumbing issues. That prompted the IG to wonder if the Postal Service had systemic facility problems. It started a series of nationwide inspections, starting with 20 facilities in the Washington D.C. area. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Keshia Trafton, OIG’s audit director, talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu about her office’s findings so far.
August 08, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, Defense Department officials are plan to come out with a new policy later this year to update how it measures health and fitness.
August 08, 2016 -
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DHS, EPA, 18F and others are developing separate contracts for dev/ops services, creating both a much needed culture change, but possibly also another area where contract proliferation and duplication reign.
August 08, 2016 -
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When Dr. Allen Wilcox joined the National Institutes of Health 37 years ago fresh out of medical school, the research area of reproductive epidemiology was essentially a blank slate. But in the decades since, his groundbreaking studies on fertility, pregnancy and reproduction have come to define the field. Wilcox is a finalist in the career achievement category for the 2016 Service to America medals. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, he talked about his work with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu, including an ongoing study trying to understand the causes of Cerebral Palsy.
August 05, 2016 -
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Intelligence analysts say a new Defense Department data gathering policy helps civil liberties and intelligence work.
August 05, 2016 -
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Kathleen Hogan has been building innovative energy efficiency programs in the federal government for more than two decades – first at the EPA and now at the Energy Department. She’s had such a string of successes in cutting American energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions that Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz called her the focal point for the government’s entire energy efficiency program. Hogan is the deputy assistant secretary of Energy for energy efficiency, and she's a finalist for a 2016 Service to America medal. She talked about her work with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 05, 2016
