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Tom Temin
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Why would you want a daily email about your physical mail? According to the Postal Service, it turns out, people have lots of reasons.
July 05, 2016 -
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Federal operators of critical systems agree that other nations are the biggest cybersecurity threat. That's what the Government Accountability Office found out in its latest survey. Greg Wilshusen, GAO's director of information security issues, fills in the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 05, 2016 -
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In October, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Lean In Circles, which are sanctioned by the Defense Department. The idea is to give some space for women to talk freely about their challenges in the workplace. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione sat in on a Lean In Circle at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to see how they’re actually getting along. He shares the experience on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 05, 2016 -
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The signers admonished King George III. He answered with continued "blows" to decide the question of independence.
July 04, 2016 -
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By helping other nations set up systems to detect potential eruptions, the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program of the U.S. Geological Survey and USAID has saved tens of thousands of lives. Program leader John Pallister is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals. He talks with Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 01, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, President Barack Obama makes a law which updates the Freedom of Information Act official, and more cybersecurity issues are found at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
July 01, 2016 -
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A lot of my co-workers are my own kids' ages, even younger sometimes. My feelings about that: So what?
July 01, 2016 -
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Veteran-owned, small businesses got a boost from the Supreme Court recently. Its ruling on an obscure procurement by the VA opened up more set-asides. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo and Powell joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain the case.
June 30, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, more bad news for the Veterans Crisis Line and the Defense Department eases contracting restrictions with changes to the DFARS.
June 30, 2016 -
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Hundred of thousands of federal employees work in space the government does not own. Leased space is a big ticket item for the government. Now the General Services Administration is rolling out a web application to help make leasing a little easier. John Thomas, of GSA's policy and program execution division, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Automated Advanced Acquisition Program.
June 30, 2016 -
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The annual employee viewpoint surveys show the federal government is slowly improving in how fair and inclusive employees think management is. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how the successful agencies do it,
June 29, 2016 -
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The Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service relies on state agencies to detect and stop fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP). States don't all have the people and money required to fully monitor their SNAP programs, and USDA doesn't have what it takes to watch the states. Kay Brown, director of education, Workforce and Income Security issues at the Government Accountability Office, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 29, 2016 -
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Medicare payment rates are supposed to set the medical payment rates for all federal agencies. They do, with one notable exception, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a part of the Justice Department. The Justice Inspector General found that the bureau actually pays a premium to its outside medical providers. Justice IG Michael Horowitz tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how that can be fixed
June 29, 2016 -
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If you buy a new car and then show it off on social media, some schmuck would have the answer to a common challenge question in two-factor authentication.
June 29, 2016
