Tom Temin
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Congress passed a bill updating the Freedom of Information Act process, placing the burden on the agency to justify why it has to withhold information rather than asking the requester to justify its release
June 14, 2016 -
Last week, we predicted Congress, at least the House, would take a new tack in how it goes about tackling the annual spending bills. The House voted to approve its own appropriation for 2017, good news for Congressional agencies. What about the Senate and the rest of the government? Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings shares his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 14, 2016 -
As part of Federal News Radio’s look into some of the more unusual jobs in government, Melissa Winter, a recreation therapist at Edward Hines Hospital shared some of the joys and challenges of her job working with blind veterans.
June 14, 2016 -
What might have worked for managing people in federal agencies 10 years ago is probably not working so well now. Deloitte's Global Human Capital Trends team focused on the federal government and discovered some important trends. Sean Morris, director of the federal human capital practice at Deloitte, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how you can use the trends to help your agency.
June 14, 2016 -
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council has just published a new final rule concerning how contractors are to handle federal data that might be on their systems. Justin Chiarodo, a partner at the law firm Blank Rome, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share what you need to do under this rule.
June 14, 2016 -
Just as after the Boston Marathon bombings, expect questions on what did the FBI, the intelligence community and Homeland Security, know, share and act on.
June 14, 2016 -
Robots with a lot of intelligence have taken over many jobs in manufacturing. Cary Coglianese, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that robots could take over the job of writing and interpreting government regulations.
June 13, 2016 -
The blended retirement system for those exiting a military career goes into effect in 2018. It substitutes future annuity levels with matching funds in the Thrift Savings Plan. Even before the plan goes into effect, the Pentagon is monkeying with it, and that's got the ire of retired officers. Retired Marine Corps Col. James Sweeney, president of the Reserve Officers Association, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his insight.
June 13, 2016 -
Two former employees of the Drug Enforcement Agency are convicted of lying to the government during their top secret clearance application process.
June 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department decides to reject a recent audit's recommendation to reduce the housing allowance benefits for dual military couples.
June 13, 2016 -
The Army is deliberating how to handle non-deployable soldiers while studying soldiers' brain function and performance in the field.
June 10, 2016 -
Senators from Maryland and Virginia urged Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to allow a vote on making acting Officer of Personnel Management Director Beth Cobert the permanent director.
June 10, 2016 -
Joining the military means you're prepared to put skin in the game, as the saying goes. More and more, that skin is adorned with ink.
June 10, 2016 -
Fifty years is a long time for a federal career, but we found one employee who joined federal service during the Lyndon Johnson administration. John Crawford, managing director of plant operations for the Government Publishing Office, tells Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
June 09, 2016 -
Customs and Border Protection is working to bake cybersecurity more deeply into its networks from one end to the other. Chief Security Officer Shaun Khalfan tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the procedures and technologies he's pushing to protect against both external hackers wishing to do harm and against insiders who act either carelessly or maliciously.
June 09, 2016