Tom Temin

  • 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
  • A lot of my co-workers are my own kids' ages, even younger sometimes. My feelings about that: So what?

    July 01, 2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In today's Top Federal Headlines, vets who are jailed for over 60 days are supposed to have their benefits reduced, that isn't always happening. Plus, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe establishes new program to help military medical personnel transition into civilian life.

    June 29, 2016
  • This week, Pentagon solutions looks at how the Defense Department is trying to tackle insider threats within the contract space. Also, what's congress doing to address the bid protest problem?

    June 28, 2016
  • In today's Federal Headlines, thousands of Justice Department workers will undergo training over the next few weeks to address implicit bias, and Veterans Affairs fails to meet call response time goals for the Veterans Crisis Line.

    June 28, 2016
  • Congress still has real issues to deal with like Brexit and the Federal Budget, but members are on a two-week recess. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a summer outlook is Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings.

    June 28, 2016
  • The quickening pace and depth of cyber breaches seems to prove one thing. If a hacker is determined to break into your network, there's ultimately nothing you can do to stop it. But you can find out quicker, and minimize the damage. Jason Matlof, executive vice president at cyber startup LightCyber, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about how cyber attacks are only getting worse.

    June 28, 2016