Tom Temin
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Maybe it takes a 35-year-old to work 60 days in a row to get a new federal regulation established. That’s just one of several things EPA attorney Jessica Hall Zomer did to get industry to reduce heavy metals going into the nation’s waterways. She’s a finalist in the Service to America Medals program, and joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on her work.
June 03, 2016 -
It doesn't get as much exposure or discussion as the main military budget, but the military construction VA spending measure, at $190 billion, has some big opportunities for 2017. Contractors might find some surprises buried in there. Bloomberg legislative analyst Stacy O'Mara shares some analysis with Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 03, 2016 -
The only thing worse than PowerPoint may be gigantic spreadsheets. Difficult to read or get data out of. Yet that's how the General Services Administration was publicizing its numerous small business contracting opportunities to industry. Giant Excel spreadsheets that required constant manual updating. Now that's changed. Jerome Fletcher, GSA's associate administrator of small business utilization, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the latest developments.
June 03, 2016 -
The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on the Federal Drive. Shrinking and aging fleets have Air Force brass worried it won’t be able to stop well-coordinated attacks in…
June 03, 2016 -
Blue Cross Blue Shield has joined the growing number of health insurers who have sued the federal government over a shortfall in pay-outs under provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
June 03, 2016 -
Federal websites have lots of information, but they occasionally wander into propaganda territory.
June 03, 2016 -
The policy package the House Armed Services Committee's Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountability Office both say DoD hasn’t done enough to track and punish behavior that crosses the line between rites of passage and downright cruelty. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is the prime sponsor of the legislation. Her nephew, Harry Lew, took his own life after abuse by fellow Marines. She tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the military’s first step should be to come up with a common definition of hazing.
June 02, 2016 -
A lack of understanding doesn't prevent phony stories from getting halfway around the world. Attorney Terry O'Connor, director of Government Contracts at Berenzweig Leonard, shares a couple of contracting whoppers on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 02, 2016 -
If you snooze, you lose. That's what one major contractor found out in court when its financing partners failed to file certain paperwork. Joseph Petrillo, a procurement attorney with Petrillo and Powell, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more about this cautionary story
June 02, 2016 -
The Air Force has increased Boeing's contract to replenish its inventory of guidance kits that convert unguided "dumb bombs" into smart munitions.
June 02, 2016 -
It's the job of Ajay Bhatt, associate legal adviser to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to track down scores of human rights violators who've entered the country.
June 01, 2016 -
For federal agencies, social media has long been a normal part of daily communications. What they actually do with social media is not precisely what they promised, which was feedback from the public and a back-and-forth dialogue over rule-making. Michael Herz, professor at the Cardozo School of Law in New York, shares his findings on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 01, 2016 -
Transitions between presidencies are complex, and one of the major concerns for the team in charge of making sure nothing goes wrong in one critical area – national security.
June 01, 2016 -
Government Accountability Office auditors found 13 problems with internal controls at the Internal Revenue Service. Cheryl Clark, GAO's director of financial management and assurance issues, shared GAO's recommendations for IRS on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 01, 2016 -
The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on the Federal Drive. Deloitte Consulting agreed to pay more than $11 million to end False Claims Act allegations. The Justice Department…
June 01, 2016