Tom Temin

  • David Nowak, the i-Tree Team Leader at the U.S. Forest Service,tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the effort he's spearheading to quantify the value of trees in urban settings and how planing more trees can save money elsewhere.

    May 31, 2016
  • Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin that Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's sudden shutdown of the entire rail system on March 16 for emergency repairs was a "bold stroke" in the right direction, despite the furor it generated from commuting federal employees.

    May 31, 2016
  • Depending on how you look at it, the General Services Administration schedule contract program is enjoying a renaissance, or it's headed for disaster, abandoned by the best contractors. Larry Allen, of Allen Federal Business Partners, provides his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 31, 2016
  • The Navy's new head of personnel takes over. Vice Adm. Robert Burke becomes the branch's 58th Chief of Naval Personnel, taking over for Vice Adm. Bill Moran.

    May 30, 2016
  • Rolling Thunder returns a measure of authenticity to Memorial Day by reminding us to actually memorialize those killed fighting the country's wars.

    May 30, 2016
  • Washington is about to get a new memorial to World War I. After a years-long effort, the World War I Centennial Commission chose designs by Chicago Architect Joe Weishaar and New York sculptor Sabin Howard. Weishaar joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the designs.

    May 27, 2016
  • Everywhere you look, the government is crying out for modernization.

    May 27, 2016
  • The massive cyber breach impacting more than 22 million current and former federal employees was discovered by the Office of Personnel Management, and not by a contractor.

    May 27, 2016
  • It's hard to forget the videos of oil spewing forth from the hole at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon accident took 87 days to cap off. But it will take thousands and thousands of days to totally clean up. The job of overseeing what might be a 15-year effort belongs to Christopher Doley, chief of habitat restoration at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He's also a finalist for this year's Service to America Medals. He spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the cleanup effort.

    May 27, 2016
  • Federal managers often say they know how important innovation is, but they struggle to create an environment for innovation in government. Nishita Henry, a technology principal with Deloitte, tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about some fresh findings that map out forces driving innovation and governmental transformation.

    May 27, 2016
  • Self service and longer hours for the call center are two goals of an ambitious project to update the way the Thrift Savings Plan interacts with federal employees. Kim Weaver, director of external affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a status report on Project ExPRESS.

    May 27, 2016
  • Harriet Tubman died more than a century ago. Photographs of her are grainy and fuzzy. And she's not the sort of person who wold have posed for an expensive oil painting. Yet somehow her likeness has to be translated for printing on the new $20. Creating that bill falls to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Bureau Director Leonard Olijar shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 26, 2016
  • The government can't legally write a requirement so influenced by a contractor that only that company can win. But program managers and contract officers do have their ways of getting the company they really want, even when soliciting bids. Incumbents have their tricks, too. Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how to identify whether an RFQ is wired or winnable.

    May 26, 2016
  • The Defense Department has announced a major restructuring of headquarters staffs. DoD's assistant deputy chief management officer David Tillotson said this will mean staff reductions.

    May 26, 2016