Tom Temin
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Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is asking Facebook to answer a lot of questions about its news approach. Such as, "Who is ultimately responsible for approving its content?"
May 11, 2016 -
The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on the Federal Drive. The General Services Administration and the Commerce Department are teaming with the city of San Francisco to launch…
May 11, 2016 -
The Veterans Affairs Department has settled a retaliation complaint with a high-profile whistleblower through the Office of Special Counsel's mediation program.
May 10, 2016 -
It has started already, but the next wave of innovation in unmanned technology will bring autonomy. That is, vehicles won't require human operators with a joystick flying them remotely.
May 10, 2016 -
While House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) dallies with Donald Trump, some actual business is going on in Congress. In particular, two cybersecurity bills in the Senate, one from a Democrat and one from a Republican. David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 10, 2016 -
A big data palooza for the health care field has just kicked off here in Washington. For what to expect, Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked Niall Brennan, chairman of the Health Data Palooza and chief data officer at the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services.
May 09, 2016 The General Services Administration is creating a new service to host its high-tech offerings. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin if the new organization is step up for those GSA functions, or will another layer of bureaucracy bog them down?
May 09, 2016-
How close is it for NASA to be able to launch people on a mission to Mars? Bill Hill, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development at NASA Headquarters, tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin what role NASA's ground systems development and operations critical design review plays in embarking on moving toward a historic mission.
May 09, 2016 -
Justice officials said former Marine Contracting Officer David Liu worked with two government contractors to exchange protected procurement information of competitors to rig the bidding process for a multimedia services Navy contract in Somalia.
May 09, 2016 -
Until sometime in the 19th century, people could wander into the White House. An open street ran between it and the Treasury Department into the 20th century.
May 09, 2016 -
Chad Sheridan, chief information officer at the Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how his agency made the switch to more agile software.
May 06, 2016 -
One of the best investments a department or agency can make is a good, well-staffed inspector general office. But too often, political appointees get in the way of IG investigations. That's according to a study coming out of the Brookings Institution. John Hudak, senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings and a co-author of the study along with senior research assistant Grace Wallach. They talked about their work on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 06, 2016 -
In this heated election season, the Government Accountability Office finds that some military absentee voting bugaboos persist, and the brass needs to do more about it. Brenda Farrell, GAO's director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues, shared her insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 06, 2016 -
The U.S. Agency of International Development and the Government Accountability Office are teaming up to help strengthen what they call international accountability. Reginald Mitchell, USAID chief financial officer, and Janet St. Laurent, recently retired director of Defense Capabilities and Management at the GAO, join Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share details.
May 05, 2016 -
Tucked into the National Defense Authorization bill for 2017 were two provisions that would change contract protests and not in a way favorable industry. The Professional Services Council had asked House Armed Services Committee leaders to drop them. PSC Executive Vice President Alan Chvotkin joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss what's in the bill.
May 05, 2016