Tom Temin
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The life and actions of Harriet Tubman send a clean, laser-like message to us straight from the 19th century. Let the presses roll.
April 22, 2016 -
Congress want to make the federal government more effective by cutting out overlap between agency programs.
April 22, 2016 -
Is your federal boss a strong leader or a bully? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's sometimes hard to define, but like pornography, you know it when you see it.
April 22, 2016 -
Longstanding problems persist in the government because they are difficult. Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership program at American University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin a technique called action learning can change that.
April 21, 2016 -
In the case of fixed fee contracts, you pay even if the contractor finds a way to get it done cheaper. No use protesting. That's what the Energy Department found out the hard way. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell fills in all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 21, 2016 -
The Health and Human Services Department has launched a task force to assist the health care industry in realizing that without good cybersecurity, electronic health records can be dangerous territory. Steve Curren is director of the division of resilience in HHS' Office of Emergency Management offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 21, 2016 -
In the great cosmic government calculator, a corporal willing to put him- or herself in harm's way to defend an ideal gets paid $24,000 plus room and board.
April 21, 2016 -
In a recent request for information, the Coast Guard is asking vendors for input on how they would protect the service's data and secure its systems.
April 21, 2016 -
Now that the main tax filing season is in the books, the Internal Revenue Service is regrouping and looking for ways it can improve customer service. The Partnership for Public Service has done research into what it takes to improve customer service. Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership, shares insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 20, 2016 -
As the Social Security Administration takes on the challenge of baby boomer retirements, it's trying all sorts of strategies to become more efficient and more in tune with the first fully online generation. Among the many initiatives, three affect the SSA's technology shop. SSA Chief Information Officer Robert Klopp tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what they are.
April 20, 2016 -
Too few people really understand data enough to make use of it. The Commerce Department hopes to demystify data for program managers and other regular people with the Commerce Data Usability Project. Jeff Chen, Commerce's chief data scientist, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share more on the project.
April 20, 2016 -
The Senate has confirmed Michael Missal to be the next inspector general at the Veterans Affairs Department. The VA had been without a permanent IG since December 2013.
April 20, 2016 -
Strategic sourcing for office supplies has worked out about as well as an unplugged electric pencil sharpener. Why saw the sawdust?
April 20, 2016 -
The Senate will take on its 12 annual budget bills this week. But the House is not moving so fast. It fact, some members want to roll back the budget resolutions so laboriously worked out last year. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin it's not shaping up to be a super productive week on Capitol Hill.
April 19, 2016 -
Peter Levitas, former deputy director in the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau, now a partner in the antitrust practice group at the law firm Arnold & Porter, tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin the FTC is unlikely to change its policies, despite having two vacancies to fill.
April 19, 2016